opinions re: best lock lubricant?

[Peter Martin]

For sticky locks that need picking, I know everyone prefers graphite... and hates WD-40.

However I used to have a spray lock lube in a small 1-2 oz can that was pressurized graphite in a solvent. It worked great. I can't find it anymore (I mean it's lost somewhere) and need to replace it with something else.

What does everyone else use? If possible give the brand names.

[Varjeal]

Actually I hate graphite...in any form. Up here in the frozen north graphite should be taboo.

I personally use Super Lube with PTFE or any other Silicon/Teflon type spray.

[Shrub]

I second that, i use 1 of 2 sprays made by future developments, one is called ptfe lubricant and the other is called teksil, teksil is thin and the ptfe lube is a little thicker,

I got loads goverment issue but im sure public can buy it also, shipping may cost a bit over the pond though.

Tri-flow is good but smelly.

[Shrub]

Sorry, Teksil is a silicon spray,

[prim]

I use WD40 for when I use a latch card it help a lot on tight doors, but what I do is cover the can (so you can’t see the writing) with a laminated thick paper with the words on it.

Locksmiths
lock release
Spray

Some customers that see this say's “wow thats magic that stuff where can get some from”.
All in aid of keeping locksmith tricks a secret

[toomush2drink]

Please tell me this is a joke ?

[n2oah]

For sticky locks that need picking, I know everyone prefers graphite... and hates WD-40.

I think quite the opposite. A good soak in a tub of WD-40 really loosens up a lock. Graphite is messy and bad for lock. After I soak a lock in WD-40, I'll use a teflon lubricant to help it operate even better.

[prim]

No no joke just a lot of nosey people in my neck of the woods.

[sublime progie]

wd40 is not bad for locks too. it is oil based and atracts dirt so it basically ends up working against the reason you used it in the first place

[vector40]

... WD-40 is oil-based?

[Varjeal]

Ya, since when?

[n2oah]

wd40 is not bad for locks too. it is oil based and atracts dirt so it basically ends up working against the reason you used it in the first place

Nope, not really. WD-40 is not oil based. It is classified as a "drying lubricant", because it drys up quickly. It attracts dirt and allows the dirt to be wiped out. So, soak lock in WD-40, clean out WD-40, lubricate lock.

[Peter Martin]

I think we can all agree that we should probably not oil (petroleum based) the lock. Which seems to defeat picking attempts thereafter.
I personally do not like WD-40 in pin cylinders because it hinder picking, everything is too slick (for my taste)--although it does clean them pretty well. I did like the graphite spray I had at one time... which I think was similar to the cold weather lock thawing spray. It may have been mixed with ether or some other evaporating compound.
Early on (20 years ago) I was always told that graphite was the only thing to use inside locks.

[Shrub]

I use WD40 for when I use a latch card it help a lot on tight doors, but what I do is cover the can (so you can’t see the writing) with a laminated thick paper with the words on it.

Locksmiths
lock release
Spray

Some customers that see this say's “wow thats magic that stuff where can get some from”.
All in aid of keeping locksmith tricks a secret

Honest lockies, cant beat em can ya,

If you ever came near my door with a mica soaked in WD i would make you replace the door and frame free of charge, that smell and staining will never come out of a nice wooden door,

I take it youve got a sticker on your mica saying 'top secret material, as used on the shuttle'

[Chrispy]