Grout floats

[penno]

Can anyone reccomend a good comfortable grout float and also where i can but it from. Have several and they do the job really well but the handles are solid plastic and bruise and blister my hands like hell.

 

[ChaseTiling]

Blimey, you must be over gripping the thing?!?

We sell Rubi, Tile Rite and Silverline ones. No comebacks off them at all.

 

[penno]

Blimey, you must be over gripping the thing?!?

We sell Rubi, Tile Rite and Silverline ones. No comebacks off them at all.

Can you link where i could buy some Rubi ones from you please mate

 

[ChaseTiling]

Buy Brand Tools are the tool guys on here.....

Click on the link at the top of this page to see what they got.

 

[bencurtis]

best iv used is a tileasy pointed float

 

[DHTiling]

I use the marshalltown ones and have no probs with them..it's just your soft hands mat mate..they'll toughen up...don't worry...

 

[penno]

I use the marshalltown ones and have no probs with them..it's just your soft hands mat mate..they'll toughen up...don't worry...

Where do you get your Marhaltowns from Dave?

 

[DHTiling]

I get mine from CTD at the moment.......never really looked anwhere else yet...

 

[Leatherface]

Just bear withit mate, after a while your hands will be calloused to hell, won't matter waht kind of float you use !!

 

[silverfox]

B&Q sell a couple of Marshalltown Floats for around £9 penno.

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[wivers]

Think trade tilier does too. I bought a couple off e-bay and a couple of trowels and they are all working great.
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http://stores.ebay.co.uk/DIY-Direct-Intl

 

[penno]

thanks lads

 

[woodie]

Can anyone reccomend a good comfortable grout float and also where i can but it from. Have several and they do the job really well but the handles are solid plastic and bruise and blister my hands like hell.

hello buddy, i've used raimondi floats for a long time and i don't get any problems with them, they might have hollow plastic handles but they are comfortable and the pads clip off and are replaced with new ones or a sponge for washing down with my washboy and i don't have any callouses either...Mike

 

[tysfoot]

can you use epoxy grout floats for normal grouting. i need a new one but i want a decent one this time

 

[DHTiling]

You can but they are hard work as they have no flex in them..coz they are designed to pull epoxy grout excess off....It would be better to use a flexible rubber faced one as it is easier to push the grout into the joints with that type of float.....you can get then as cheap as £4.99 from B&Q but i,m sure when neil at buybrandtools gets some in stock he will do a good deal on them.....