Polly Floats

Status
Not open for further replies.
C

chubert

New Member
Anybody use these polystyrene (plastic) floats??......if so what are they good for??
Let me know your thoughts.
 
Good for rubbing up rendering a pop a few screws in and makes a good devil float that wont twist or warp.
 
Good for rubbing up but they break bloody easy! If you leave it hanging over a window sill and a fly lands on it, it will snap!!! Get a wood one and they get better the more u u use em!
 
What did they use before poly floats were invented then? I seen the gold trowel rendering dvd before the course and they rub up with a wooden float.

Cheers, Daz.
 
In days of old the correct method to set (skim) was called 3 coat work. Yad got 2 trowels and a float to use. :o First coat applied with laying on trowel, second coat applied with the float (wood, not those wank spongey thingies), an a 3rd coat applied with ya skimming trowel. :-? Thank god for good quality plasters and stainless trowels. Amen
 
topmark said:
In days of old the correct method to set (skim) was called 3 coat work. Yad got 2 trowels and a float to use. :o First coat applied with laying on trowel, second coat applied with the float (wood, not those wank spongey thingies), an a 3rd coat applied with ya skimming trowel. :-? Thank god for good quality plasters and stainless trowels. Amen
Click to expand...
Was sharing knowledge here before, ya need to pull ya finger out next time fella, your websites fab BTW :D
 
Roofer2plasterer said:
Good for rubbing up but they break bloody easy! If you leave it hanging over a window sill and a fly lands on it, it will snap!!! Get a wood one and they get better the more u u use em!
[/quote ]
True a plywood float is nice to use when worn in and just after they're worn in nicely they're worn out, I haven't bothered with a wooden float for about fifteen years and haven't missed them. Plastic floats vary a lot the cheaper ones tend to be softer poly than the expensive ones, some jobs are best done with cheap ones and some with expensive ones.
Click to expand...
 
refina do good quality resonably robust poly floats for about £8. strong enough to screed with.
 
They do one the size of a dustin lid great on big areas, and your floating has to be plumb ;)
 
yes mate, the bigger float will not work on floating that's not plumb it will dig in more, but if you float up to late the float will guide over the rendering and not do what the floats suppose to do. ...... imo ..... ;D
 
I have only ever sub'ed two floors out, and im sure they could screed plumb ;D cost me a small fortune at the time tho :(
 
Grand I saw a bloke using one of those diamond faced floats a while ago, they seemed to work nicely but how long do they keep their pattern if used on S&C, I could be tempted to try one.
 
Never used one on s&c , allways used a emir..... and a draper plastic when emir just dusts the render up ;)

you know when you sit down and have a brew and the renders hard work to close off when you get back up .
 
church said:
Never used one on s&c , allways used a emir..... and a draper plastic when emir just dusts the render up ;)

you know when you sit down and have a brew and the renders hard work to close off when you get back up .
Click to expand...

I know exactly what you mean :D. Those emir floats are definitely the best I've used for scratch floats, don't like them as much as the softer ones for screeding though, even though I don't know why they work better.
 
cross grain wooden floats are used to rub up and down an internal angle when skimming , gives you a nice straight/flat angle. a poly float is good for srceeds and render, the best floats for rubbing up render on externals are ones which screeders have worn in, if you see a screeder ask if they got any floats they dont use anymore. a diamond floats is for hardwall but dont use nails as they will split, a couple of screws do the trick. as for the 3 coat, i have done that and its a pain in the backside laying in a coat with a wooden float
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Share this page

Back
Top