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Hi Gary, ok cheers i didnt wanna turn up with my virgin finishing trowel ! :o Should be ok :) Cheers Highlander

I have a couple of builder mates they use finishing trowels when roughcasting, is that the norm in the uk ? I always used the biggest marshaltown you could get for floating as most i knew did and told me too. Is that just builders or do Plasterers in the uk use them also? I admit finishing...

Ok im sweating, i was a mere labourer/trowelhand in Oz for near 4 years, ie 4 plasterers, boss, apprentice, 2 trowelhands and me..the man with two mixers and to keep em supplied!! float set etc! From there i went to a specialist texture company(scratchcoat finishes etc, where finally after 2...

hi, aye , used to breaking them with scratch coat texturing,its for sand and cement so i guess it's ok. I noticed before people asked one trowel or two, i always thougt people had seperate setting(skim ?) trowels/tools compared to there floating trowels, that right? cheers for reply Highlander

Hi, whats the best way to wear in my trowel edges etc ? Used to rub it down a smooth concrete block, any ideas , tips? cheers Highlander

Hi Danny, lol not England, Scotland :) You will love Australia as i did and do. I got my Permanent Residency etc , so will be back some time soon. Yes a refresher course would be helpful but its sink or swim on Monday with the new start / trial etc Regarding Australia, especially the West, you...

Hi , i typed in plasterers forum, expecting "ukspreads" which i saw before, this is far superior!! Ok im sweating, i was a mere labourer/trowelhand in Oz for near 4 years, ie 4 plasterers, boss, apprentice, 2 trowelhands and me..the man with two mixers and to keep em supplied!! float set etc...