How To Remove Carpet Pad Staples Easily
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2024
- This video will show you how to remove Carpet Pad staples easily even on an Oak hardwood floor such as in this video, When staples are left in the floor from removing the carpet and carpet padding this is a very efficient way on how to get those staples out of the floor.
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4 inch scraper blades
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8 inch floor scraper
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8 inch scraper blades
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Thank you. Was using pliers , took forver. Had a crowbar and that worked as well.
I use my 36 inch wrecking bar for staples. After I hit the tack strip right at the nail I lightly pry up and it lifts the tack strip right up without snapping it. I used my grinder to sharpen the flat tip of the pry bar and you barely push it across the floor and the staples come up effortlessly! The weight of the 36 inch pry bar does all the work and the metal is really hard on the bar so it doesn’t get dull like a scraper does! Another bonus is you do it standing. Try it I promise you will agree! I found your channel tonight. You have good content!
Ted McNair thank you for the tip and thank you For the compliment, Glad you like the channel
Suitably inspired by this to experiment with what I had on hand. Found a decent speed up using a paint scraper and 3 pound hammer. The key is the sharp edge that grabs even low staples. Thanks for the inspiration!
Yup you are correct
Thanks! Worked perfectly and quickly. It even got the old staples I pounded down that I couldn’t remove using my old method from the last time,e I replaced the carpet.
Gotta love it to when the previous installer when stapling the pad down, was smashing the hammer stapler as hard as possible sinking the staples all way in. That just makes the job little harder the next time.
shawn moore Exactly, I hate that
Wow, you just saved me sooooo much greef .
Thank you so much. I appreciate you sharing your expertise. On my way to buy the scraper you demonstrated.
Awesome! I just got one of those personas, they are super comfy and make Scraping easier
Floored it sure does I love it
I have 4 rooms to do and just spent 1 and a half days on the smallest room pulling out staples one at a time with my needle nose pliers. My back is killing me and knees feel like garbage. Why didn't I find this video sooner?
Razor scraper all day just got a new one with a new blade holding mechanism I love it
👌🏻Just when I thought your other video couldn't get any better 😎👍🏻 THANKS!
Joey GunZiLLa 😁👍
Does it break the staples leaving behind a sharp pin sticking OR does it pull the staples completely?
@@TheMegaVoter pull them completely out that was the purpose of the slow motion section so you could see that
Keep up the good work brother.
Ryan Candelario Yes sir, thank you for your feedback
I can't believe they put carpet on topof those wood floors!
I know I hate to say this
is that blade shearing them?...or just 'pushing them up and out? good stuff!
up and out
Hmmm I see cut little bits that can pull on my sand roller. For me side cutters worked the best.
THANK YOU THANK YOU SIR
Serious question, aren’t you worried about scratching the floor?
Apparently not
That is the old floor underneath what was the carpet. Normally you would install whatever you're changing it to on top of that even if your putting in a wood floor and if you did decide to use the floor he is working on as the Finish you would have to sand is so much to begin with that any scratches he's going to make on the Surface wouldn't matter cuz they will be sanded out
Yeah, I was shocked to see him use that. The more he scratches the floor the harder it will need to be sanded to refinish it. The more it needs to be sanded the more it lessens the life of the floor. Sheeeeesh! I guess I’ll go back to my pliers. One by one….
I like to have the pad still on the floor for cushion and pop and pull the staples with my 5 in 1 and needle nose pliers. Then put the old staples and pad chunks on the pad and roll it up. Saves you from getting up and down too much.
Adam Bolinger Thank you for sharing that
hey does this actually remove the staples or just cut the head of the staple off? if i rip carpet off timber floors its so i can polish the timber, not cover it. So would the left over pieces of staple be a problem?
Peggy Allen It pulls them out The razor blade is sharp enough that when it hits The staple it will actually dig into it a little bit grab a hold of it and pull it out
@@FloorsbySouthernboys awesome! thanks for replying
Peggy Allen You’re welcome, good luck
Are you sure parts of the staples aren't breaking off in the wood? And I guess you're planning on sanding after?
i assure you they are getting pulled out
Agree with you.
Does this remove the staples or does it have the two staple legs in the flooring?
@@lrocky223 it completely removed them. It does not cut off the top and leave the leg in.
THANKS MANL, i'M ON MY HANDS AND KNEES WITH A NEEDLE NOSE PLYERS.. NO BUENO
Have you tried using a shingle scraper? I use it to remove my pad staples and for demoing tac strip
Mark Cervantes I sure haven’t
@@FloorsbySouthernboys Oh man I highly reccomend for removing tac strip
Mark Cervantes Awesome I’ll check that out
That's what I use also..like a flat spade.or hoe..for garden but it's not a hoe..its flat.not sure exact name or what they call it. But looks like shingle scrapper.
Jeremy Gibson 👍
I always like to go with the grain even your stair tool take them up pretty easy when you do that
Jerrid Hawkins That’s good thinking
Yes using the stair tool works great for me too.
Gold Coast Flooring I have never used it for that myself, I have dinged it up on electric Staples before and then it always marks up the baseboards, so I try to use my stair tool specifically what it’s for, so I don’t get any burs on it that would scratch the baseboards
Thank you so much!
Hey big guy are you using the razor blade side or are you flipping it around to the blunt side
East Coast Flooring i use both sides, depending on the floor
It sure is an awesome tool!
Gold Coast Flooring yes sir it is
Same here. I use big scraper and when I’m sweeping I carry my little scraper to hit whatever big scraper missed.
CarpetMan Yeah I think that’s the best way
If I don't make it to Home Depot to buy this tool or a steel blade for my multi-tool. I plan to use the scraper I already have to remove staples from a sub floor that I added duct tape to to form a not big enough ball. That my hand is still sore today from using yesterday. This mobile home square head screws that attached them to the wall that I had to use a saws all to remove and the paper left from the vinyl floor, has been the hardest part of this demo. If I were a Catholic, I'd be in confession right now for all the bad words I used yesterday.
Where can i buy this tool?
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Have you ever tried a concrete face grinder. Shaves them right off
Thank you
Ice scrapers are the best
mo ajram Never tried them
@@FloorsbySouthernboys I agree with this comment. Its lightweight, and works great.
Christian Wilson 👍
I used cutting plier pull them out one by one
King Tin Wow, that’s a hard way to go
Want one 👍🏻👍🏻good handle that
Jamie Parnell yes sir
I like using the other side of the scraper blade when scraping on top of wood
alonso espinoza Yeah lotta times I will use the flat edge so it doesn’t dig in the wood
This scratches the floor
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That's what she said.
not good if your refinishing the hardwood floors.you will be spending a lot of money resanding those floors you just scraped all up.
You're not removing staples. You are just breaking the heads off.
Know if you will look where I slowed the footage down. You can literally see the staples popping out. This does not break them off. It pulls them out of the floor.
Either way you can still sand the floor
@@mikebecoat3035 You cannot Sand the floor with the legs of the Staples still in . It will shred your sandpaper. thanks for sharing your ignorance and extreme lack of education
Haha I can hear the staples still in the floor after he goes over it😂, don't put down vinyl