adhesive onto walls 40% faster? Page: 2

[ryanbrown]

What I was driving at was either an invention/technique for getting adhesive onto the spreading trowel quicker - but then spreading adhesive onto the wall in the usual way.

Guns firing a stringy mess is obviously a disaster area, but if you could get a perfect trowel full of adhesive ready to spread in one quick fluid motion from the bucket - it might save a bit of time, and if so that would be a pretty nifty idea to people of all speeds.

After all people dont just use the washboy because they can't wash down the traditional way, or becasue they are too slow the old way.

One idea I had was to use a square/rectangular bucket.
What you do is pat the adhesive down (that'll teach it)
until its flat instead of sitting in big mounds.

Then what you can do is scoop out the adhesive with your notched trowel at an angle and then straighten up as you slide the notched trowel against the flat side of the bucket - ready to spread straight away, in the 1/3 the time it normally takes to get a full neat trowel full of adhesive.

Another point is - you use the combined power of both arms - scooping and straightening up the adhesive - so less tiring.

However, I soon abandoned this idea.

 

[Dan]

I can't see an advantage over the second that it takes using a 'bucket' trowel to scoop adhesive and stick it on your tiling trowel. And when the bucket is full enough just using the actual trowel to grab a load, stick it on the wall / floor and then use the trowel to spread it around before grabbing bits back on the trowel when you need a bit more. Sort of thing.
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To add to this, when working my way up the ranks when I started I had to spend lots of time only grouting day in day out and then only spreading adhesive day in day out and then eventually sticking tiles.

I used to be messy and not get a good quantity of adhesive on the trowel and I never ended up doing. What I do is keep the trowel light but use the wall to hold the adhesive I get from the bucket and pinch bits of a pile when the trowel stops spreading evenly.

This helped my speed and arm ache, I could even trowel a decent few meters whilst drinking my brew in my other hand in some cases.

 

[laurami tiling]

would be easier to use a trowel tony than your shoes....lol............dave..

cunny funt lmao 🙂

tony

 

[ryanbrown]

could wrap cellophane around your shoes before starting work.