troweling technique

[charlie1]

What do you do?

mine is left hand bucket trowel on to right hand flat edge of trowel and plaster on to wall on vertical motion from batten up, repeat till whole wall is done at a height of 400mm up from start, then serrate in a vertical line enough for one course then slip up and over excess adhesive at the top so it stays on the wall ready for next serration. Then i make one long horizontal serration with both hands for better control of angle. Then with corner edge of bucket trowel i remove excess that's touching batten or top of previous course just to keep it clean. Then, cut in bucket after removing adhesive. Then use the large mound of adhesive sticking to wall to back butter tiles.

i think its very important to develope an efficient troweling technique. A good trowelling technique can save you time not only when sticking the tiles but also cleaning.

 

[Andy Allen]

i turf it out the bucket, chuck it on the wall and spread it..:lol:

 

[charlie1]

i turf it out the bucket, chuck it on the wall and spread it..:lol:

in sure your more methodical than letting in Andy!

 

[Andy Allen]

not realy...well a bit, i dont use a bucket trowel, i use the back of the trowel im using, get it on the wall, and cut bits off it with the trowel to spread the amount i need..

there is an art to it, ive had many a laugh watching someone try it for the firt time, they allways make the mistake of not having enough addy on the trowel....lol

 

[charlie1]

not realy...well a bit, i dont use a bucket trowel, i use the back of the trowel im using, get it on the wall, and cut bits off it with the trowel to spread the amount i need..

there is an art to it, ive had many a laugh watching someone try it for the firt time, they allways make the mistake of not having enough addy on the trowel....lol

you right, there is an art to making the addy do what you want it to do, i don't even think now,my left and right arm work in sync when trowelling. Sometimes when i know in needing a deeper bed ( u just know eh) i use a higher angle on trowel or a develope a motion with the trowel that skips over the adhesive leaving a thicker bed but serration at the same time.... Sorry, im hopeless at explaining things Andy!

 

[peteablard]

I'm the same Andy, big dollop on the trowel and splat it on the wall. 2 or 3 of these then start spreading. I do make sure it's spread evenly before fixing. it sounds a bit rough but it's actually quite controlled and there is a knack to it.

 

[area tiling]

3 or 4 dallops on the wall with the notched trowel and spread the addy over the area , then press firmly on the trowel , job done !

 

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[Houston]

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[Diamond Pool Finishers]

oh dear ! ! are we really talking about this :hurray: when i get -out of bed i put my right foot -out first .......

 

[peteablard]

oh dear ! ! are we really talking about this :hurray: when i get -out of bed i put my right foot -out first .......

Me too Dave, If I tried left foot first I'd kick the wife (Mine not yours!!!!):lol:

 

[Jeff the tiler]

Go with DPF's response and Andy's response probably answers it in the best way.

 

[AMtek]

Big dollop on the serated edge of the trowel, long lines vertical then horizontal, clean face of trowel back into bucket with bucket trowel and repeat until finished, then margin trowel to clean up edges. Works for me but i am very tempted to try throwing big blobs on the wall then trowelling

 

[charlie1]

Go with DPF's response and Andy's response probably answers it in the best way.

You throw adhesive at the wall then trowel it Jeff?

 

[swanman]

Very sad

Get your trowel wack it in the bucket flick it on the wall then spread

Nice and easy lemon squeezy

 

[charlie1]

Very sad

Get your trowel wack it in the bucket flick it on the wall then spread

Nice and easy lemon squeezy

Sounds a bit messy, but if thats what you do then good luck

 

[gamma38]

I've got a specially tooled ice cream scoop like set of dabbers, i can do one dab every 1.75 seconds they are by far the best tools I own......

 

[charlie1]

I've got a specially tooled ice cream scoop like set of dabbers, i can do one dab every 1.75 seconds they are by far the best tools I own......

So thats how you achieve the perfectly round blobs!!... nice one! Do you charge more for a 5 scoop than a 4 scoop tile?

 

[gamma38]

So thats how you achieve the perfectly round blobs!!... nice one! Do you charge more for a 5 scoop than a 4 scoop tile?

I have never come across a 5 scoop tile as yet, that would just be a waste of addy, 4 is plenty for anything......