Then just slide the paper clip up until the latch is lifted free from the hook called the keeper.
How to pick a door lock with 1 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.
Then with the door closed use your paper clip to slide the latch down the rest of the way back into the fully latched position.
Insert the hooked paper clip into the lock.
Bend one of the paper clips so that it is bent at 90 degrees.
Pinch the end of the paper clip with the pliers and bend the long part 90 degrees to form the first ridge in the rake.
Apply downwards pressure and pull it in the direction the lock turns.
To do this slide the latch down so that the door can barely close.
Find out which way your lock turns.
Unfold the first paperclip into the lock pick.
Insert it into the gap in the door below the latch.
To do this unfold the large edge of your paperclip twice until a straight portion juts out.
They should look something like this.
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.
Keep doing this until you have 3 ridges in the paper clip.
You get started by making your 2 simple tools from a couple of spare paperclips.
Lengthen out the other paper clip into a straight line.
Then you just insert your loop piece the one on the bottom left of the above photo about a fourth 1 4 of the way inside the key part of your lock and put a bit of tension on it with your fingertip.
This one turns in a clockwise direction.
Some locksmiths also put a tiny upward bend into the tip of the pick.
Your paper clip can also be used to re latch the door.
Anyone can unlock a door lock with a paper clip apply very light torque to the tension wrench you can use a pen clip as a tension wrench and then scrub ba.