Dealing with a mangled brad nail

[Jupiter01]

I’ve got a couple of brad nails in my skirting that bent or don’t go in fully. I’ve tried the centre punch approach but they are too fine to get anything positioned over them. It keeps slipping. I also tried pulling them out with a pair of pliers and there isn’t enough to grip on to.

How do you deal with misfired nails from the nailer?

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Angle grinder or Dremel? Nail pliers?

 

[JohnD]

If you don't mind damaging the skirting a bit, you could try a tack lifter.

 

[big-all]

4" to 6"wire nail hammer the nail point flat /cut off /grind flat then use as a punch
punch nail in or----

--as said above pointed [long nose]pliers punch each side off the head to get a grip and pull

if the nail is bent and you need it sunken knock it sideways along the grain with a punch assuming softwood and not mdf where you will never bury a nail in the dense structure as it doesn't have soft grain

 

[Old Salt]

Try pincers

 

[foxhole]

Tap left and right or up and down to snap them off.

 

[opps]

Use a punch with an indentation. I have punched in hundreds of 18g brads over the years.

 

[JohnD]

... they are too fine to get anything positioned over them...

What size are we talking about?

 

[Jupiter01]

What size are we talking about?

40mm 18gauge nails.

 

[robinbanks]

Show us a picture?

Thinking just put a flap wheel in the grinder and tickle it flat, paint over

 

[blup]

Edge of an old chisel, repair damage and paint over

 

[opps]

40mm 18gauge nails.

When I don't have a punch with me, I have been known to use a screw to punch the nail in. The point on the screw is harder than the (small) brad head.