Using a credit card 1.
How to pick a room door lock.
To pick this kind of lock select a bobby pin or straightened paper clip.
While most people consider style before function it s important to take the opposite approach.
This method will almost surely bend your card and could risk breaking it.
Identify the type of lock you are dealing with.
Your lock is only as good as its quality so let s walk through how to pick the highest quality lock.
Apply minimum torque to the tension wrench insert the bobby pin into the keyway make use of a vibrating motion or scrubbing over the pins after a few sec.
These items generally have the right shape and size to maneuver inside the confines of the lock without damaging the mechanism.
Use your item to pick.
Choose a card you can replace.
Picking a locked privacy doorknob 1.
Push button locks generally present on the outside of the door as a small round hole centered in the middle of the knob.
First insert the tension wrench into the bottom part of the lock and rotate it in the direction you would turn the key to unlock it to place tension on the lock.
When you insert the bent paperclip stick the straightened paperclip beneath it and move it around.
Apply tension to create a binding pin the first step is once again creating a binding pin.
Find a suitable object for picking the lock.
Introduction to raking step 1.
Insert lock pick and scrub the pins.
During new home construction or existing home renovation and after a break in.
You need to find a long thin object that is small enough to fit into.
Beef up the door frame and lock weak doors in particular hollow core doors may give way before the lock does.
Maintain this tension throughout.
Most privacy door knobs also known as bed and bath door knobs.
A spring bolt lock is a spring loaded lock with an angled edge.
Whichever type of lock you buy be sure to use a box strike made of heavy duty metal.
Bend one of the paperclips and fold out the other one as straight as possible.
Slide the card.
After some wiggling your lock will hopefully open.
Insert the card between the door and the frame.
Insert the short end.