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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ WOT: Finding aluminum nails
Posted by: 736conver Aug 4 2009, 10:51 AM
Residing my house and taking off the old aluminum siding. What tricks can I use to find the aluminum nails that "miss" the tarp. Will a metal detector work?
Posted by: Bruce Hinds Aug 4 2009, 10:56 AM
Bare feet always work for me. 
Posted by: blitZ Aug 4 2009, 11:09 AM
Lawnmower with a bagger?
I got nothin...
Posted by: smontanaro Aug 4 2009, 11:09 AM
You could always circle the house a few times with your teener...
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Posted by: silverteener Aug 4 2009, 11:09 AM
they make a magnet with wheels on it. looks kinda like a broom. don't know how much they cost though.
Posted by: 736conver Aug 4 2009, 11:13 AM
they make a magnet with wheels on it. looks kinda like a broom. don't know how much they cost though.
Keyword is aluminum. Unless you have an aluminum magnet.
The bare foot joke was the same one I used on my wife.
Posted by: zymurgist Aug 4 2009, 11:50 AM
You could always circle the house a few times with your teener...
Posted by: smontanaro Aug 4 2009, 12:01 PM
Before or after she stepped on the nail?
I think we need a doghouse icon...
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Posted by: rick 918-S Aug 4 2009, 12:27 PM
This could get funny.
1) Fill a pool and invite all the neighborhood kids over for a swim.
2) have a family reunion, line everyone up for a gunny sack race around the house.
Posted by: SLITS Aug 4 2009, 01:34 PM
Spray it with pool acid .... it'll all dissolve and you won't have to worry about the siding or nails.
Posted by: Cap'n Krusty Aug 4 2009, 02:04 PM
Put a set of REAL expensive tires on your car, and circle the building a few times, if you make it that far. The Cap'n
Posted by: ericread Aug 4 2009, 02:10 PM
To properly attract aluminum, you need to fabricate a magnet made entirely of wood. Instead of using an electrical current to excite the magnet, you must use very thin bamboo reeds filled with Amazon Hybiscus sap.
errr, speaking of saps...
BTW: Filling the bamboo with the Hybiscus sap causes the reeds to react in a very rigid manner during the very early morning hours - hence the term "morning wood".
Posted by: turboturtle Aug 4 2009, 02:29 PM
I have some of that Hybiscus sap! I sprinkle it on my morning weedeez!
What we did upon replacing roofing shingles was to hire the kids to pick up the nails as piecework. They cleaned up! More ways than I dare care to share! Lol
Child labor laws do not conflict with this option.
Posted by: Phoenix-MN Aug 4 2009, 02:33 PM
use a rare earth magnet
unobtanium
Posted by: rick 918-S Aug 4 2009, 03:45 PM
Get some grass and weed killer and douse your entire lawn. When the whole mess turns brown and dies you will have no problem seeing the nails.
Oh! That morning wood reference reminded me of the broken chop stick story!
Posted by: 736conver Aug 4 2009, 05:14 PM
I sent my wife down with a list to Home Depot. Told her to ask the guy for a magnet for aluminum nails. I cant wait to hear the response she gets. I betcha he says they are out of stock.
Posted by: rick 918-S Aug 4 2009, 05:24 PM
I sent my wife down with a list to Home Depot. Told her to ask the guy for a magnet for aluminum nails. I cant wait to hear the response she gets. I betcha he says they are out of stock.
OMG! You are a dead man!
Posted by: Cap'n Krusty Aug 4 2009, 05:38 PM
It'll be even worse if she buys one ...................
The Cap'n
Posted by: neil30076 Aug 4 2009, 07:40 PM
It'll be even worse if she buys one ...................
The Cap'n
Maybe if they spell it correctly the stores search engine will find it !-
( need a smily here for tongue in cheek!)
Aluminium is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust.
Posted by: smontanaro Aug 4 2009, 09:15 PM
I'm telling you guys... Keep sending your wives on wild goose chases and you will *really* need a doghouse icon!!!
Posted by: jimtab Aug 4 2009, 09:43 PM
Aluminum magnets are on the shelf right next to the brass magnets...geez what a bunch of yardbirds...... 
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