Raimondi pedalo, anybody use one?

[peteablard]

I'm seriously thinking of buying one of these. I've got quite a few big floors in the pipeline and think it would pay for itself quite quickly. Does anyone have any feedback on these either good or bad?

 

[Gazzer]

Hmmmm cant remember who but a few guys have used them. I will have a look and see if I can find the posts.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

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i use this machine and i would highly reccomend it to anyone it great even on small floors ,saves my knees so it has to be good,and i work mainly on mosaic floor so even more grout to wash off...... but that pedlow looks good as well

 

[peteablard]

Handy bit of kit Dave, don't think I can quite justify the outlay though. Well worth it for you i imagine. Do you use a normal float for grouting or something like the big rubi squeegee that trade tiler do?

 

[Gazzer]

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i use this machine and i would highly reccomend it to anyone it great even on small floors ,saves my knees so it has to be good,and i work mainly on mosaic floor so even more grout to wash off...... but that pedlow looks good as well

there was one on Ebay like this a few months back and I was so tempted. 2 new sponge rollers and it went for £80 ish

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

Peter i use the ordinary on your knees grot float, but must look in to another knees saving method.
Neil that was a great bargain ,i would have snapped it -up just for spares ! i expect the sponge rollers would be worth that ! i have used it on about ten pools not and still no wear on the roller sponge, only were my lad put it in the box-on wheels i made for it and assured me he had raised the front wheels ( but did not, little *&^% ) so when i got it out to use it next the sponge had dried flat on one bit :mad2:, still when it was wet it regained shape a bit

 

[Gazzer]

Mate had I known it would sell so cheap then so would I or sold it on but I was convinced it would shoot up in price towards the end of the auction. I was well gutted.

 

[bugs183]

Peta, If you've got floors over 25m2 to grout get your self a Pedalo great piece of kit. I can easily grout and wash off on my own 40m2 in a few hours.
Some people say it leaves the tiles a bit wet, but never had a problem. Great on tiles and stone, not so good on uncalibrated slate.
don't loose the black bung, and buy a thick broom handle, the one that comes with it is rubbish.

 

[foggy34]

bought the pedalo about 4 mnths ago! if ya got some good size floors to tile its great not worth gettin out for anythin less than 20m2 imo,holds alot of water tho which is tricky on emptying altho you ll work out a tecnique im sure! well worth the outlay tho

 

[peteablard]

Peta, If you've got floors over 25m2 to grout get your self a Pedalo great piece of kit. I can easily grout and wash off on my own 40m2 in a few hours.
Some people say it leaves the tiles a bit wet, but never had a problem. Great on tiles and stone, not so good on uncalibrated slate.
don't loose the black bung, and buy a thick broom handle, the one that comes with it is rubbish.

The majority of my work is commercial so I think it will be ideal. Don't do much slate work and when I do it's only bits so wouldn't use it anyway

 

[peteablard]

bought the pedalo about 4 mnths ago! if ya got some good size floors to tile its great not worth gettin out for anythin less than 20m2 imo,holds alot of water tho which is tricky on emptying altho you ll work out a tecnique im sure! well worth the outlay tho

Where did you get it from mate? I've seen kwiksplit are doing them for £180

 

[bugs183]

I got mine from here, click the link:
Ceramic Tiling Tools, Raimondi Tools UK & Ireland
Maybe try Vulcan as well. If theres a team of you i'd get a second sweepex head so one of you emulsyies the grout and the other follows and cleans up.
Bloomin brill for commercial floors matey!

 

[peteablard]

I got mine from here, click the link:
Ceramic Tiling Tools, Raimondi Tools UK & Ireland
Maybe try Vulcan as well. If theres a team of you i'd get a second sweepex head so one of you emulsyies the grout and the other follows and cleans up.
Bloomin brill for commercial floors matey!

Cheers, the cheapest I've seen it so far.....

 

[nybor62]

i have the pedalo great bit of kit , got mine from sts leeds, i get my sponges from kwik split

 

[foggy34]

quickspit m8 got a couple of freebies thrown in too -tape,pencil,lash clip samples etc posted really quickly ,but at 150 from ctt its a no brainer m8 wish id seen it