Acid to open a cylinder lock

[andna]

Is it possible to open a yale/cylinder lock with acid? my front door lock started looking odd and when I dismantled it, the level of corrosion inside lock was excessive given the materials used to make the lock, and the fact the lock is only 2 years old and quite protected from the elements.

I noticed a similar problem with my cycle lock also a cylinder mechanism and a week or so later my bike was stolen from its regular spot. Is it possible to spray some acid into a yale type lock and return at a later date to more easily open it? Or am I just being paranoid? any advice or opinions welcome.

[UWSDWF]

where do you live?

[unbreakable]

That's odd... Very, very odd.

With enough equipment i would say it is hypothetically possible. But in application? I really don't know.


Unbrekable

[LockNewbie21]

In all honesty don't touch acid, take your lock apart and set all pins and cylinder and plug into keroseen, leave it there for a while, come back and remove, the kero will disipate in a while and then reasemble if that doesnt do it trash it, Plus with acid you will probobly just eat the lock away, and good luck finding a bulk of any old acid to use.. i tried to get some sulfuric acid to anodize my picks.. dont ask i was bored one day and thought it would look cool.

Any way i was treated as a criminal ready to blow something up, if keroseen of other cleaners don;t work trash it, if its a medeco or something over 50$ and is worth it to you take it to a lockie odds are he will either laugh or trash it for you. Good luck buddy


Andy

[SFGOON]

You couldn't melt a lock with acid, but you could use it to weaken the mechanical tolerances and make it easier to pick. However, anybody skilled enough with chemistry to pull off something like that is unlikely to steal bikes for a living unless they live in eastern europe or asia. Is there a possibility that your keys are being exposed to corrosive agents? Many things can corrode metal over time and have the persistency to last for a few months or years. Strange though, very stange.

[LockNewbie21]

High grade Sulfuric could, my mom worked at lucent technologies before they sold us out to mexico anyway, they had some good stuff that would make fast work of metal, brass and copper especially, theres other acids but i'm not a chemist and have no clue what they are, but its highly plausable with the right consistancy.


Andy

[hzatorsk]

Is it possible to open a yale/cylinder lock with acid? my front door lock started looking odd and when I dismantled it, the level of corrosion inside lock was excessive given the materials used to make the lock, and the fact the lock is only 2 years old and quite protected from the elements.

I noticed a similar problem with my cycle lock also a cylinder mechanism and a week or so later my bike was stolen from its regular spot. Is it possible to spray some acid into a yale type lock and return at a later date to more easily open it? Or am I just being paranoid? any advice or opinions welcome.

No... You got something else going on.

I don't know of any situation where a 'spray' of any acid is sufficent to comprimise a typical lock. I can think of a dozen other situations that don't involve chemical attacks that are cheaper, much faster, safer and more plausible.

What did the police report say about these incidents?

[Raccoon]

Some people do have very acidic sweat, and when they touch their key they can leave trace amounts of acid and salt which may cause some minor tarnishing. I don't know of anyone who can melt locks with their sweaty brow.

[LockNewbie21]

imgagine the possibilities where you can melt acid .. i'm never locked out again


Andy

[p1ckf1sh]

<censored> imgagine the possibilities where you can melt acid .. i'm never locked out again

You mean melt metal, right? OK, how many lockouts do you have during a year? You'd have almost no possibilities to use this capability. But I'd love to be able to do this, too. The thingy's that hold bras together on the back are usually metallic...

[hzatorsk]

The thingy's that hold bras together on the back are usually metallic...

Interestingly enough... I use alcohol to remove those.

[n2oah]

Do you have to have a HazMat team follow you around on lockouts?

[p1ckf1sh]

The thingy's that hold bras together on the back are usually metallic...

Interestingly enough... I use alcohol to remove those.

I don't drink alcohol myself, so using this tech quickly brings me into the suspicion of planning exactly what I am planning. I hate being predictable.