Open Door Lock With Paper Clip

I show you how to pick a lock using paper clips.

Open door lock with paper clip.

This video is unavailable. With your jerry rigged lock picking set you re ready to pick your tumbler lock. You will be inserting the straight part into the lock to use as a pick. Open a locked door without a key in under 5 seconds locksmith recommended duration.

Insert it into the gap in the door below the latch. Here s how to open doors inside a home by using pliers to bend a paper clip into the shape of a key and pick indoor locks. In this video i show you how to pick a lock with 2 paperclips it s pretty easy you just got to keep trying. Picking a lock with a paper clip.

Just follow the instructions in our how to pick a lock article. This happened to me while working on one of the doors to my house. I show you how to pick a lock using paper clips. Unfold the first paperclip into the lock pick.

Keep doing this until you have 3 ridges in the paper clip. Your paper clip can also be used to re latch the door. Paper clips aren t very sturdy and may break while inside your lock. Music used in this video is from the youtube audio library.

To push all the pins up lift the straightened paper clip up and rake it towards you. With privacy locks you just need to get the paper clip in deep enough to touch the pressure plate inside and the door can be opened by twisting the knob. Then just slide the paper clip up until the latch is lifted free from the hook called the keeper. Buy an interior door key here.

Move the pliers down on the long part of the paper clip and bend again at 90 degrees. Simple latches such as swing latches are also easy to open with a paper clip. You will hear the pins clicking. Some locksmiths also put a tiny upward bend into the tip of the pick.

To do this unfold the large edge of your paperclip twice until a straight portion juts out. Skip navigation sign in. Start by unfolding end of the paper clip.