Trowel cleaning

[boardfinished]

Whats the best/easiest way to clean my trowel ?

I have scraped,left in water, even left it in coke over night

 

[Deleted member 29624]

Bi carbonate

 

[Gibbo]

window scraper and wet and dry

 

[boardfinished]

What about brick acid?

 

[Simon85]

What about brick acid?

Don't leave it in the acid anyways, it weakens the steel and It will break. Know 2ppl that happened too.

 

[gps]

As you go. Simple

 

[Rossi46]

As you go. Simple

Absolutely. A little bit every day and it never becomes an issue

 

[lurpak]

Clean as you go is fine, I always clean my regularly throughout day. But if you’re using it everyday even when cleaning, it looks clean but slowly the fat builds up on it same as handboard

 

[gps]

Clean as you go is fine, I always clean my regularly throughout day. But if you’re using it everyday even when cleaning, it looks clean but slowly the fat builds up on it same as handboard

@zolco tell him that’s not true, you keep everything spotless

 

[t33ch]

What about brick acid?

Works good on S&C but not one to leave soaking overnight...

 

[Simon85]

Prevention is better than cure. Clean water for every trowel, cleaning it regularly. If u keep cleaning it with dirty water it will stain the trowel and ul hada scrape it. Better to clean regularly before It builds up.

 

[lurpak]

A clean trowel is a sign of a good spread

A spotless trowel is sign of lazy fook who aint putting on enough

 

[lurpak]

Prevention is better than cure. Clean water for every trowel, cleaning it regularly. If u keep cleaning it with dirty water it will stain the trowel and ul hada scrape it. Better to clean regularly before It builds up.

So you change the water after every clean? As the water will be dirty after you clean the trowel. Don’t know how you find the time

 

[Simon85]

No not always, which is why I have to scrape it. But we have a lab who changes the water regularly enough when asked so doesn't need scraped all the time.

 

[zolco]

@zolco tell him that’s not true, you keep everything spotless

I just wipe it after each use, then leave it in the bucket of water overnight if I leave the tools behind. That film sort of skim just wipes off the next morning. I'm not a freak or anything but just hoovered my extractor out
PS used the plumbers hoover for it, that will teach him

 

[Simon85]

No not always, which is why I have to scrape it. But we have a lab who changes the water regularly enough when asked so doesn't need scraped all the time.

Misread that, ideally try and clean after every pass, but realistically, probably every second pass.

 

[zolco]

A clean trowel is a sign of a good spread

A spotless trowel is sign of lazy fook who aint putting on enough

I think @scottie5 said the same to me, nearly sent me home before I started with him

 

[zolco]

So you change the water after every clean? As the water will be dirty after you clean the trowel. Don’t know how you find the time

Just spunk the excess gear into an empty bag or wipe it on the side of the bucket then wash it

 

[lurpak]

How’s them trowels. Am i a dirty fook?

 

[Simon85]

Just spunk the excess gear into an empty bag or wipe it on the side of the bucket then wash it

Empty bag or corner of board.

 

[Simon85]

How’s them trowels. Am i a dirty fook?

Yes

 

[lurpak]

Yes

Do your still have the sticker on

 

[lurpak]

Mine are due a once over tbh once every few months

 

[Simon85]

Do your still have the sticker on

No,mediflex isnt overly dirty either as it only really be's used finishing so doesn't lift much fat off

 

[Simon85]

Mine are due a once over tbh once every few months

Do mine when they need it, plenty worse trowels than them ones of urs tbf.

 

[lurpak]

Ok point taken mine need a clean lol

 

[Mouldyoldspudgun]

Don't leave it in the acid anyways, it weakens the steel and It will break. Know 2ppl that happened too.

I worked with a bloke who left his in brick acid over night and the blade fell off, that was a scream

 

[zombie]

Who cares just use the c**t dont get paid anymore for using a clean trowel!

 

[Rossi46]

Quick scrape. Wire brush on the tang, WD40 and wipe with a brush and it’s like new every day. Takes 2-3 minutes.

 

[John j]

Bi card overnight with just enough water to cober blade. Little scrape every few hours when poss. Brick acid does note on plaster

 

[Simon85]

Who cares just use the c**t dont get paid anymore for using a clean trowel!

Don't get paid less to clean it. Jobs messy enough without using a trowel covered in s**t and All lol

 

[Simon85]

I worked with a bloke who left his in brick acid over night and the blade fell off, that was a scream

Left it in it over night, picked it up went to coat and it snapped. Best is he had another in it too and lifted it and it broke too.

 

[Mouldyoldspudgun]

Left it in it over night, picked it up went to coat and it snapped. Best is he had another in it too and lifted it and it broke too.

It is quite twangy stuff people don’t realise

 

[Vincey]

Thread of the year already

 

[Rossi46]

Thread of the year already