How To Remove Carpet Pad Staples Easily

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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Here are links to a few products used in this video

Personna 4 inch scraper

4 inch scraper blades

8 inch floor scraper

8 inch scraper blades

[clownwrld]

Thank you. Was using pliers, took forver. Had a crowbar and that worked as well.

[tedmcnair]

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!

[G]

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!

[natachanicholas]

Thank you so much. I appreciate you sharing your expertise. On my way to buy the scraper you demonstrated.

[deanhadley]

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.

[Joefest]

Hey, thanks bro!

You just made my day a lot easier!

[floored]

Awesome! I just got one of those personas, they are super comfy and make Scraping easier

[shawnmoore]

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.

[Walkingmansam]

Razor scraper all day just got a new one with a new blade holding mechanism I love it

[joeygunzilla]

👌🏻Just when I thought your other video couldn't get any better 😎👍🏻 THANKS!

[Version]

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?

[peggyallen]

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?

[drumdude]

is that blade shearing them?...or just 'pushing them up and out? good stuff!

[markcervantes]

Have you tried using a shingle scraper? I use it to remove my pad staples and for demoing tac strip

[pamelag]

Are you sure parts of the staples aren't breaking off in the wood? And I guess you're planning on sanding after?

[VinylFluoride]

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.

[TheMegaVoter]

Does it break the staples leaving behind a sharp pin sticking OR does it pull the staples completely?

[eastcoastflooring]

Hey big guy are you using the razor blade side or are you flipping it around to the blunt side

[topshelfjunkremoval]

Serious question, aren’t you worried about scratching the floor?

[Jerrid]

I always like to go with the grain even your stair tool take them up pretty easy when you do that