Trowels & Floats by Material, Blade Size & Notch

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FAQs

Because notch depth sets how much adhesive is left on the surface. Too little and the tile does not bed; too much and it squeezes into the joint and has to be raked out.

280mm suits walls and normal tiling. A 400mm flooring trowel covers a floor in far fewer passes, which matters because adhesive skins over within a working time.

Getting the mix out of a bucket. At 140mm with a rounded end it reaches the bottom, where a pointing or laying trowel leaves material behind in the corners.

With a corner trowel, held as a two piece set covering internal and external corners. A flat blade cannot form the angle without leaving a ridge along it.

Finishing the surface once material is on, at 280mm. That is a separate stage from spreading, and a trowel used at that point drags rather than consolidates.

The adhesive, flooring, bucket and corner trowels are all held in soft grip forms, which matters on a tool held continuously through a tiling or screeding job.

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A notched trowel is sized by its notches rather than its blade, because the notch depth is what sets how much adhesive is left on the surface. Too little and the tile does not bed; too much and it squeezes into the joint and has to be raked out. The notch profile is also what determines the bond area under the tile once it is bedded.

Blade size then follows the area. An adhesive trowel at 280mm suits walls and normal tiling. A flooring trowel at 400mm covers a floor in far fewer passes, which matters because adhesive has a working time before it skins over. Working time also means a floor is set out and spread in sections rather than all at once.

A bucket trowel is a different shape for a different job, at 140mm with a rounded end so it reaches the bottom of a bucket and gets the mix out. A pointing or laying trowel would leave material behind in the corners. Redline and Expert flooring trowels sit alongside the plain bodies at the same blade size.

Corners need their own tool. A corner trowel set of two pieces covers internal and external corners, where a flat blade cannot form the angle. A plastering float at 280mm finishes the surface once the material is on. Send the tiling job to 07754288583 on WhatsApp. A soft grip adhesive trowel at 280mm is the common starting point for a first tiling job. Corner trowels are also the only way to finish an angle without a second pass over the same material.