28 replies to this topic

[samsfern]

Just pee on them every morning to unfreeze them.

[coopdog]

i tired breathing on the lock and it didnt work :/
and the lighter trick,
WHAT DO?
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[alex-95]

You could use a flamethrower rather than the lighter?

[MINI WILL]

Hi this what i use to use and it works very well but they have stopped selling it separately but you can buy it with a kit.

Halfords lock de-icer.

http://reviews.halfo...793/reviews.htm


Halfords Winter Essentials 6 Piece Kit.

http://www.halfords....tegoryId_255238

And lightly smear some grease around the rubber door/boot seal stop it from sticking .

[canadiankev]

i would suggest to park on the other side of the street the white van and car does not have the same coverage of ice and snow

[coopdog]

You could use a flamethrower rather than the lighter?

would that affect the paint work?
i was thinking about pouring a small amount of petrol over the top and lightin it :/ would that melt it?
i got to be at work in 10mins

[Cerberus]

Last year I tied some bubble wrap around the door handles.

Worked perfectly, locks never froze with that on.

Breathing on them sometimes works, it depends on the current temperature, if its low enough, your breath just freezes and doesn't help melt the ice in the lock. I think it was the same with WD40, once it got cold enough, the locks froze, even though they'd been sprayed with plenty of WD40.

[MiniElliott]

Dont use warm water !
I had to do this last night when leaving work at 10PM, by the time I got home about 15mins later the lock was frozen up again.
I dont smoke but im going to start carrying a lighter just to be on the safe side.

[jamesmpi]

We used to have a battery powered pocket heater that had a retractable metal piece. You had to slide the metal piece out which would get hot. Then you could stick it in to your door lock melting the ice. Never seen them for sale recently. Probably one of those things you only see in a 99p shop or maybe Halfords

[ministar]

A cig lighter. Make sure it doesn't smoke too much though, and clean off any tinges straight away (if silver)

[Frank the Tank]

The wife worked nights last night so off she popped in the mini. Locks frozen so she used warm water (didn't realise as I was engrossed on here). 5 mins down the road and she thought she noticed a headlight out, got out of the car and had a wee look and guess what..... Couldn't get back in the car, engine running, phone etc in the car too. Reverted to the blowing on the lock method which thankfully worked. Lesson learned, or so I thought!

She will now carry a lighter in her pocket!

Don't use water warm or cold.

[Spherix]

My locks keep freezing up as well. Well, not the actual lock, but the door catcher mechanism. Even with remote control unlocking, the mechanism hardly moves due to freezing. Pouring a decent amount of hot water over it slowly does the trick, but since you pour water on them, they tend to freeze up again.

[gwatkins15]

The tiniest bit of hot water worked this morning, and thankfully didnt freeze up after.

But... The inside of my windscreen was frozen as well, any better tips for that? Or is it just elbow grease with the scraper and the heater on screen

[Minnierace]

I use the halfords lock de-icer, I brought it the other day as my locks kept freezing and they still sell it on its own for £1.99. It takes three sprays but it works well :)