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Post by TheShastaProject on Nov 2, 2013 17:52:35 GMT -8
If there is a list, please add me. I'm trying to not curse the trigger happy person who helped build Sylvia. Those little buggers are a horrible to get out!
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Post by kirkadie on Nov 2, 2013 21:32:45 GMT -8
Speaking of trigger happy, may I add the PO with the case of tubes of silicon goo, pulling the trigger of his calking gun over and over, into every visible orifice on my Ham... I'll spend hours cursing as my fingers turn white and numb this month scraping off his foolishness. ARRGH!
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Post by vikx on Nov 2, 2013 22:03:03 GMT -8
Add me to both lists and include DREADED TWISTY NAILS. ugh.
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Post by kirkadie on Nov 3, 2013 6:28:18 GMT -8
This is a masochistic group, eh? If it weren't for this trailer, and the money I'll be spending, I could winter on the beach somewhere warm.
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Post by bigbill on Nov 3, 2013 8:41:06 GMT -8
I prefer staples over twisty nails any day. With the right tools staples are a piece of cake.
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Post by cowcharge on Nov 3, 2013 14:08:25 GMT -8
I LIKE twisty nails. I reused a bunch of them putting up the new ceiling.
I pulled staples out of the skin using, yup, you guessed it, my painter's tool.
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Post by mobiltec on Nov 5, 2013 11:43:00 GMT -8
1950s trailers/canned hams have no staples. They used little tiny tacks like linoleum tacks about every 4 inches all the way around the outside corners of the side metal skin panels. Those are almost as much fun as pulling a staple. I use a very small Cat's Paw shown in my videos and available just about anywhere. Yep this stuff takes time.
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Post by mobiltec on Nov 5, 2013 11:43:51 GMT -8
I LIKE twisty nails. I reused a bunch of them putting up the new ceiling. I pulled staples out of the skin using, yup, you guessed it, my painter's tool. What's a painters tool?
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Post by kirkadie on Nov 5, 2013 13:45:01 GMT -8
A painer's tool is what we used to call a church key, back before beer came in pop top cans Larry. They have other work related items in their 'painters bucket' but that's the one that comes to mind first. No intended offense to painters of course.
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Post by kirkadie on Nov 5, 2013 13:46:35 GMT -8
As you can see in my avatar, I use one too, and I'm a violin maker.
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Post by mobiltec on Nov 5, 2013 16:00:47 GMT -8
When I have to pull some of my own quarter inch wide staples out because of a screw up or something I forgot or just don't like, I use one of the two toes on the tiny cat's paw. Works great but I still hate doing it.
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Post by TheShastaProject on Nov 6, 2013 14:49:37 GMT -8
Found the little standard screw driver that I had already worn down removing mortar overflow from a tile floor. Ground it a little more to fit under the staples. I have them up but Mr. Happy Staple Triggerman placed those buggers as close to the fold as possible. I can't get my needle nose vice grips in to pull them without denting the lip. My cat's claw is too big. Guess it is time to go shopping for a few new tools.
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Post by mobiltec on Nov 6, 2013 16:57:46 GMT -8
Well the other thing you could do is just pound them all the way through. Use a flat head nail set for that. I have been known to do that on occasion.
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Post by vikx on Nov 6, 2013 23:08:01 GMT -8
Lots of ways to cheat, LOL. We do what we have to and fix it later....
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Post by cowcharge on Nov 7, 2013 10:19:08 GMT -8
I LIKE twisty nails. I reused a bunch of them putting up the new ceiling. I pulled staples out of the skin using, yup, you guessed it, my painter's tool. What's a painters tool? One of these, I use it for EVERYTHING (the curved part is for pushing excess paint out of a roller). Pulling staples, removing old putty, it's what I chiseled the crap off the roof with after hitting it with the heat gun. On a roof/side seam, you can dig the putty out of the seam with the point, which gives you enough room between side and roof skin to push the skin in so the staples stick out and can be grabbed with pliers. Or, you can slide the point under a staple (bend the point a little first so it angles like a cat's paw), then lift the handle to pry it out enough to grab.
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