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Working with wood from pallets: looking for tips
Posted on 10/15/12 at 11:36 am
Posted on 10/15/12 at 11:36 am
I am about to do some DIY projects with some pallets.
Does anyone have first hand experience at taking these apart? It is definitely not done by taking out nails... huge fail when I attempted that.
I'd also like to know if anyone has stained the wood or changed it in any way. I'd like to stain it but some pallets I know have been pre-treated with various things.
This will be for an outdoor project and also a wall hanging inside.
I found this video and unless there is an easier way, I'll be attempting this next: YouTubeVideo
Does anyone have first hand experience at taking these apart? It is definitely not done by taking out nails... huge fail when I attempted that.
I'd also like to know if anyone has stained the wood or changed it in any way. I'd like to stain it but some pallets I know have been pre-treated with various things.
This will be for an outdoor project and also a wall hanging inside.
I found this video and unless there is an easier way, I'll be attempting this next: YouTubeVideo
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Posted on 10/15/12 at 11:42 am to PrettyBird
A pallet jack pops the boards off real easy...
Posted on 10/15/12 at 11:43 am to PrettyBird
I somewhat took one apart last year with a pry bar and a hammer. A sawzall might work depending on how much of the wood you want.
Posted on 10/15/12 at 11:45 am to PrettyBird
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Working with wood from pallets:
I'm just glad to know that there are other goofy womenz in the world doing this. My wife has had a slight obsession to make something out of a damn pallet for the last couple months. From wall decorations to a head board for a bed, she has succesfully mutilated several pallets
Posted on 10/15/12 at 11:46 am to wickowick
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pallet jack
Posted on 10/15/12 at 11:51 am to PrettyBird
Just go behind the Walmart where they stack pallets and pick up the loose boards...
Posted on 10/15/12 at 11:55 am to LSUballs
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other goofy womenz
She is definitely not alone. It's just such a bitch to get the apart. Hardest part. 
Posted on 10/15/12 at 11:56 am to LSUballs
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My wife has had a slight obsession to make something out of a damn pallet for the last couple months.
Same here. I blame Pintrest.
Posted on 10/15/12 at 11:57 am to deaconjones35
Did she ever do it?
My last option is to saw the boards off, but will lose wood doing it this way.
My last option is to saw the boards off, but will lose wood doing it this way.
Posted on 10/15/12 at 11:59 am to LSUballs
quote:balls, these make great head boards... Just stick em back there and after a wild Saturday night and you tear up the head board, just replace your pallet... Ready for the next Saturday night..
a head board for a bed
Posted on 10/15/12 at 12:01 pm to PrettyBird
Not yet. I am around pallets all day and I refuse to bring them home so she can work on a project that she will never start nor finish until her other 40 Pintrest projects are done.
Posted on 10/15/12 at 12:02 pm to deaconjones35
You would probably get along with my SO
Posted on 10/15/12 at 12:03 pm to PrettyBird
That vid was a pretty legit method...
Posted on 10/15/12 at 12:06 pm to Clyde Tipton
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That vid was a pretty legit method...
I thought so too... Just don't need to be throwing my back out over this.
Maybe I'll just skip gym and use it as my lower day. Squats galore.
This post was edited on 10/15/12 at 12:08 pm
Posted on 10/15/12 at 12:13 pm to PrettyBird
I just watched the video, for that much work, just go buy some new 1x4s. The wood is cheap, at it will save you a ton of time...
Posted on 10/15/12 at 12:15 pm to wickowick
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for that much work, just go buy some new 1x4s
I wanted to be crafty dammit!
Posted on 10/15/12 at 12:19 pm to deaconjones35
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40 Pintrest projects
I keep going on my wife's iPhone and deleting that ap just to mess with her. I hate that website. I swear she goes to Target and Hobby Lobby 2x per week to get stuff for her Pinterest projects, like those are the only two places that have the stuff she needs. I've eaten more shitty meals and seen more 1/2 completed craft projects from that site than I care to mention.
Posted on 10/15/12 at 12:28 pm to tenfoe
quote:it's still cheaper than diamonds..
she goes to Target and Hobby Lobby 2x per week to get stuff for her Pinterest projects
i pick my battles...
eta: not really, but i don't like losing some, more than others.
This post was edited on 10/15/12 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 10/15/12 at 12:34 pm to PrettyBird
I usually just cut them up with a chainsaw and use for firewood, but if I needed some 1 x 4's I would just go buy them.
Posted on 10/15/12 at 12:38 pm to 34venture
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I usually just cut them up with a chainsaw and use for firewood, but if I needed some 1 x 4's I would just go buy them.
That was helpful, thanks.
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