In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 28 Mar 2021 04:58:40 -0700 (PDT),
" wrote:

On Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 4:01:05 PM UTC-4, just plain sue wrote:
Have an old house, circu 1880's, when then or later canvas was hung in rooms and wall paper hung on canvas. The canvas was nailed to the walls of the room & nails are very difficult to remove. Help! Thought a magnet would suffice to run across the wall boards???

--
For full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...s-3107555-.htm

My husband recommends a Binford 2000 nail gun, set on "reverse".

Your husband knows his stuff.

Cindy Hamilton