The two locks on my front door were becoming very difficult to operate
and sometimes the key would become stuck inside the keyhole. I was
ready to go buy new locks, but then I remembered how my grandfather
would use graphite powder as a dry lubricant for delicate pocket
watches.

I took pictures of the lubrication process and wrote up a guide. The
total cost for the lubricant was about $5 ordered online.

Here's the guide -
http://www.paulstravelpictures.com/H...r-Lock-and-Key

The locks work great now and require very little effort to operate.

Cheers,
Paul Michaels
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

If you want to really get fancy. Take both locks off the
door, and hold them upside down, so that gravity can pull
the graphite into the moving parts. And then graphite them,
and run the key in and out.

That's a good web page. Thanks for sharing.

Question: Why did you buy graphite online, instead of
getting at Walmart for a buck and a half, or so?

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The two locks on my front door were becoming very difficult
to operate
and sometimes the key would become stuck inside the keyhole.
I was
ready to go buy new locks, but then I remembered how my
grandfather
would use graphite powder as a dry lubricant for delicate
pocket
watches.

I took pictures of the lubrication process and wrote up a
guide. The
total cost for the lubricant was about $5 ordered online.

Here's the guide -
http://www.paulstravelpictures.com/H...r-Lock-and-Key

The locks work great now and require very little effort to
operate.

Cheers,
Paul Michaels
Ft. Lauderdale, FL