What is the difference between a stainless steel lock and a zinc alloy lock? Lock material discrimination

In the market, zinc alloy and stainless steel lock surface treatment color is very close, often the salesperson misleads customers, such as "zinc alloy nickel-plated brushed color, only tell the customer is drawing, not to mention the material does not say color", resulting in customers to buy The zinc alloy lock is also thought to be a stainless steel lock. Therefore, when buying a lock, please ask the customer's friends to identify it carefully, or you can refer to the following methods to identify:

Zinc alloy lock

Method 1, the same volume of stainless steel lock weight than zinc alloy lock, can be clearly felt from the hand.

Method 2, scratching method. Use a sharp knife or a sharp knife to scratch the back side of the panel, hard and difficult to draw and the same color inside and outside the mark is stainless steel lock, soft and easy to draw silver white is a zinc alloy lock.

Method 3, the method of identifying the top mark. The stainless steel lock material is hard. When the panel is out, there is no positioning support hole distributed in the center line position of the inner surface of the panel; the zinc alloy material is soft, and 4-8 positioning support holes are distributed on the periphery and the center of the inner surface of the panel when the panel is out.

Stainless steel lock

Method 4, visual method, by visually identifying the surface difference between the two materials, the stainless steel lock is more natural, delicate and delicate, and the texture is warmer than the zinc alloy, and the brilliant texture is presented under the illumination of the light.

Method 5, look for the brand, shop around.

Editor in charge: Xu Yuehua