Do you think the last guy used enough staples?

[Hard Knock Cues]

Just a couple staples to pull today. I should have taken pictures of the rails, they were almost as bad.

 

[boogieman]

Wowza!

 

[Sheldon]

Ouch, been there done that.
Did you cut the cloth along the top and try and pull some of them with the cloth? It can fling staples, but sometimes you can remove a bunch or at least pull one leg up if you do that.

 

[Hard Knock Cues]

Ouch, been there done that.
Did you cut the cloth along the top and try and pull some of them with the cloth? It can fling staples, but sometimes you can remove a bunch or at least pull one leg up if you do that.

No, I thought about it but the place has a rugged floor and it's a friends table at a 6 table private place. I do find using a staple puller on top of the cloth gives a little cushion so not to have to dig into the wood too much. Loosen them up with that and then use dikes to pull the staples out. A little more work but less mess and damage to the wood.

 

[Zerksies]

HOLY CRAP, most of this job is removing staples

 

[EL Picos]

fastone371, you don't have a very developed sense of humor, little life!

 

[fastone371]

fastone371, you don't have a very developed sense of humor, little life!

That is far from the truth, if you don't add an emoji or something similar humor can sometimes be awful difficult to see in the written word.

 

[Coos Cues]

Ouch, been there done that.
Did you cut the cloth along the top and try and pull some of them with the cloth? It can fling staples, but sometimes you can remove a bunch or at least pull one leg up if you do that.

Put duct tape over the staples before pulling the cloth will contain the flyers. Then pull it off like a band aid.

 

[Hard Knock Cues]

Put duct tape over the staples before pulling the cloth will contain the flyers. Then pull it off like a band aid.

Good idea, I like that!

 

[garczar]

Think they used that stapler in a Terminator flik. The 'Stapleator T-1000'.

 

[realkingcobra]

Put duct tape over the staples before pulling the cloth will contain the flyers. Then pull it off like a band aid.

Let me know how that works out buddy

 

[realkingcobra]

 

[Coos Cues]

Let me know how that works out buddy

You need the sticky kind, not the cheap stuff

 

[realkingcobra]

You need the sticky kind, not the cheap stuff

Wouldn't matter, those staples had 3/8" legs, not 1 even lifted 1 leg when I pulled the cloth off!

 

[Hard Knock Cues]

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Bet that cloth didn't go anywhere

 

[realkingcobra]

Bet that cloth didn't go anywhere

Even with all those staples, the rail cloth still had puckers under the rails in the corner pockets.

 

[jayman]

Just a couple staples to pull today. I should have taken pictures of the rails, they were almost as bad.
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Had to laugh, I've pulled up carpet pad that looked a lot like that.

 

[Hard Knock Cues]

Had to laugh, I've pulled up carpet pad that looked a lot like that.

I've also had to pull up some of those carpet pads over the years. Can't imagine why those guys think they need more than a couple staples to hold it in place.

 

[Cord]

I've also had to pull up some of those carpet pads over the years. Can't imagine why those guys think they need more than a couple staples to hold it in place.

Heh. Probably because laying carpet is arguably an even shittier job than demo'ing it. On a large crew for a commercial job, "look busy" is often a good survival strategy. No one gives af how many staples you go through.

 

[3kushn]

My Mechanic puts in a similar amount of staples.

His work is 100 times more professional than the OP's photos. Those pics deserve to be in the Hack Thread.

He's the one that has to deal with his work but he has a removal technique that allows him to remove 30' of staples in short order.