Open Door Lock With Paper Clip

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.

Open door lock with paper clip.

Simple latches such as swing latches are also easy to open with a paper clip. Music used in this video is from the youtube audio library. Paper clips aren t very sturdy and may break while inside your lock. I show you how to pick a lock using paper clips.

Skip navigation sign in. Insert it into the gap in the door below the latch. 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. Picking a lock with a paper clip.

This happened to me while working on one of the doors to my house. Move the pliers down on the long part of the paper clip and bend again at 90 degrees. You will be inserting the straight part into the lock to use as a pick. Buy an interior door key here.

You will hear the pins clicking. With your jerry rigged lock picking set you re ready to pick your tumbler lock. Paper clip may break inside your lock. I show you how to pick a lock using paper clips.

Start by unfolding end of the paper clip. To do this unfold the large edge of your paperclip twice until a straight portion juts out. To push all the pins up lift the straightened paper clip up and rake it towards you. Keep doing this until you have 3 ridges in the paper clip.

Acme locksmith 554 645 views. In this video i show you how to pick a lock with 2 paperclips it s pretty easy you just got to keep trying. Your paper clip can also be used to re latch the door. Unfold the first paperclip into the lock pick.

You will know when you have picked the lock when the hooked clip turns easily. Then just slide the paper clip up until the latch is lifted free from the hook called the keeper. Just follow the instructions in our how to pick a lock article.