Abstract: A lock grooming apparatus which includes a first elongated open channel, a second elongated open channel, apparatus for registering the first elongated open channel with the second elongated open channel in opposed relationship and is apparatus for maintaining the first and second elongated open channels at a temperature above ambient temperature for a finite time period. In some embodiments the apparatus for registering the first open channel with the second open channel in opposed relationship may include meshing surfaces on the first and second channels. The apparatus for registering the first open channel with the second open channel in opposed relationship includes first and second arms in some embodiments of the invention. This apparatus may also include a pivot joining the first and second arms. The first open channel may have a first axis, the second open channel may have a second axis and the pivot may have a third axis and each axis may be parallel to each other axis.