How to Remove Finishing Nails and Brad Nails from Wood - Woodworking & DIY

Watch how to remove tricky finishing nails and brad nails from wood with 4 examples. The goal is to minimize the damage to the furniture as you repair it 1) Pulling finishing nails form 1/4 round trim without splitting the surface of the wood 2) Pulling a finishing nail from a chair back where the nail is flush with the wood 3) Removing a finishing nail from a wooden chair joint where the nail head is exposed 4) Removing brad nails from a wooden chair joint where the head is not exposed Extracting brad nails is much more difficult because the head of the nail only has 2 sides. You want to find those sides to pull it out. It is also difficult because the metal used for brad nails is softer than finishing nails, so they can be broken if you're not careful. The best tool for removing brad nails is an awl and mini angle cutters. Here are some tool links: Micro Diagonal Cutter - https://amzn.to/3uHJAAz Awl - https://amzn.to/2YzuWtv Note: purchases made with these links help contribute to our video production work FURNITURE REPAIR COURSES - https://www.fixingfurniture.com/furni... FIXING FURNITURE COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP - Get access to videos before they're published on YouTube, watch all the videos without ads, get downloadable reference sheets, and participate in Fixing Furniture Live every two weeks. Learn more about membership at https://www.fixingfurniture.com OUR NEWSLETTER - Sign up at https://www.fixingfurniture.com TOOLS & SUPPLIES - See the tools we use in our workshop and the tools we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/homeimpro... 🇨🇦 Canadian link - https://www.amazon.ca/shop/homeimprov... Fixing Furniture is hosted by Scott Bennett, Co-owner of Wooden It Be Nice Inc. - Furniture Repair in Perth, Ontario, Canada. https://WoodenItBeNice.ca #pullnails #bradnails #repair