How To Pick A Bedroom Door Lock With A Paperclip

Insert it into the gap in the door below the latch.

How to pick a bedroom door lock with a paperclip.

Start by unfolding end of the paper clip. Once you ve done this stick your paperclip into the pinhole and wait until you feel a small hole on the inside of the lock and twist the paperclip. Keep doing this until you have 3 ridges in the paper clip. Some locksmiths also put a tiny upward bend into the tip of the pick.

If you apply too much pressure you may transform the shape of the paperclip. Picking a lock with a paper clip. Simple latches such as swing latches are also easy to open with a paper clip. Provide very subtle tension with the wrench rotating it the same way the lock turns.

Bobby pins or hair pins work best but you can also use heavy duty paperclips or other stiff bits of wire. To do this unfold the large edge of your paperclip twice until a straight portion juts out. Then just slide the paper clip up until the latch is lifted free from the hook called the keeper. Paper clip may break inside your lock.

Place your tension wrench into the bottom of the keyhole. First make sure you have a door lock that has a pinhole on the outside. Unfold the first paperclip into the lock pick. Paper clips aren t very sturdy and may break while inside your lock.

Then bend the last 1 8 of the pick up at a 20 degree angle. You will be inserting the straight part into the lock to use as a pick. First create your pick by opening out one of the bobby pins or paperclips until it is straight. 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.

Now take your paperclip and open it up so it s straight and flat. With your jerry rigged lock picking set you re ready to pick your tumbler lock. In this video i show you how to pick a lock with 2 paperclips it s pretty easy you just got to keep trying.