Excellent cleaner for locks

[2octops]

Electrical Contact Cleaner or motor cleaner is the safest to use in my opinion.

I had to have a bumper painted because I was a nice guy and cleaned the locks on a car with brake cleaner. It ran down through a weep hole in the trunk lock and left a nice bleached out stripe on a black plastic bumper of a Mitsu Eclipse.

Carb cleaner will soften paint and remove clear finishes that is used on brass hardware. It can also bleach/stain a beautifully stained wooden door. Just ask me how I know.

Have never had issues with contact cleaner except for the smell.

[Eyes_Only]

I think the professional locksmith would need to scrutinize what chemicals they blast into their customers locks more then us hobbyist. But I think after what 2octops said I'll switch over to electrical contact cleaner as well.

[WOT]

Electrical Contact Cleaner or motor cleaner is the safest to use in my opinion.

I had to have a bumper painted because I was a nice guy and cleaned the locks on a car with brake cleaner. It ran down through a weep hole in the trunk lock and left a nice bleached out stripe on a black plastic bumper of a Mitsu Eclipse.

Carb cleaner will soften paint and remove clear finishes that is used on brass hardware. It can also bleach/stain a beautifully stained wooden door. Just ask me how I know.

Have never had issues with contact cleaner except for the smell.

Good mention. This post was intended for at-home pickers preparing a lock for manual manipulation rather than on the job.

Magnum Force Electric motor cleaner sold at hobby stores and a pneumatic tool cleaner from Home Depot are safe on plastic (check the label to be sure though). They're not too aggressive on gummed up stuff and comes with one big down side. They're both as flammable as gasoline.

[WOT]

These are both electric motor cleaners. Left is sold for RC hobby market, which is almost always around plastic. It's extremely flammable, moderately effective and plastic safe.

Right is sold for automotive/industrial market and it's non-flammable, highly volatile and effective, but attacks most plastics.

[mojomojo]

Tri-Flow is a good cleaner as it is a lubricant!!!!!!!!111

[Eyes_Only]

Do they sell Tri-Flow at hardware stores? I've only noticed them in locksmith catalogs and they were pretty pricey.

[nekret]

I got my tri-flow at True Value down the street, sadly though they don't carry Jig-a-loo (woo woo).

[Eyes_Only]

I think I'll pay a visit to some of my local stores and keep a better look out for it this time. But not at Home Depot or Lowes. All they carry is mostly WD-40.

[mojomojo]

Yea I have never seen tri flow other than a locksmith store or our dist.

[BobbO45]

I use Boeshield T-9.
The stuff works great, although I don't know what the ingredients are.
I would check at your local bike shop if you cant find it anywhere else.

[samfishers]

not really sure, but i use jig-a-loo is it good?

[dmux]

just a though, do you really want any kind of lube in your locks


i know car locks are lubricated with some sort of oil

i seen a google video with barry wels and the BMW decoder key and he had a BMW lock apart and it had lots of oil on it

i think vehicle locks are lubricated though

[Wrenchman]

I use a product we call Thinner, you call it Paint Thinner and I think it is the same, but what is it really? I was thinking that it might be Break Cleaner, but since theres both Paint Thinner and Break Cleaner, it is probably not the same, any light?

It is quite strong for the nose
It removes glue
It removes grease
It even removes itself after

I also use a product called Querosene, which I don´t like cuz it stays like grease, bad for Impressioning, and bad for Graphite, so I need to clean it with Alcohol after!

And then there is Agua Raz, do you know that, is it more Thinner or more Querosene?



Wrenchman

[samfishers]

poor some of your stuff in a glass, then crack a match lite the glass and drink





ps, just kiding, but they are to many stupid people on earth and much more on internet

[Wrenchman]

Talking of Glass, the Thinner is so strong that it even disintegrates some types of plastic, so I prefer glass!



Wrenchman