How to Repair a Door Lock. THE EASY WAY!

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How to repair a door lock. How to fix a sticking door lock. Lets face it, there's nothing more annoying than not being able to insert your key or remove your key from a corroded door lock. The good thing is that it is a really easy fix. All you need is either a container of graphite powder (available from all hardware stores) or a can of silicone spray. It really is personal choice and you have guys out there who swear that graphite powder is the best while others say that silicone spray is the best. Either is a good choice in my book. Just don't use a wet lubricant like WD40 as it will over time attract dust and dirt to the lock which is not what you want.

Ok, so what do you have to do. For this video l'm using graphite powder so go down to the hardware shop and get some. A container of the stuff will cost less than $10.00.

Graphite powder as the name suggests is a powder. Squirt a couple of puffs of the powder into the lock (the slot where the key goes into).

Next, get your key and work it in and out of the hole as well as turning the lock a number of times. What this does is it distributes the powder throughout the lock mechanism.
You will be amazed at how well your key will now work. This job will take you about 1 minute and your wife will love you for it! Not to mention the savings you will have just made by not having to call in the locksmith! Smiles all round l say.

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00:09 Shane Conlan: Gidday Knuckleheads, Uncle
Knackers here. Do you know what I hate and
find really frustrating? It's when you have
trouble inserting a key into your door locks.
Follow me and I'll show you what I mean. This
is what I find frustrating. You come home
from work, you have a box of beer under one
arm and a pizza under the other, and the last
thing you want is the hassle of being able
to insert your front door key into your door
lock. The door lock's a bit corroded, it just
makes it hard to get the key in. And once
you do get the key in you can't get it out
or it's too hard to get out. Eventually you
can get it out. I hate that! But wait, there
is a really easy solution that'll work nine
times out of 10, maybe even 10 times out of
10.
01:06 SC: I don't know. Do I look like I'm
a mathematician? Don't answer that. To fix
the problem all we need to do is to squirt
some lubricant inside that slot where the
key goes in. Now, I know it's very tempting
to race out and get some WD-40 or something
like that, a petroleum-based lubricant and
squirt that in. I'm sure that'll work initially,
it'll work beautifully, but over time, because
it's a wet petroleum-based lubricant, it'll
attract dust and grime and that's not that
good for the lock. So, what you need to do,
you need to get a dry lubricant, something
like a silicon spray or, in this case, a graphite
powder. And graphite is a super fine powder,
and all you need to do is get a couple of
squirts of this into that slot. Here we go.
Now, it's a really fine powder, so it's a
good idea to get your face away from the lock
when you do it.
02:12 SC: So, give it a couple of puffs, like
that. You'll see it coming out of the lock
now. Now just grab your key and insert it
in and out of the lock a few times, turning
it at the same time, and what that does is
that it distributes the graphite powder around
the entire locking mechanism. So, let's give
it a go. There you go. Few more times. How's
that? That is so much easier than before.
Do a couple of more squirts, like that. Grab
my key. Look at that! That is beautiful. That
is fantastic. Now, because it's graphite powder
it's very, very fine. So it might leave a
little bit of residue on the key for the first
couple of times that you use this key. So,
just grab a tissue and just wipe it off. Just
be aware of that before you put it into your
nice white shirt pocket or something like
that.
03:33 SC: So, there you go. That's how you
fix a sticky door lock. Great tip Knackers.
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