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almanak

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Do any of you know where i could pickup a tyzack spear and jackson 3 sided angle trowel, an idiot i work with lost my one, and the refina one i bought to replace it just isn't the same
 
That ones been in the shed the best part of 20 years I cant throw it away for some reason
 

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get one of the putz from plasterers 1stopshop, my old man used to use the old tyzack ones , its rusty every time you get it out, especialy on a monday if you forget to spray it with wd40 ,cant be doing with all that rubbing with sandpaper to get the rust off
 
leebo02 said:
get one of the putz from plasterers 1stopshop, my old man used to use the old tyzack ones , its rusty every time you get it out, especialy on a monday if you forget to spray it with wd40 ,cant be doing with all that rubbing with sandpaper to get the rust off
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Naaaaaaaa can't beat the tyzack twitcher
 
leebo02 said:
yeah they are good twitchers superspread, i just prefer using one that takes no looking after,, ive still got 2 of my old mans in the shed
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Just give mine a wipe on my overalls to dry it ,sorted. Sometimes a little wipe over wiv some wet and dry if I'm honest
 
Its like loosing a limb, those new stainless steel corner trowels feel a bit flimsy and have no weight behind them.
 
Danny said:
never used a Tyzak trowel... wouldnt mind actually seeing what the fuss is/was about
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a tyzak was the quality trowel of the 1960s

i had to drive to long and summervilles in enfield to purchase a marshalltown 14 inch trowel, the other plasterers called it a sabre, after 1 week i had to return to enfield as they all wanted one.
the day work plasterers complained that i was using a cement finishing trowel as it called by marshalltown, and as they were working for the union rate they would only use the union recognized plastering trowel the 11 inch tyzak.
 
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Danny said:
never used a Tyzak trowel... wouldnt mind actually seeing what the fuss is/was about
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Don't bother now danny .... cheap Chinese s**t ... years ago a new one I had warped out of shape on a house refurb and it was all board work .... still got a $25 tyzack from oz when I was rendering .... like a banana and still well used
 
raggles said:
Internal angles and especially useful when they are slightly over or under 90 deg
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I use a normal angle trowel for those... infact I rarely use both wings of the angle trowel at the same time......

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leebo02 said:
get one of the putz from plasterers 1stopshop, my old man used to use the old tyzack ones , its rusty every time you get it out, especialy on a monday if you forget to spray it with wd40 ,cant be doing with all that rubbing with sandpaper to get the rust off
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Are ghe putz ones not stainless then?

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Tyzack where diffo one of the better trowels years ago, beautiful when sharp, another great trowel from years ago was a Distonn they where probably one of the first soft metal trowels, came with a wooden green handle, and left a grazed finish with so much ease, I still have couple of the old Tyzacks still, the old Sheffield steel ones
 
George Kidd said:
Tyzack where diffo one of the better trowels years ago, beautiful when sharp, another great trowel from years ago was a Distonn they where probably one of the first soft metal trowels, came with a wooden green handle, and left a grazed finish with so much ease, I still have couple of the old Tyzacks still, the old Sheffield steel ones
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Still got a few in me garage
 
1st stainless trowel I bought was a tyzack, still got it, sharp as. A good tyzack worn in nice was like today's "magic" trowel. If only they made a bigger one. Also had a stainless goldblatt 13" , very very stiff trowel, great for render.
 
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