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Platinum trowels, what are they Mark?
Local supplier used to do TM then said they were doing a price increase, then moved on to Norcross and now may be supplying Palace...which there'd make there mind up.
Is. That where u bought them from?
I've had mine in storage for a couple of years and can't remember who I bought them off, they are heavy trowels and not cheap or was'nt at the time I bought them.
Cheap! Haha what's cheap for us these days?
Found this and not seen one like this before which would make them lighter Custom Introudces the SuperiorBilt Platinum Notch Trowel | 2014-03-13 | Floor Covering
Amazon sell the first one I linked in.
Yeah saw them on Amazon just now, but also found this
Search - Trowel
Has anybody tried the Platinum trowels Ray.
This time next year rodney!
With adhesive you're testing a lot to get the qty's right because a little change will do quite a lot because of the additives in the mix.
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Platinum trowels, what are they Mark?
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Local supplier used to do TM then said they were doing a price increase, then moved on to Norcross and now may be supplying Palace...which there'd make there mind up.
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Whoa! They look slick Mark, are they as nice in the flesh?
Is. That where u bought them from?
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I've had mine in storage for a couple of years and can't remember who I bought them off, they are heavy trowels and not cheap or was'nt at the time I bought them.
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Rizzle from the Portizzle
bring them down anytime we can give them a go under glass and see what happens
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Oh ok, they might be worth a look. Cheers.
Cheap! Haha what's cheap for us these days?
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Found this and not seen one like this before which would make them lighter Custom Introudces the SuperiorBilt Platinum Notch Trowel | 2014-03-13 | Floor Covering
Amazon sell the first one I linked in.
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Old Mod
That's an American site isn't it Mark?
Yeah saw them on Amazon just now, but also found this
Search - Trowel
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Rizzle from the Portizzle
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Has anybody tried the Platinum trowels Ray.
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Rizzle from the Portizzle
i think me and gary tested a trowel very simular to this a couple of years ago i think that gave about 85%
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Rizzle from the Portizzle
well on the last training day on porcel -thin i learned a lot but did not know it at the time then went to a training day in birmingham to see how they fit the 3.5 mm they got it all wrong but got me thinking back to our training day the last piece of the jigsaw fell into place on the way back talking to gary we work it out the perfect adhesive needed for all floors and walls with large format tiles .so went back to the wharehouse and played about and it worked so easy .
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Rizzle from the Portizzle
no i was like an old witch mix a bit of this a bit of that a spinkel of this and a dab of that hey presto with a bucket of water and a gauging trowel and a bit of back to front thinking managed to do in less than 25mins .what all the big names have failed to do in 10 years but they have got white coats and have never fixed a tile in there lives so they should know better than us with there huge research labs
Did you start a fresh sand/cement mix then and add some additives and whatnot?no i was like an old witch mix a bit of this a bit of that a spinkel of this and a dab of that hey presto with a bucket of water and a gauging trowel and a bit of back to front thinking managed to do in less than 25mins .what all the big names have failed to do in 10 years but they have got white coats and have never fixed a tile in there lives so they should know better than us with there huge research labs
This time next year rodney!
Sorry that did sound like I'd made it more basic but I actually meant as opposed to sand and cement mix which is the less complex I guess because it's quite raw/basic.
With adhesive you're testing a lot to get the qty's right because a little change will do quite a lot because of the additives in the mix.
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