The de icer question?
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Yeah right ! Just spray a little warm water and leave a note inside the car reminding you to put the de-icer back inside the cupboard everytime you use it!!
Keep your de icer in the house/at work etc.?
doh
keep it in the house then
or in your pocket
lol
ha ha very true..however thanks for that ...you just reminded me i need to get some
heat your car key up by using a lighter or match, slip it in lock, you may need to repeat process a few times but it works.
My car is left in an open driveway
it hasn't been cold enough (in london) to freeze the locks for a year or two
Oh thats what you meant!! Yeah very true, we should keep it in our house instead!
Try pouring hot water over the lock and then heating the end of your key up in boiling water before putting it in the lock, that might work.
You could heat the key - run under hot water or pour increasingly hotter water on the lock.
Cigarette lighter, or slightly warm water.
You can but battery operated lock deicers that warm a metal bar when you put in in the lock
Put your car keys on the radiator for a few minutes before you leave then it will melt the ice in the lock and you will be able to get to the deicer. Or alternatively, keep the deicer in the house.
My fella got bought a de icer lock thingy last Xmas. Its like a little hand held tool with a metal rod that gives off a bit of heat to melt the ice around your lock.
To be honest we haven't used it coz we both have remotes to our locks on our cars, but if we do I will let you know how we get on!
I guess if that happens you could always get the hairdryer out, my parents have had to do that a couple of time when the locks are frozen, but yes, de-icer should probably be kept somewhere like a garage so then you can access it when the car is frozen.
always have 2
Use a lighter to heat your key up.
find a really small eskimo, send him in thru any small crack, and have him retrieve it for you , or just use hot salt water to de ice to get to de-icer. which ever is easier.
Don't leave it in the car! SIMPLE.
you don't.. get one of those heated keys. or leave the de-icer in the house to take out with you.
you could breath in the keyhole or use hot water.
don't bother with de-icer. spray your locks with WD40 or a spray oil. oil wont freeze as easy. use anti freeze in your water washers and when you get in and start your car you can use your washers to defrost your windows.
buy 2 deicers?
KEEP IT IN THE HOUSE
I fill my lock with grease.no water, no ice, no problem.
Preventitive maintenance: about this time of year, spray some good old WD40 into the locks.
Not only is it a lubricant, it is also a water dispersant (hence the WD - it was also their 40th formula). It therefore stops any condensation forming on the lock mechanism - no water means that it cannot ice up.
However, I also do keep a backup can of de-icer in the house - not only for this eventuality, but also for when the main can runs out.
If you regularly lubricate your locks with WD40 - especially after washing the car - there will be no moisture in the locks to freeze in the first place. Other than that pour hot water onto the door near the locks. If you are not near a supply of hot water you could always use the old motorcyclists trick of weeing on the locks :-)
people still have cars without remotes?
warm water on the locks,
half a potato on the screen, no really it does work.
or you can get a key heater, that you insert into your car lock, to defrost the mechanism.
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