lime plaster sponge floats

[tomo68]

Afternoon all,
can anyone help me,what are the best sponge floats to use for the top coat,and who sell em,,thanks

 

[scott100]

is it for a sponged finish or are you using it to float the first top coat (introducing moisture) before the application of the second tight coat and finishing off the steel?

 

[tomo68]

sponge finish,but from what i can rember there was two types of sponge used,and i dont know how too go about buying them

 

[scott100]

Any builders merchant will sell the orange sponge (coarse). The black (tile grouting) sponge floats try tools bank www.toolbank.com | Rubber Floats

 

[Refina]

Hi Tomo,

We supply a range of specialist sponges for plaster and render, here's a link to our online store:

Plastic trowels & Floats & Sponge Floats For Plastering & Rendering

For finishing plaster you'll want a fine sponge. There was a post I saw on here earlier that you mind find useful, look at the last post:

http://www.plasterersforum.com/gene...ering/42624-used-sponge-float-first-time.html

Hope that helps.

 

[tomo68]

Thanks scott100

 

[Gibbo]

Hi Tomo,

We supply a range of specialist sponges for plaster and render, here's a link to our online store:

Plastic trowels & Floats & Sponge Floats For Plastering & Rendering

For finishing plaster you'll want a fine sponge. There was a post I saw on here earlier that you mind find useful, look at the last post:

http://www.plasterersforum.com/gene...ering/42624-used-sponge-float-first-time.html

Hope that helps.

So how do you finish plaster with a sponge refina

 

[mayti]

sponge finish,but from what i can rember there was two types of sponge used,and i dont know how too go about buying them

yellow sponge sounds like the one you need

 

[Refina]

So how do you finish plaster with a sponge refina

haha, sorry. For skimming..