Yes I know it's Poundland, but this is often not in stock, and I've never seen the spray variety before.
Hope this helps, didn't buy one but seen in Notts and found on the website so it's national and a great time to buy one if you haven't got one in the house already.
Edit: have been informed this product may be similar in nature to WD40 which does appear in this store from time to time. Please check that it's suitable for your needs before purchasing. You should NOT use WD40 on a lock as it may freeze it - you need a light oil (but not as light as WD40!) or silicone lube spray/similar
Latest comments (21)
NikLP
21 Oct 16#21
Might need it, I've literally never heard of them! (Full disclosure: I don't drive... :stuck_out_tongue: )
tan159
21 Oct 16#20
Sounds like a plug as for ecp
littletime
20 Oct 16#19
I use this to fry eggs for breakfast - lasts ages
jimmy2007
19 Oct 16#15
Been using wd40 on my shed padlock for the past 20 years whenever rusts make it stiff.
Still works perfectly.
NikLP to jimmy2007
19 Oct 16#18
Well done you! If you'd used oil in the first place, it wouldn't have rusted up at all, and you'd probably only be oiling it once every five years anyway. :smile: x
yinujim
19 Oct 16#17
Its much better then WD40. You can get it for £2-3 depending on what codes are about. Its more of a penetrating oil though for undoing rusty fixings.
jeczap
19 Oct 16#16
The last time I was at eurocarparts I overheard an employee tell a customer that their own spray (below £4/600ml) is equally good/same as WD-40 et al........
morcef
19 Oct 16#14
Got one at home, very good, hot.
4810510
19 Oct 16#13
Cold for me. I sprayed this on my chips before popping them in the oven and they taste terrible. I'm going back to Flora spray.
Proveright
19 Oct 16#11
In a past thread we have had discussions on WD 40.
Other people say it isn't, but I say WD 40 is based on fish oil, which is why fisherman spray their bait with it to catch more fish.
3 in 1 is petroleum based oil. Short of using graphite I have found WD 40 is ideal for lubricating locks . If you use oil like 3 in 1 then it attracts dirt and eventually clogs the lock up.
Not that we have a winter now a days , but if your lock were to freeze then you just heat the key up with a naked flame then insert it into the lock , and the frozen lock should then work.
NikLP to Proveright
19 Oct 16#12
Ok well this is low hanging fruit that you could have picked yourself.
From Snopes, with zero mentions of the word "lock": http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/wd-40.asp
And from WD40 manufacturers themselves, who squeak in the word "lock" once but not in a relevant fashion:http://wd40.com/cool-stuff/myths-legends-fun-facts It's certainly not fish oil either.
WD40 is too thin to use as a long term solution. You should probably use a silicone or graphite based lubricant based on what I've read, but the guys who taught me a bit about sport lockpicking (obviously they are locksmiths) said do not ever use WD40, because it effectively "dries up" after a short while, which could destroy the lock. In the case of loose style locks like a normal mortice it might not be so bad but in a very secure high precision lock the engineering is much closer and you're way more likely to futz up your lock.
As for the coldness of the winter... whut. I'm talking about the lock physically freezing up because of lack of lubrication. Locks need to be lubricated with *something*. Oil does indeed clog up with dirt but most people don't have those specialist lubes so a light oil will do if you haven't anything else as far as I can tell.
Robot714
18 Oct 16#10
I've followed instructions in this video and i have one :sunglasses:
Robot714
18 Oct 161#6
Multi-purpose... Can i use that to lubricate headphone jack on Iphone 7?
qwerta369 to Robot714
18 Oct 16#9
You can't lubricate something that isn't there. Where is joke?
babylon
18 Oct 16#8
Only 90p in my local.
magicmason20
18 Oct 16#7
sure worth a try on the iPhone 7 jack!!
snowflake75
18 Oct 16#5
lololo
NikLP
18 Oct 16#4
From a look at the products page I'd say that this is safe on locks and is basically a gas-powered version of their standard oil product, as sold in Wilko etc. ~ http://www.3-in-one.co.uk/products/
zx636r
18 Oct 161#3
I enjoy a good lubing............
Ajibee
18 Oct 16#1
3-in-ONE and WD40 are made by the same company- don't know how or if the products differ.
aj_nu to Ajibee
18 Oct 16#2
That's what I'm trying to figure out too! The OP and I were trying to work it out on my post!
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Opening post
Hope this helps, didn't buy one but seen in Notts and found on the website so it's national and a great time to buy one if you haven't got one in the house already.
Edit: have been informed this product may be similar in nature to WD40 which does appear in this store from time to time. Please check that it's suitable for your needs before purchasing. You should NOT use WD40 on a lock as it may freeze it - you need a light oil (but not as light as WD40!) or silicone lube spray/similar
Latest comments (21)
Still works perfectly.
Other people say it isn't, but I say WD 40 is based on fish oil, which is why fisherman spray their bait with it to catch more fish.
3 in 1 is petroleum based oil. Short of using graphite I have found WD 40 is ideal for lubricating locks . If you use oil like 3 in 1 then it attracts dirt and eventually clogs the lock up.
Not that we have a winter now a days , but if your lock were to freeze then you just heat the key up with a naked flame then insert it into the lock , and the frozen lock should then work.
From Snopes, with zero mentions of the word "lock": http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/wd-40.asp
And from WD40 manufacturers themselves, who squeak in the word "lock" once but not in a relevant fashion:http://wd40.com/cool-stuff/myths-legends-fun-facts It's certainly not fish oil either.
WD40 is too thin to use as a long term solution. You should probably use a silicone or graphite based lubricant based on what I've read, but the guys who taught me a bit about sport lockpicking (obviously they are locksmiths) said do not ever use WD40, because it effectively "dries up" after a short while, which could destroy the lock. In the case of loose style locks like a normal mortice it might not be so bad but in a very secure high precision lock the engineering is much closer and you're way more likely to futz up your lock.
As for the coldness of the winter... whut. I'm talking about the lock physically freezing up because of lack of lubrication. Locks need to be lubricated with *something*. Oil does indeed clog up with dirt but most people don't have those specialist lubes so a light oil will do if you haven't anything else as far as I can tell.