Sargent & Greenleaf Ingersoll Impregnable- stuck key!

[BSG_314159]

Well I have they key out now, but the problem is that said key cannot be used to open the lock!

So funny story with that 833c.. the key that was stuck was the right key even tho it wouldn't turn it. The key itself had a small bend in it. So small I didn't even notice it. I found this out after someone picked it open. Apperently medeco's do not like bent keys.

[Squelchtone]

My reaction when I saw that my crazy "put the lock in boiling water" idea actually worked:





Squelchtone

[Mitchell S]

My reaction when I saw that my crazy "put the lock in boiling water" idea actually worked:





Squelchtone

Hahahaha love that movie. Great call thanks man. I'll keep you all posted on how I go trying to free up the guts of the lock and hopefully one day getting it to open.

[nite0wl]

I would suggest another term of the soup treatment followed immediately by attempting to flush the keyway with hot water.
If that doesn't loosen things up, careful irrigation with WD-40 is probably be the next step as it is least likely (at least, of the solvents I am familiar with) to damage anything important.
If that is insufficient to free things up then alcohol or acetone may be your only choice.