Having the best tools make all the difference?

[Steveohim]

I've heard a few people say I need to get marshaltown trowels etc but does having the best tool give better results? Is this what gives the smooth glass finish?

 

[beddy]

You don't want a smooth glass finish bud.

 

[Steveohim]

No? I thought that was the whole point so when you come to paint it, it will look awesome

 

[casplas]

No? I thought that was the whole point so when you come to paint it, it will look awesome

Your paint will not stick to it if its too sealed i.e. polished like glass,it will peel off in time .matt and flat is better !!

 

[Steveohim]

Ok thanks for the info

 

[windy]

As my mate says , it ain't the wand its the wizard ..lol he's a tiler as well

 

[raggles]

As my mate says , it ain't the wand its the wizard ..lol he's a tiler as well

Fook'n hell things must be bad if Harry Potter has had to do a gold trowel tiling course :rolleyes)

 

[beader]

Well looked after cheap tools are always better than badly treated expensive tools. Keep them clean and in good order no matter how much they cost.

 

[Marko1960]

And well looked after expensive tool are better than well looked after cheap tools. Marshalltown are no longer made in the States, they're made somewhere where the labour is cheap, I use Kraft Elite Series made in the U S and they are the dogs bollox

 

[BetterTAX]

Make sure whatever you do buy, you keep receipts for it and then you can offset the cost in your tax bill.

 

[Marko1960]

I once had a disagreement with a painter on site which pissed me off, so on one of the most prominent walls on the job which I'd just finished I came up with an idea, I stayed back after everyone had gone and made a two foot square in the middle of the wall with masking tape and spent the next two hours polishing it till I could see my face in it, then I took the tape off, it took him ages to sort out. That'll teach him to stop me putting 5l tins of emulsion in the back of me van lol

 

[beader]

What was the point in that. It just made you look silly because the painter had to put your work right. What you should of done is **** in one of his tins of paint and wiped your arse on his best flat brush.n

 

[Marko1960]

Cheers for that beader, did you mean SHITE in his paint?

 

[Marko1960]

Don't be shy, your mother wasn'twasn't

 

[CTPlastering]

More stupid questions off this tit aswell

 

[bubbles65]

It's the DIY section :RpS_thumbup:

 

[herds]

Steveohim - in my experiance as diyer a decent trowel made a lot of difference. I was on a course after day 2 i bought a pre-worn mashaltown and the finish the next day was a lot lot better, I find it funny that people will complain about trowel marks as I never ever get them and i'm no pro.

 

[Skimble]

You should pay the money for a Marshalltown or similar. If well looked after it'll last you ages and will get better with age as it gets sharper.