Glued Locks

BennyC

BennyC

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Some friends and I popped to Tesco for something to munch last night. Parked next to some youths (looked about our age actually 18-20). Came back to my car, they were still there, struggled to get the key in the lock but got it in, car unlocked, started fine drove off. When I got back to my friends house I realised what had happened. Fair amount of white crusty stuff around my lock and down my door. A fair bit came off with scatching it with a finger nail and wiping it with a cloth but it was dark so gave up and went to bed.

Fortunatley it had been raining and these lads were infact as retarded as they looked and hand't done a good job(stupid chavs). So the super glue didnt work particulary well. They tried mostly on the drivers door and a small amount on the passenger side. However is a small amount left on the paint. The black material where the actual door handle is has some on as does the actual lock.

It's a L reg (93) Corsa and I didn't exactly love it to peices but was in very good nick with just under 50k on the clock. Anybody got any experience with cleaning it up?

If my memory serves me correctly from American Pie 'paint/cellulose' thinners might do the trick? :p However I'm fairly sure getting this on the paintwork would be a very bad idea, so could be used to clean up the locks and handle?

Any help would be great

Thanks

Benny C
 
Ive tried a lot of things.. nothing seemed to work. some £$%^ decided it would be nice to pour it onto my sisters 54 plate yaris last year. Hers was on drivers door and rear panel.
 
You need acetone to thin out superglue/cyanacrylate. You can normally find it in cheap nail varnish remover (so long as you don't buy the acetone free type). You can also buy commercial superglue thinners at B&Q/Homebase or any model shop.
 
T cut will get it off the paint, pulling the locks out of the door, stripping them with solvents the relubricating is the only way to clear those out.

Taking the door locks out om something like an old corsa is probably a half hour job, just remember to reseal them against the door when you refit them or you will get a leak.
 
Cuchulain said:
You need acetone to thin out superglue/cyanacrylate. You can normally find it in cheap nail varnish remover (so long as you don't buy the acetone free type). You can also buy commercial superglue thinners at B&Q/Homebase or any model shop.
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Acetone and many thinners will ruin the paint/lacquer.
 
Cheers for the replies guys. Stupidley I took a scower, a very old one at that to the glued areas, being pitch black I couldn't quite see what I was doing. Think I may have removed the laquer in the area I rubbed, although it got the superglue off! So that area looks a little faded and lighter than the rest. :rolleyes:

The inside of the locks I think are fine, as they didn't actually put any inside, more sort of tried to glue over the slot for the key, but I think I must have returned moments after they had done it as the key still managed to slide inside the lock.

Good thing I didn't realise what they had done whilst I was trying to get into my car as I had 2 x 1 meter lengths of threaded rod in there.

Think I'll leave the bodywork and try and clear up the door handle/lock as best I can :)

Such a shame that some people have a complete lack of respect for others property.
 
You showed less respect than them by taking a scourer to your paintwork, seriously what were you thinking?
 
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Janesy B said:
You showed less respect than them by taking a scourer to your paintwork, seriously what were you thinking?
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'I want to get this superglue of my paintwork?' perhaps. It wasn't a metal scourer, one of the fabric green ones, a scourer is a scourer I suppose!
 
Thinners won't ruin the paint, just make sure you wax it afterwards as it will strip any wax off.
 
Jonny69 said:
Thinners won't ruin the paint, just make sure you wax it afterwards as it will strip any wax off.
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Sorry Johnny, you're too late. Untold failure has since occured:

Stupidley I took a scower, a very old one at that to the glued areas, being pitch black I couldn't quite see what I was doing. Think I may have removed the laquer in the area I rubbed, although it got the superglue off!
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OP is not alone. I now know of at least 3 people that have done this, my wife included (but at least that was on our brand new fridge and not the car).
 
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