The simplest tools, invented in ancient times, remain reliable assistants in various works and in the modern world.

Content

1. General information
2. Trowel or trowel  video
3. Primary wall alignment trowel
4. English trowel and corner trowel
5. Putty, primer and leveling tools
6. Crack and Stroke Repair Tool
7. Tiler tool
8. Venetian spatulas  video
9. Wallpapering Tool

General information

Carrying out construction and finishing work, sometimes they do not think about preparing the tool.

It is wrong for the work to give pleasure, for a high-quality and effective result, it is necessary to prepare professional models of trowel or craftsmen. having an unsuccessful tool at hand, work can stop at any moment and vice versa, the matter is debated if you use the right trowel or putty knife.

Trowel or trowel

For the construction of walls, partitions, for plastering surfaces - a trowel is a necessary tool, often, people call it a trowel.

This product can be called a miniature spatula, which has curved handles.

The blade itself is made of steel, the handle can be wooden or plastic. Depending on the shape of the scapula, the purpose of the trowel also changes.

For example, a trowel mason trowel has the shape of a trapezoid, such a trowel is used to mix the mortar and apply it to the brick row of masonry.

A masonry seam, using such a trowel, is more accurate.

Another type of trowel has a spatula of a triangular shape, people call it the trowel of a concrete worker.

And although the name and forms of the trowel are different, they perform the same work.

Primary wall alignment trowel

Sometimes, if the construction of the building was carried out by low-skilled specialists, there are big problems with the skew of the walls.

To align the walls, two stages are used.

The first step is to level the surface. Beacons are placed on the surface, thereby noting deviations horizontally and vertically.

Further, these deviations are removed by applying plaster, and then, putty is brought to the ideal surface.

In case of large deviations from the ideal, the layer of plaster can reach 50 mm., As a result, these are tons of mortar, in such cases they use the legendary trowel or trowel in the form of a drop-shaped spatula, popularly called the heart.

Professionals, for the convenience of work, use a tool whose length is 120-180 mm.

English trowel and corner trowel

Each master, as a professional, uses different tools when decorating.

Some professionals use an English trowel to level the walls.

The English trowel has a shoulder blade, which is made in the form of a petal.

One half of the petal is slightly bent and with this tool you can, if necessary, beat and break bricks.

Therefore, you can work with such a trowel when laying brick, although, of course, high-class professionals use a special tool for each work.

One of these tools is a corner trowel, it is used when leveling plaster in the corners.

Of course, full alignment can only be done using the rule - this is another professional tool, in the form of a length of metal rail, which has a built-in bubble level (spirit level).

Putty, primer and leveling tools

The next stage of the rough finish is puttying.

This operation is a super-fine leveling, using special compositions, in the form of cement, gypsum or polymer putty.

Then grinding and priming the surface.

For a quality result, it is necessary to carry out a lot of work.

For accurate application of putty, use a special trowel - a wide spatula.

At the same time, the composition itself is applied in small portions, using a narrow spatula - control the dosage.

All finishing tools have a steel blade and a wooden or plastic rubber handle.

Crack and Stroke Repair Tool

In preparing the walls for cosmetic repairs, narrow spatulas or painting spatulas are used to repair cracks, seams, strobes, they have a narrow polished steel blade.

The surface is cleaned of dirt and dust, the crack is treated, later everything is treated with a reinforcing primer and using a narrow spatula, everything is filled with repair putty.

Using a trowel-ironer, the repair site is leveled.

Tiler tool

The tiler trowel is a drop-shaped blade, in addition to this blade, wide spatulas are used, both smooth and serrated spatulas.

The solution itself is applied with a smooth spatula, then comb it with a notched trowel.

The correct size of the teeth is of great importance for a quality result.

For example, when laying ordinary ceramics, a spatula is used, which is called shallow, it has square teeth whose size is 4x4 mm.

When installing large and heavy tiles, for which a thicker seam is needed, more powerful spatulas are also used. Large cladding requires a tool with a tooth size of 10x10 mm.

Important! To prevent the tile from hanging in the air, select the correct spatula teeth.

Venetian spatulas

Professional finishers use trowels and spatulas for decorative wall decoration.

They are masters of high flight and use mainly an exclusive tool.

Venetian spatula, for such a master as a sculptor for a sculptor.

Such tools are made to order from stainless steel and expensive non-ferrous metal alloys, the blade is ground so that it can be cut.

The master, using a Venetian spatula, creates the texture of natural stone or pearl silk.

And of course, to create masterpieces, use various materials and tools.

A round plastic spatula, brushes, graters, ironers, etc. are connected to the work.

Wallpapering Tool

For wallpapering use not only brushes and rollers, but also plastic spatulas.

Using plastic spatulas, glued wallpaper strips are evened out.

Using narrow steel spatulas, fix sections around switches, sockets, etc.

The same tools are used to remove old wallpaper.

If the old wallpaper is very firmly held on the walls - use a well-honed polished steel spatula.

Author: Sergey and Svetlana Khuentsov

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