Broken key? Superglue, just say no!

It is very tempting to imagine that a little superglue on the broken end of your key will just stick to the part inside the lock and you will be able to remove it or unlock your door, car or safe.

DON’T DO IT

Inevitably some glue will get into the mechanism and parts which should move easily will stop working. Please do not try this, but equally important is to tell whoever is working on your lock that glue may be in there.

I recently had to completely destroy a safe lock where the customer tried to stick a key back together. What could have been a simple ‘extract broken parts and pick open’ turned into a multi hole epic because the mechanism was glued.