Can You Remove a Broken Key from a Lock Using a Glue Stick?

In our Article: How to Remove a Broken Key from a Lock on our website at:
https://www.acmelocksmith.com/blog/ho...

We cover several ways of removing broken keys form locks using tools and objects that should be already available within your home.

But the latest "life hack" making it's way around the internet is to remove a broken key using a glue stick from a glue gun.

I was intrigued. Is this really possible? There have been other crazy suggestions in the past, like using super clue, that are at best useless, and at worst, will destroy your lock.

But pulling out the key with a glue stick tip that has been melted seemed to hold promise. There was no risk of permanent damage since the glue dries basically into a piece of easily removable plastic.

It also dries fairly quickly so you wound't be waiting for scores of minutes to try to get the broken key out of the lock.

Did it work? Did I get the broken key out the lock? Check it out.

This hack is specifically to remove keys broken in door locks. While it could be used to remove keys from other locks, including a broken key stuck in ignition, it will only work when the broken key is at the edge of the keyhole and not is not a broken piece deep within the lock.