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by kieran40075
Mon Apr 29, 2019 4:37 pm
Forum: Ironmongery and Locks Forum
Topic: Is Using PTFE After WD40 a Good Idea?
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Re: Is Using PTFE After WD40 a Good Idea?

Are you talking about a Yale lock or similar and you are lubricating the part of the lock where the key goes in ? If so, yes, I'd leave it for a while. Often graphite powder is the suggested lubricant. I've used the WD40 in the keyhole of a UPVC door (so a Euro lock I guess?), and also in the handl...
by kieran40075
Mon Apr 29, 2019 1:32 am
Forum: Ironmongery and Locks Forum
Topic: Is Using PTFE After WD40 a Good Idea?
Replies: 3
Views: 2991

Is Using PTFE After WD40 a Good Idea?

Like an idiot, I recently 'lubricated' some locks with WD40 before learning that this isn't a good idea. I'm now planning on using a PTFE spray on the same locks (I was going to go with GT85), but will this work on a lock that's recently been sprayed with WD40, or will it just make it worse? Should ...
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