The Daily Fix: De-Ice a Frozen Lock
- by Diane Rixon on Feb 10th 2010 12:00PM
Photo: ChicagoGeek, Flickr
It's late. It's dark. You trudge through the snow to your car and discover the locks are all iced up. Don't panic! There's a clever way to solve this problem. Just apply a glob of hand sanitizer to the key and wiggle it gently into the lock.
Why does this work? Hand sanitizer's primary ingredient is alcohol, which melts ice clear away in seconds.
I love this tip, especially since I usually keep a travel-size bottle of Purell in my bag anyway. Another plus: hand sanitizer is much easier to come by in a pinch than specialty de-icing products. After all, even if you aren't carrying any Purell yourself, you can probably borrow some from a friend or passerby, right?
Photo: Valerie Everett, Flickr


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