Best way to clean carabiners??

[WoodED]

Hi all,

Cleaned out all of my climbing kit the weekend to find all of my spare Isc carabiners are gunked up with crud and won't shut properly or the gate jams, I tried soaking them in hot water, opening them repeatedly in the water, tried a little bit of fairy liquid but I've not had any joy,

So was wondering what everyone else uses to clean out there biners

Thanks

Ed

[Percytopliss]

Once you've done the above. Dry them out and use graphite powder.

[Mick Dempsey]

Airline, bit of wd40, if they're still troublesome after that they get retired.

[Treemoose]

Yeah +1 for wd40. Not a fan of the graphite powder myself

[Scott Walker]

just did mine with WD 40 and air line works a treat.

[Darrin Turnbull]

I use WD40 as well even though it's not a lubricant.

[Darrin Turnbull]

Duck Oil displaces water and keeps the barrel running smoothly. Application of a small drop will usually bring even the most stubborn carabiner barrel mechanism back to life.

 

In contrast, graphite powder does have a tendency to clog up and harden when a little bit of moisture is introduced to the equation. The more graphite you apply, the worse the problem becomes.

 

Taken from here. http://treetools.co.nz/_blog/Treetools_Blog/post/Liquid_carabiner_lubrication_surpasses_graphite_powder/

[Darrin Turnbull]

I don't have a air line so i use this.

oral irrigator

[Mick Dempsey]

You can get a cheap compressors or less than €100. Very useful for many things in our game Darrin.

[WillTimberlake]

I don't have a air line so i use this.

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oral irrigator

 

Is that your tooth brush?!