cleaning kit again?

[oasis]

wots the best way to clean my hark and trown...i got M/Town gold trowl...but its got loads of thin plaster built up on it..

iv left in a bucket of water for a few days that helps a lil bit but not that gd..

any tips lads.

just cleanin me kit before i go back 2 work,

 

[Gary the Spread]

2 wet trowels with a covering of sand and rub face of 1 against the back of the other, cleans 2 trowels at the same time.

 

[Pogo]

Rub the back of your trowel with a decent chunk of clay brick, or as has been suggested use sand as an abrasive. Your hawk, scrape and wash off everytime you use it, it's not necessary to have it spotless, not until it gets too heavy to use anyway, then hit it with your lath hammer and scrape the last few bits off!

 

[spunkybum]

i had to leave a h/wall butt in my garage picking up a leak in the roof so all spare tools went in ......this was for over a year, i took my hawk out and all the sludge came off ....wicked .............then first job on site with it was dabbing ........so i left it and banged it off :

 

[christ]

i usally leave the trowel in water overnight then use a sharp scraper the next day......some one did mention leaving your trowel in brick acid over night, if any1 has tried it let me know. cheers

 

[gmw]

brick acids a bit of a no no on finishing trowels in my exp it can pit the blade.

 

[oasis]

acid rust all the kit..done it b4.

im ganna leave it all over night then in water and hit it with a scraper..

 

[FatmanWithATrowel]

Just cleaned a very hard thin film off mine with patio cleaner and a sheet of wet & dry - I guess its the same effect as brick acid but its at a lower concentrate and less aggro. It had been catching all day and doing my head in so I wasn't too fussed if it trashed it.

 

[oasis]

iv just got a shar scraer on my trowls and then gave them a good goin over with wet and dry sand paper they look like new!

but the gold tint has garn..was that just deoration?

 

[Big_Mart]

iv just got a shar scraer on my trowls and then gave them a good goin over with wet and dry sand paper they look like new!

but the gold tint has garn..was that just deoration?

Nah thats just the way it is on golds mate, waste of money, buy ss and save.