Shoutout to the guy who told me to use a hair dryer on stubborn shellac runs

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My dad taught me to use a hair dryer on a sticky lock last winter. Honestly, the best fixes are usually just simple tricks with stuff you already own. It feels like we forget that now.

anthony_lane551mo agoMost Upvoted

My old landlord showed me the hair dryer trick for a frozen car door. It's wild how many problems can be solved with stuff from the kitchen or bathroom, like @mia_fox98 said. I guess we just get used to buying a special tool for everything now.

avery_walker3029d ago

30 degrees F is actually the real cutoff for hair dryers on car locks. I learned that the hard way after trying to thaw a lock in single digit weather and it did absolutely nothing. The hair dryer works great for shellac runs because shellac melts at a lower temp than most people realize. It's like 150 degrees F or something, way lower than polyurethane. But yeah for frozen doors you gotta get the temp up above freezing first or you're just blowing cold air at cold metal.