joelfromaus@aussie.zone to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhich key loses the most paint tells you a lot about that person…aussie.zoneimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1407arrow-down127
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minus-squarejoelfromaus@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·2 days agoI wouldn’t use a painted key in a lock. Any material debris in a lock adds resistance and that paint coming off in the lock pretty quickly. I don’t know if that was the original commenters point but that’s why I wouldn’t.
minus-squareTheOrcWhoWrites@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 days agoI think if they just painted the “body” (the part that you hold) it would be much more efficient.
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoYou wouldn’t even need to paint it since there are coloured rubber caps.
minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate (CA version)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agoYep, that was my point - that paint is going to rub off into the locking mechanism and be a nightmare eventually.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoCould anodize them or use a dye instead of a paint to get the same effect without any of it flaking off into the lock (or your pocket).
minus-squareSippyCup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoI used a pained set of keys in my house locks for 13ish years and never ran in to an issue. May have been the type of paint. By the end the only print left on any of them were little splotches around the head of the key and deep in the groves.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoPaint it with colored graphite, problems solved.
I wouldn’t use a painted key in a lock. Any material debris in a lock adds resistance and that paint coming off in the lock pretty quickly.
I don’t know if that was the original commenters point but that’s why I wouldn’t.
I think if they just painted the “body” (the part that you hold) it would be much more efficient.
You wouldn’t even need to paint it since there are coloured rubber caps.
Yep, that was my point - that paint is going to rub off into the locking mechanism and be a nightmare eventually.
Could anodize them or use a dye instead of a paint to get the same effect without any of it flaking off into the lock (or your pocket).
I used a pained set of keys in my house locks for 13ish years and never ran in to an issue. May have been the type of paint. By the end the only print left on any of them were little splotches around the head of the key and deep in the groves.
Paint it with colored graphite, problems solved.