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- Path: sparky!uunet!walter!porthos!dasher!patter
- From: patter@dasher.cc.bellcore.com (patterson,george r)
- Subject: Re: Need help removing concrete nails from slab
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Distribution: na
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 93 00:10:47 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.001047.15269@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- References: <1992Dec27.045456.28183@oracle.us.oracle.com>
- Sender: netnews@porthos.cc.bellcore.com (USENET System Software)
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- In article <1992Dec27.045456.28183@oracle.us.oracle.com> tslee@oracle.uucp (Terry S. Lee) writes:
- >I need to get rid of about a dozen hardened concrete nails driven into a
- >concrete slab. The nails are about 30 years old, and the heads were broken
- >off during a little demo' work.
- >
- >About a half inch of each nail protrudes up. I've tried cutting them with a
- >solid carbide bit. The bit cuts through some sort of sleeve, but doesn't do
- >much once it hits the nail itself.
-
- Hit the nail from each side. I use a two pound baby sledge hammer if I can
- find mine (there is no such thing as an inanimate object in my house), but
- a 32 oz. ball peen works pretty well too. When the nail bends to one side
- (which takes two or three whacks), start hitting it from the other side.
- Eventually it will break, flying God knows where, so take protective measures.
- Wear goggles and hide the kids.
-
- >BTW, around each nail is a smail 1/4" deep crater. Have any you netters had
- >any good experience with the gray resin stuff for filling concrete craters?
-
- I've used a product called "Concrete Patch" and have no complaints. It looks
- like fast-setting concrete.
-
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