If you want to pick a lock in order to unlock a door without a lock you will need some basic lock picking tools.
How to get a key out of a locked door.
Of course this may take several attempts.
To clarify further you will be trying to hook the teeth on the key with the hook s on the extractor.
To use this tool place it inside the keyway along the bitting of the key.
If the locking mechanism is a latchbolt the kind of bolt that is spring loaded and has one angled edge and the angled edge is facing away from you you can hook it with a wire hanger.
If the key broke at an angle take a small flathead screwdriver or a hair pin with the rounded plastic ends broken off and slide it into the keyway keyhole to nudge the key upright.
A spring lock is slanted and is part of the handle.
Means you can never leave the keys on the inside of the door.
If it is slide a credit card you don t mind damaging between the lock and the door frame.
Now wiggle the key up and down not side to side to work it out of the lock.
Use a tool to grab the broken key.
The life changing video below shows you how to unlock a car door without your keys.
A lock with a thumbturn is safer in the event you need to escape.
Bend the card back towards the frame to force the lock into the door.
Hold the application straw right above your stuck key aiming it into the hole.
Once placed along the biting turn and pull and this should grab and remove the key.
To open a locked door without a key first see if the lock is a spring lock.
Actually you can save some cash and solve the.
Just tie a knot in the string per the video s instructions creating a loop the size of your index finger at.
The key pins correspond to specific groove cuts on a key and these are the main elements that are targeted in the attempt to unlock a door without a key via lock picking.
How to remove a broken key from a door lock.
Jiggle the key while pulling outward gently.
Once it s out use a fine file to.
The up and down motion of jiggling may free the teeth that are stuck in the lock pins so you can pull out the key.