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Frozen doorlock! Suggestion?

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There is this stuff that I have seen at pep boys and bought at walgreens as well that comes in a small pressurized can the size of a penlight. It's called lock De-Ice. It works fine and also lubricates the moving parts inside. Works fine, I've used it for years. Besides, it looks better than cupping your hands around the lock and blowing. DON'T ASK WHY I KNOW!
 
just leave the window down, then you can just reach in and unlock it :idea:
 
lykan said:
Ok this is sooo cliche it's not funny but I have to let you hear it.

I have three kids.. My girl is 8, my youngest boy is ten, and my oldest is 13

You know how the rumors go around about the kid who stuck his tongue to the sign, there all over the place...

Well My kids leave for the bus stop, and about the time I expect to hear the bus, my daughter jess comes running in the house. Jess is hysterical, she can't talk she's blubbery and the tears are all over her face.

She says "Dylan stuck his tongue to the stop sign, and hes even bleeding" I jus6t started laughing, so we get dressed and walk down thinking it's no big deal. As we round the corner, there's this lady huddled around the stop sign trying to keep my boy warm.

He's holding back, but the tears are rolling down his face. He didn't just stick the tip of his tongue, he was trying to prove a point, tongues don't stick to metal. Well he gave the galvanized pole a big long lick, and the entire top of his tongue is frozen solid to the pole. What's worse is that he's been there for 7-10 minutes.

I seriously busted out laughing so hard his tongue's hanging out, and he sounds like hes got a sock in his mouth "Huup dud, huup mee, me thung ish shtuck too da poe" then i noticed it was serious.

The lady says, I tyred to pull it off, but it looked like it was going to rip in half. Not knowing wether to laugh, cry or justr fall over I went to the closest house to go get a cup of warm water, by the time I am back, he had ripped his tongue off the pole.

OMFG! He left some tongue on the pole lol.. Anyways Now we know that not only is the urban legend true, but it is propagated by naysayers, and little kids who set out to prove it wrong lol...

He's ten now, and everytime you mention it he blushes ducks his head, and says "Yeah that was me grrph"
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LMAO!!! Thanks for sharing the story. Thats classic. I bet he must have been hurting for a while when he ripped his toung off the pole.

To the OP: Go to your local auto parts store and get some the lock deicer. Works like a charm.
 
Diver6127 said:
There is this stuff that I have seen at pep boys and bought at walgreens as well that comes in a small pressurized can the size of a penlight. It's called lock De-Ice. It works fine and also lubricates the moving parts inside. Works fine, I've used it for years. Besides, it looks better than cupping your hands around the lock and blowing. DON'T ASK WHY I KNOW!
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That's the stuff, works great. Even comes in small cans now with built in key toggles on the bottom.
 
i had the same problem the other day, i washed my car and the water froze in the drivers side door lock, the passengers side doorlock has a key snaped off in it. I tried the heating the key with a match, i didnt get no wheres, so i put my mouth over the keywhole and blew into it, the hot air melted the water long enough to unlock my door. then i tried to unlock the doors later but the water froze again, luckily i didnt lock the door. then i got a can of lubrication, it was in a light blue bottle, not WD-40, i sprayed it in there, let it sit and now my lock works better then ever, nice and smooth. i think it was called super lube. got it at Fastenal, kinda like a hardware store. The stuff wasn't a liquid, it was a foam so it didnt run all down ur door after u sprayed it in the lock, it stayed in the lock.

later
 
I'm still laughing at some of the prior posts!

We ski in the winter and this comes in handy after staying at ski resort for a week then trying to unlock your truck to find the locks iced over, frozen or both.
http://www.gadgetbargains.com/ps-ps1675uv.html

There are several manufactures that make them. Auto stores and ski shops carry them. There are also the aerosol spay deicers that you can apply to the locks. The aerosols should be applied at the begining of the season or after the locks are completely thawed for the best results. As you can probably tell from this post it's happened to me several times.
 

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