Re: door locks/zillas/solenoids

[srubano@xxxx]

Graphite lubricant is only good on tracks such as on sliding doors. 
My father owns a deli and puts Dry Graphite lubricant on his sliding 
refrigerator door tracks. Liquid lubricant will get ugly after some 
use and traps particles (like flour) and gets a little tricky to 
clean up. Graphite wouldn't be good on any part of a door lock system 
because it needs to be applied every so often, it doesn't "stick" 
like liquid lubricant and that would be a pain in the neck to do to 
the internal door mechanism. That is probably why it was easy to put 
your key into your keyhole on your other car for some time then it 
went back to being difficult. 

As for having moisture in it? Maybe true but if it was, as I applied 
the lubricant to the tracks I would have expected the graphite to be 
clumped together as I poured it out.

Steve

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Soma576@xxxx wrote:
<SNIP>
>well i went to checker auto and they tried to sell me graphite, 
>saying that graphite is what they suggest and it's the best solution 
>they have. 
<SNIP> 
>well i put graphite inside, and for a few days, it was like butter 
> putting my key in. then things turned ugly. 
<SNIP>
>anyway i wound up going to a lock shop which had some really good 
>liquid spray lubricant and i bought that. i asked the guy what he 
>thinks about using graphite in car locks and he flat out said that 
>it's not recommended because it usually has moisture in it and it 
>winds up corroding sealed areas like car lock key holes. 
>interesting! 
> i would follow this guy's advice and use this liquid stuff for a 
>car like a DeLorean where you'd be really sorry if you went the 
cheap >way out!
> 
> Andy
> 
> Soma576@xxxx
> 1982 DeLorean DMC-12 VIN#11596
> Fargo, ND 58102
> 
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