How to open frozen car doors

Around this time of year, variations of that phrase in the title are our top search referrer here. Today it was -10 degrees Celsius at my house and yes, the sliding door on the right side of my Dobl

9 responses to “How to open frozen car doors

  1. I have always been quite fond of bubble wrap myself. *PoP*

  2. miguel

    then you might enjoy perpetual bubble wrap.
    orsnap bubbles.
    maybe you can talk someone into getting you theBubble Wrap Book for Christmas, or maybe even the bubble wrap bra and thong panty.
    there is also an article at the half bakery on bubble wrap clothing ideas

  3. is that damn cold? i need a C to F converter chart… (where’d i put that???)

  4. miguel

    depends how bundled up you are. remember, divide by five, multiply by nine and add 32 to go from celsius to fahrenheit. going the other way, subtract 32, divide by nine and multiply by five.

    it’s in the twenties, i think. cold, but not insanely so. i just stated it in celsius because it made it sound colder.

  5. pat

    There needs to be some sort of mnemonic for that temperature conversion thingie.

    And it’s cold here, too. I shovelled.

    On an only vaguely related note, for some reason, every single year I say, at least once, “snovelling show.”

    Should I seek professional advice?

  6. To add a note of practicality, have you tried those aerosolized cans of powdered graphite? It frees up door locks, supposedly.

  7. miguel

    Before or after they freeze? Another thing you can do is – carefully – heat up the key with a lighter, insert, remove quickly (before it cools down and gets frozen into the lock) and repeat several times until the lock is warmed up and thawed out. They just said this on the radio this morning. Also, last night I spread mink oil around the rubber seals of my doors and they opened right up this morning, although it was even colder today than yesterday. But now my car smells like boots.

  8. miguel

    I’d pay good money to see a snovelling show.

  9. Debbie

    I could sure use a good de-icer right about now, the kind that goes into the lock directly. Frozen locks on both sides of my door. I loved the “cursing” idea.. that goes without saying..I did everything but a naked Irish Jig and it still wouldn’t open. Late for work, but found a smile when I read the frozen lock story called “how to open frozen door locks” haaa.. I feel better now.