dust? O_o

by **UWSDWF** » 20 Jul 2007 17:58

yes and yes

by **tmaxx258** » 20 Jul 2007 17:59

Yes its a dry powdery lubarcant,I would think they put it in will makeing the lock?

by **simon_G** » 20 Jul 2007 19:01

ahh, alright..

many thanks for clearing that up.

by **Marco** » 21 Jul 2007 3:26

I rememeber a couple months ago i was repinning a lock and as i had pulled out the plug i got it all over my hand! I never knew what that was until now.

by **raimundo** » 21 Jul 2007 10:23

drag your thumbnail along the top of your pick shaft, if you feel roughness and not glassy smoothness then you are fileing off some brass from the pins, there is also graphite in there and that makes it look dark, but you may also see yellow on the pickshaft. thats the color of brass.

The most likely answer is both are in the dust but the dust is to fine to feel. if you ever take the lock apart, you will find the pin tips are scarred by picking, if you have the key, and you continue to pick the lock a lot, eventually the key will start to have problems,

by **simon_G** » 23 Jul 2007 19:18

Alright, thanks for the tip.

- Simon

by **Raccoon** » 23 Jul 2007 20:57

I have not seen a lock manufactured with graphite in the lock. This is generally applied by the user or a locksmith. New locks I've worked with have had a thin but wet lubricant, or no lubricant.

by **robert11** » 23 Jul 2007 23:39

Yes ,
a special powdery lubricant used in locks while manufacturing to make locks work smooth, sometimes to protect from corrosion also.

by **mercurial** » 26 Jul 2007 2:30

robert11 wrote:Yes ,
a special powdery lubricant used in locks while manufacturing to make locks work smooth, sometimes to protect from corrosion also.

No. Graphite is a lubricant, available as a powder. But it most certainly does NOT protect against corrosion.

If anything it will accelerate corrosion. especially with certain metals(eg aluminium)/alloys or when seawater is present.

The quantities of graphite used for lubrication isn't going to cause a corrosion problem inside a lock, but it certainly does not protect against corrosion.

...Mark

by **New-York-Locksmith** » 31 Jul 2007 7:37

mercurial wrote:
robert11 wrote:The quantities of graphite used for lubrication isn't going to cause a corrosion problem inside a lock, but it certainly does not protect against corrosion.

yeah, i agree with that graphite is not used as to protect from corrosion

by **New-York-Locksmith** » 31 Jul 2007 7:38

mercurial wrote:
robert11 wrote:The quantities of graphite used for lubrication isn't going to cause a corrosion problem inside a lock, but it certainly does not protect against corrosion.

yeah, i agree with that graphite is not used as to protect from corrosion

by **ObiWonShinobi** » 5 Aug 2007 13:14

could be graphite, but.... what color is the inside of your lock?
what color are your picks?

duhhh... obviously if you noticed it its a dif color than
the color of your picks....nevermind the last part

dust? O_o

drag your nail

possibly

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