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After receiving the following set of plastic trowels courtesy of "plazzy "
[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]A 35cm plain trowel for laying on and closing in.
A 50cm cushioned trowel for flattening.
A 40 cm cushioned trowel for trowelling up or for laying on and trowelling up curved surfaces such as swooped ceilings.
A slot-in handle.
A couple of small tools.[/FONT]
Had my first chance to give the trowels a whirl , i had a small job on the go bedroom re- skim heavy artex ceiling had to be carlite bonded out sealed with stabilizer the same day and pvaed the next day before skimming ,the walls had some making good but a basic 2 coat pva was the order of the day .
I looked at the trowels and slid the medium sized cushioned plastic sleeve (around 16 inch)onto the miget trowel , it needs a bit of a push to clip it in but a bit of wd40 would help me in the furture :RpS_wink: . The trowel feels comfortable in your hand and the plastic handle feels ok but there is a little ridge that you can feel under your index finger but its no big deal , i felt the blades of the plastic sleeve and decided to sand them down a bit and sand off the toe corners to round them off a bit as well.
So to the plastering stage ceiling first , for now i went for laying it on with a steel trowel as normal , and waited for it to pick up after ten minutes or so , picked up the plastic trowel and started to flatten ...... well the first thing you notice is there is no resistance from the plaster and you have to look twice to see if the trowel is working:RpS_unsure: ....but it is and it works great and even saves a bit of time i feel , decided after another ten minutes to flatten it again and now the ceiling is super flat and im quite impressed at this stage. Knocked up for second coat and layed it on with the steel trowel washed up and waited .
After two flaterning in trowels and two cross trowels one wet and one dry with the plastic trowel the ceiling was finished and looked great :RpS_cool: better than i normally do with a steel trowel ....... yeah hands up it was and im well impressed , done a couple off walls with the same result and now waiting till after christmas to see how it drys out .
Overall i think the trowels are great don't think they will replace steel but i will be using one from now on .
On the upside , The trowels are , easy to use , make lighter work of troweling up skimming due to less pressure you have to put on the trowel , leave a good flat even finish to walls and ceilings .
On the down side , you need to have some fine sand paper to hand as the plastic nicks easy , not sure how long they last you .
Overall i think the trowels are well worth a go , everyone is different but they suit me ,and should i be telling you all this no , should keep it to myself :RpS_sneaky: .
Well done plazzy and thanks.
[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]A 35cm plain trowel for laying on and closing in.
A 50cm cushioned trowel for flattening.
A 40 cm cushioned trowel for trowelling up or for laying on and trowelling up curved surfaces such as swooped ceilings.
A slot-in handle.
A couple of small tools.[/FONT]
Had my first chance to give the trowels a whirl , i had a small job on the go bedroom re- skim heavy artex ceiling had to be carlite bonded out sealed with stabilizer the same day and pvaed the next day before skimming ,the walls had some making good but a basic 2 coat pva was the order of the day .
I looked at the trowels and slid the medium sized cushioned plastic sleeve (around 16 inch)onto the miget trowel , it needs a bit of a push to clip it in but a bit of wd40 would help me in the furture :RpS_wink: . The trowel feels comfortable in your hand and the plastic handle feels ok but there is a little ridge that you can feel under your index finger but its no big deal , i felt the blades of the plastic sleeve and decided to sand them down a bit and sand off the toe corners to round them off a bit as well.
So to the plastering stage ceiling first , for now i went for laying it on with a steel trowel as normal , and waited for it to pick up after ten minutes or so , picked up the plastic trowel and started to flatten ...... well the first thing you notice is there is no resistance from the plaster and you have to look twice to see if the trowel is working:RpS_unsure: ....but it is and it works great and even saves a bit of time i feel , decided after another ten minutes to flatten it again and now the ceiling is super flat and im quite impressed at this stage. Knocked up for second coat and layed it on with the steel trowel washed up and waited .
After two flaterning in trowels and two cross trowels one wet and one dry with the plastic trowel the ceiling was finished and looked great :RpS_cool: better than i normally do with a steel trowel ....... yeah hands up it was and im well impressed , done a couple off walls with the same result and now waiting till after christmas to see how it drys out .
Overall i think the trowels are great don't think they will replace steel but i will be using one from now on .
On the upside , The trowels are , easy to use , make lighter work of troweling up skimming due to less pressure you have to put on the trowel , leave a good flat even finish to walls and ceilings .
On the down side , you need to have some fine sand paper to hand as the plastic nicks easy , not sure how long they last you .
Overall i think the trowels are well worth a go , everyone is different but they suit me ,and should i be telling you all this no , should keep it to myself :RpS_sneaky: .
Well done plazzy and thanks.
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