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Discuss Grout Float or Squeege in the Tiling Forum at TilersForums; Which do you use and on what? i tend to use floats on floors and big walls but a squeege for splashbacks....
          
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    Which do you use and on what?
    i tend to use floats on floors and big walls but a squeege for splashbacks.

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    Floats for me, cant remember the last time i used a squeege !
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    As above, floats
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    G float for me... thought about a 600mm squeegee for large floors .. like the one Trade tiler sells.. Tradetiler Tilers Grout Application

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    Me too, float every time, even for fiddly stuff.

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    floats for me too

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    floats for me.......didnt even know you could still get squeeges
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    Floats for me.......
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    Default Re: Grout Float or Squeege

    i use a Float

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    Floats for me too

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    Grout float

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    Grout float for me, floors & walls including splashies
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