It’s obnoxiously simple but took me a long time to think of it: put a small neodymium magnet on each side of my nail puller, and I won’t end up stepping on pulled nails and scratching the floor.
It’s obnoxiously simple but took me a long time to think of it: put a small neodymium magnet on each side of my nail puller, and I won’t end up stepping on pulled nails and scratching the floor.
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