Plantation Shutters Tilt Rod , Louvers Staples, Replace Missing Staples

First when I got the Amazon package I thought it was empty but alas down in the bottom was a tiny package of staples. After several attempts I found the way I had to repair these old (circa 1960) plantation shutters which required the following tools: needle-nosed pliers, vice grips, small ball peen/tack hammer and carpenter’s glue. After trial and error and crushing the wood rail with pliers I found that by wrapping a piece of the bubble wrap from the Amazon envelope around the outside teeth of the vice grips with a thick rubber band and adjusting the grip so the staples would only be pressed in at a specific depth was a major win. I also found that is had to remove the shutter staples with needle nosed pliers and replace the rail staple first. Then I replaced the shutter staple otherwise I couldn’t get the angle or the staples in straight. This was huge!!! So take out the shutter staples and replace the rail staples first with glue squeezing it into place with the protected and depth adjusted vice grips, then shift the rail over so it’s sideways and put in your shutter staple through the rail staple, tapping it in with the ball peen/tack hammer. Voila! Replaced them all! So happy as it’s been TWELVE years flipping them by hand!

For how small they are it's ridiculous how expensive they are, really.

The staples came separated (something I couldn't find in other reviews). They fit right into some empty spots in my plantation shutters where the staples had broken off.

Had I known about these clips before, I wouldn’t have waited so long to fix my shutters!I have several plantation shutters in my home and the original clips broke. I didn’t realize it was such an easy fix.

There must be two standard sizes of louver staples, which I now know. I needed a smaller size and had to squeeze these and trim them for them to fit my needs. But that's my fault.

Well, I gave it a 3 star rating due to possibly my error. I wanted the Tilt Rod AND the staples. I thought I was going to receive both so it's disappointing. I will rate the Tilt Rod and re-rate or remove the 3 star rating for the staples only AFTER I am able to get the actual product that I need which is a 32" white Tilt Rod.

I had a broken shutter pin and this did the job, it prevented me from calling a shutter person to fix it. Very happy this was available to purchase on Amazon.

These worked great...I’ve been looking for this staple at hardware stores with no luck, tried these, they were the correct size. No problems installing, I glued in to make sure they stay in place