Taking on a side job after work. Removing carpet and installing laminated vinyl. After carpet and pad are ripped out 5 million staples that held pad down need pulled out. What have you done to make this job easier? Staple puller, screwdrivers and pliers, swear?
well I have had different levels of success depending on the staples used. "Regular" staples a baby flat bar, screwdriver, or side cuts, you put a gentle squeeze on them and roll the plier and out they come. Staple length has a lot to do with it also what are they in? OSB plywood oak flooring? If they are from an air stapler they are a little tougher as they are usually longer. Being you are installing vinyl you will need a underlayment so I would drive all the staples flush with a hammer and then install the new underlayment on top of everything. Again depending on the existing sub floor if it is old hard wood you will need to pull them.
Small flat screwdriver and pliers work well for me. Just a sucky job period. Sent from my Moto E (4) using Tapatalk
Just when you think that you got them all you will kneel on one I recently pulled up the carpet in the bedrooms.they were stapled to the plywood, I found needle noes pliers to work best. Not a fun job!
How about a grinder? Might be great, might be terrible. If it works, I bet it would be your best bet you probably wouldn't be able to move as farf at the grinder can take them off. Either a hard wheel or a 36+ grit sandpaper pad.
I used to help a buddy do upholstery work on the side. I helped by removing all the old Staples from the old upholstery. Billions of Staples I removed, eh? This is the tool that works great. I don't know if there's a commercially available one, but you can make one yourself. A flathead screwdriver, bent at an angle with a notch cut in the middle of the flathead. We made plenty of these amazing tools. Use a bigger screwdriver for bigger Staples, smaller screwdriver for smaller ones. It's a simple one twist of the wrist staple removal tool. Put one side of the staple in the notch, then rotate the tool and pry up at the same time.( You're welcome for the sex Ed lesson Eric VW) I can elaborate if you need.
Like this? Made for pulling those plastic reusable "rivets" that hold all kinds of bodywork on these days...
Yes. Like dat. Except we never bought any pre made ones, just modded screwdrivers. It was my buddy's parents upholstery shop.
I'm a contractor and do this rugulary. Pad should be held down with something like a T50 staple. I use a needle nose for those along with a screw driver. for crown staples go for a nail puller pliers.
I've found that a cheapo paint can opening tool sometimes works well for this especially if you sharpen the bottom so the end is not so thick. With harder-to-pull staples I generally use a pair of slip jaw (Channel lock) pliers so that I can lever up the staple by rolling the pliers head on the floor rather than using brute force to pull it upwards.
Good idea. I'm going to try that. I'm removing some old carpet and padding in preparation for a wood floor soon and I've got at least 5 of these tools hanging around.
So I pulled some carpet and padding last night and had one of the tools shown below laying around. It actually worked quite well for removing staples. I found I could work the pointed end under the staple and then pop it out with a turn of the wrist. I was also able to use it to scrape up the drywall mud left under the foam. They also work well for one of their intended uses, cleaning paint rollers. Its a great tool to have around.
Here is my first staple pulling invention created out of the "why do you save this junk, it is good for nothing!"....or at least to Mama Bear it has no value. Ground a point on the tip, heated the shaft and put the bend in to be my fulcrum point and then ground the tip down so it isn't so thick and could slide under the staple crown easier. I was rather impressed how well it worked on its first go around.
Never tried this but wonder if a modified staple remover attached to one of these things would work? Sure would save the back/knees. Did a search of upholstery work here and came up with this older thread. As getting ready to re-do the arms on Moms big chair in the home and trying to find some pointers.
