Painting over carpet staples

Gazelle1985

Hi,

We've taken up the carpet on our stairs and are planning to prime and then paint them. As we were taking it up we discovered literally hundreds of carpet staples/hooks in the wood. We've tried taking them out but they are very difficult to get out and realistically it would take days.

So we tried banging them in and spreading a little filler on top. All looked fine and gave a smooth surface when sanded, but the hooks started 'bleeding' through, even when we tried priming them and painting.

Any ideas of what we could put on to stop them bleeding through?

Thank you

flashg67

Possibly rust? Try a rust inhibitor from a car shop or hammerite maybe?

Norman_Castle

Presumably rust from the staples. This might work, contact the makers to check.


https://www.toolstation.com/shop/Painting+%26+Decorating/d150/Specialist+Paints/sd3175/Zinsser+Cover+Stain+Primer+Paint/p56164

Gazelle1985

Thank you - we thought Zinnisser might be a good shout.

Ganga

You could always get a pin punch and knock them below floor level,the time spent in removing them at the start would have been time well spent ( i have just done the same with our living room and stair carpet,try kneeling on a one you have missed- ouch )

jcb208

If you are using water based paint this will make the staples rust any solvent paint should stop this