Trowels & spatulas

While performing repairs in garage or autrepair shop, trowels are often used. These are small hand tools that have a blade fitted with a handle. They are used for applying and spreading plaster over the surface of the ceiling and walls of the room in order teliminate small cracks, for example. These easy-to-use tools are sold at affordable prices and allow tperform repair work both outside and inside the building without any trouble.

Types

These tools differ in the shape of a blade. The most popular are the following items:

• bucket trowels;
• drop-shaped trowels;
• pointing trowels.

Some tools can have a special design, depending on the intended purpose:

• For working with mortar joints. Fitted with a long narrow blade.
• For levelling the applied cement. The handle is perpendicular tthe rectangular shaped blade.
• For working with external and internal wall corners. The blade is bent at a right angle.

The working element can be made of plastic or steel. Metal tools are more robust and durable. As a rule, handles are made from wood, metal or plastic.

Trowels: maintenance tips

1. When working with walls, hold the tool at 45 ° angle.
2. Apply the mixture upwards making arcuate movements.
3. After repair is finished, remove the left plaster from the tool.
4. Store the tool in a dry place tprevent corrosion.

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