Being a professional plasterer it’s your duty to give the best satisfactory result to your client while plastering their home. For that, you need to have a wide range of trowels in your plastering toolkit so that you have access to the necessary one that is immediately needed.
On the other hand, if you are a homeowner and want to do some little work in your house or make any customized thing with plaster, and you must also know about the different types of plastering trowels. They can vary in materials, sizes, and workability. You cannot use a trowel for all kind of plastering work, and you need to use different types of trowels to get the best finishes.
Here are the varieties of plastering trowels and their advantages.
Types of plastering trowels: As said before, plastering trowels may vary in different factors. Keeping all of them in mind, here we listed the types and the advantages you get by using them
1. Steel trowels: These types of trowels are made of steel blades. The steel blade can be of stainless steel or carbon steel. These trowels give you the best finish. They have a magnetic property. When you put the trowel on the wall, an attraction between the blade and the water in the plaster creates. So, when you move the blade, water, with some really fine plaster mixture also moves with it and creates a smooth surface on the wall.
2. Plastic trowels: These trowels are very much handy and lightweight. They are a great tool for beginners. They are made out of the plastic blade and can be of different shapes. You can use such trowels as DIY kits.
3. Wooden trowels: They are more likely the traditional types of trowels but used by many plasterers till now. The reason is they help spread the plasters easily. These trowels are not so good for a smooth finish but you can use them at first to spread the plastering materials on the walls, and then a steep trowel would be good to get the finish.
4. Magnesium trowel: They have a magnesium blade and give you pretty much the same result as the wooden trowel. It doesn’t pull water from the cement to the top and as a result, you don’t get the shiny surface. But, it helps spread plaster evenly.
5. Stiff Trowels: Checking the stiffness of the plastering trowel is important when you are working on a large even surface. Wooden trowels and magnesium trowels have stiffer blades. You can’t bend them, and plasterers can use such trowels for large-scale projects.
6. Bendable trowels: Bendable trowels are needed to work on curves and uneven surfaces. Steel trowel blades are flexible, you can bend them. So, when you move them on a curvy wall they adjust the blade and don’t ruin the structure giving you the same shiny, smooth result.
7. Corner trowels: They are specially made to finish the corners. Unlike the simple look, they have a triangular blade that fits perfectly on any corner. Getting the accurate finish on the corners of the walls with a plane trowel is hard or needs a really professional hand. Instead, a corner trowel will do the job and you can smooth such restricted areas with such trowels.
8. Small-sized plastering trowels: Trowels vary in different sizes. Small plastering trowels are useful for tiny detailing, curves, and bent surfaces. Moreover, if you are doing plastering work for the first time these trowels are best for you. They help you work on a small area and gradually improve your skill.
Conclusion!
So, you must have understood how different kinds of plastering trowels you can get. As a plasterer, you must include some of them in your kit so that you can work on different surfaces excellently.
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