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Is there a magic tool for pulling staples from subfloor? We are theoretically switching to hardwood. The prior carpet installation means that millions of staples are in the floor. Granted, they're in nice rows, but it's a bitch. I have a small deadblow hammer and a tiny pointy prybar that can get under the staples, and then I just whack them horizontally and they pop/slide out. Doesn't really hurt the subfloor. Also...potential trigger warning... My wife wants to paint the subfloors instead of going hardwood. It wouldn't necessarily stay like that forever but we don't have the utmost in dollars for hardwood floors. I know you can either stain and clear coat (water based?) or prime and paint (and clear coat?). But I don't know the optimal types of product to use. I see there's interior/exterior decking primer and paint, as an example of the latter option. Still, walking on paint barefoot just weirds me out. Wouldn't it be all tacky? 
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coathat posted:A pair of fencing pliers might work. I wouldn't mind trying them but I'm concerned the hollow section behind the clamping front doesn't start soon enough, so it can't get under the staple.
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