{"id":2080,"date":"2024-12-06T11:13:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T11:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/multi-trades\/?p=2080"},"modified":"2024-12-11T11:24:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T11:24:29","slug":"winter-tips-how-to-defrost-a-frozen-lock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/multi-trades\/winter-tips-how-to-defrost-a-frozen-lock\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Tips: How to defrost a frozen lock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had a few frosty mornings and nights this winter, and as temperatures dip below zero, there&#8217;s a good chance you&#8217;ll find yourself with a frozen door lock. If this happens to you, there are some easy ways to defrost your lock safely.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top tip:<\/strong> Please don&#8217;t try to force your key into the lock, as you may break your key!<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to defrost a frozen lock:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Hand Sanitizer (alcohol-based)<\/strong><br \/>\nCoat your key with hand sanitizer and insert the key gently into the frozen lock, but do not force it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>De-icer<\/strong><br \/>\nSpray de-icer into the lock and gently insert the key, avoiding force.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Your hands<\/strong><br \/>\nHeat your key in your hands or put your thumb on the lock for a short while, this could thaw the lock enough to get your key in.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hot water<\/strong><br \/>\nCarefully pour hot water into the lock until it thaws.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ve had a few frosty mornings and nights this winter, and as temperatures dip below zero, there&#8217;s a good chance you&#8217;ll find yourself with a frozen door lock. If this [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multitrades"],"acf":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Harbour Multi-Trades","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/multi-trades","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/multi-trades\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/multi-trades\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/multi-trades\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/multi-trades\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/multi-trades\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2080"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/multi-trades\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2084,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/multi-trades\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080\/revisions\/2084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/multi-trades\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/multi-trades\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/multi-trades\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/multi-trades\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}