nail pullers

Smooth Hound · nail pullers

im looking to find out what i can about nail pullers, basically i have about a zillion 3 to 4 inch nails , which are banged in well, that need to come out

does anyone have any experience in nail pullers, or even have one i could borrow. its not now, itll be early next yr ill need one, i just dont want to end up buying an expensive bit of rubbish , only to find out after that there would have been a far better and cheaper one . so any advice welcome

Sassinak

We have a couple of different sizes of sort of crowbar with a curve on one end (Apparently it's called a swan necked crowbar !!) That works really well especially if you hit the back of the curve with a hammer to seat it under the nail head.
If you are only wanting to borrow it for a week or two then you are welcome to borrow one of ours if you think that it will do the job for you.

Smooth Hound

thanks, ill take a look, it seems from what i can understand that a nail remover is like a crow bar in its shape etc, its the v bits at the end that are slightly different, ie, its made in such a shape that its easy to knock thev under the head , if you see what i mean, next time im over ill take alook, thanks

Julie

Sounds like the sort of thing Gordon might have several of if the one Sass has turns out to be the wrong size or anything.
Chances are you won't get the whole job done without damaging a bit of plaster somewhere, so buy a small tube of filler too. I might have some in my decorating stuff box you can have, I'll have a look but it will be very old.
Does anyone know if that stuff goes off?

Annpan

Nail pliers are pliers with a jaw specifically designed to clamp around a nails head...
A nail claw is like a mini crowbar, designed for nails.
I would prefer to use the pliers as you are less likely to damage surrounding wood or plaster. (IMO) But the claw would be faster, if you have a good amount of nail to get a pruchase on
In fact, I'd probably knock them in, under the surface and smooth over (but it does depend on the finish and how far they are in)

But you don't say... What are the nails in?

If it is plaster then yes you will need filler to patch up the small holes - My preference for small holes is decorators caulk in a gun (about 1.50 for the tube) Then smooth it over with a wet trowel or scraper.
Filler does go off - after about a year it deteriorates but is still usable till it solidifies in the tube.

HTH

Smooth Hound

thanks folks. its not plaster though, its 22 mm sarking, so its a rough wood any way, so im expecting a bit of damage any way, the woods to be used again for a wooden big work shed.

Smooth Hound

oh and incidently the nails wont of rusted away as i only bamged them in a yr ago

ill explain sometime again.

Lord_Azrael

We have a nail puller at work that I got in about a year ago, but isn't really used much. It's basically like a movable beak at one end with a pry fitting and a slide hammer structure. They're pretty good bits of kit really.
If you get stuck I can always get it for you, but as always, I'm not that close to where most of you live.

Smooth Hound

ill keep that in mind , thanks, in the mean time does it have a brand name model etc, so i can google it to see what it consists of, as im having trouble picturing it.

BikeOnBye

Smooth Hound

great , inthat case ill take you up on that, but i must warn you ill need it for a week or 2 as ive a lot of nail pulling to do, id still be interested in the name of it though so i can have a nose on the web and see what they are, is it alves you are, not sure where that is

Julie

I think I might have a tube of wood filler too.
Does anyone know if the powder form of filler has a shelf life in the same way that plaster does? If so, I might as well throw it out.

Smooth Hound

no idea im afraid

Lord_Azrael

Here's a picture from a site I found with an identical item:
http://www.tool-up.co.uk/shop/diy/PRI150.html

I don't know the make of ours offhand, should have checked last night, but a couple of weeks is no problem. As I said, we hardly ever use it.

If you want to collect it, let me know when you'll want to get it and I'll sign it out at work and bring it home. You can always just post it back later if that's easier?

Alves is located on the A96 between Elgin and Forres, and I'm about a mile into the country from the village itself. If you do want it, just PM me and I'll give you full directions etc.

Lord_Azrael

Smooth Hound

yes that looks like the sort of thing im looking for

ive no idea when this will be,it is a distance, but itll be nice to put a face to a name anyway.
good tip on the wood filler by the way

ill get on to you closer to the time, which will be early spring time. many thanks

Julie