preventing locks being glued

[drilit]

Hi all, this is my first post, based in uk, keen amateur lockie,
Does anyone know if a lock keyway can be protected from superglue or belzona tpe adhesives, a bit back I saw an article in a secuity mag about a cctv tower that had been designed for really tough locations ie idiots climbing it, it had pipes built in to prevent bonfires damaging electronics and cables,etc etc
AND the article siad the designers had found a way to prevent the lock from being supeglued, however I cannot find this article an its been bugging me for too long .

Your thoughts.

[stick]

Built in lasers that periodically clean the lock. And burn anything in front of the keyway.

[silent]

a big dog

[Grudge]

If you are talking padlock, there are magnetic key and radio controlled locks, although most I have seen don't look very high security. Also you might still be able to glue the shackle causing problems.

A security camera (even a fake) in a vandal resistant enclosure mounted up high (to make it hard to disable before getting caught on tape) might be a good deterent.

[toomush2drink]

I carry some superglue remover in my van in case this happens, not a detterent but a solution. Get it from screwfix.com

[Rockford]

KeyPrint sell a magnetic escutcheon cover for cylinders. Nice bit of kit - I've fitted a couple of these onto commercial properties where they have been having problems with kids shoving items into the keyways. The cover disables access to the cylinder without the proper magnetic key. You could still glue the escutcheon cover though.

Rockford.....

[raimundo]

My friend who gives me locks from the scrap metal recyclers has given me two medeco mortise cylinders that are absolutely immobile, I can't actually see glue on them, it could be internal oxidation but I am considering giving them an acetone bath. who knows?

[NKT]

(1st post... Hi all!)

I can't see a reasonable way to stop a glue attack by someone with a clue. I saw a rather funny one with a Yale lock, where the glue was squirted in, then a two pence was stuck over the face of the lock. It would have taken a hammer and chisel to get it off, and then the lock is still glued.


{edited by Varjeal: describing illegal activities is against forum rules. Normally this would suffice to get punted, but in the spirit it was offered, so is it taken.}

Of course, I don't go around glueing locks!

[79commando]

Any one finding a super glued lock just add heat. I carry a small blow torch in my van and find that just a quick blast turns the glue to powder and the lock opens easy enough.

[silent]

or just use a heat gun:)

[aikidoka21]

Super glue + Flat head screwdriver = fun (and some times expensive) times. Ahhh, my college days, I miss em. Heheheh, now I am training to be a lockie. Heheheh, I would have hated me in college.
I was also a chemistry major, so when I was caught I had some stuff I used to get rid of the glue.
-Jay

[tastyfish]

heh, when I was in yr 8 (and was an a**hole) i glued someone elses locker lock, i know now it wasnt a good thing to do, but eh, he had it comming.

[raimundo]

wd 40 or three in one oil would probably make any glue ineffective or less effective.

[tastyfish]

ummm, I know this is kinda off topic, but most super glue melts the surface you put it onto and melts it to the other surface fuseing it together... that being said im a bit skeptic about wd40 rendering the glue useless after it has all dryed. but metholated sprits may do something (it may melt the fused substances, but i dont know)

[digital_blue]

WD40 will definately work to prevent superglue from sticking. The residue it leaves behind will prevent adhering. Also, superglue will melt plastics to cause them to stick together, but I'm pretty sure the same is not true of brass.

One thing to note, IMHO the very residue that WD40 leaves behind probably has no business in a keyway of a lock collecting dust, but this is a debate that has been had here before and I'm sure will arise again...

db