If the tacks aren't sitting proud enough of the wood to get any leverage on them, I found that lifter thing in the link doubled nicely as a relatively gentle way of lifting up the actual wooden strips so that they then pop straight out
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If the tacks aren't sitting proud enough of the wood to get any leverage on them, I found that lifter thing in the link doubled nicely as a relatively gentle way of lifting up the actual wooden strips so that they then pop straight out