Probably, every person imagines the appearance and the device of a spatula. It is a tool consisting of an even, trapezoidal blade and handle. The blade of a quality spatula is made of high quality stainless steel. This allows him to keep the shape, prevents its deformation. Such tools can be washed and cleaned. The handle can be wooden, rubber or plastic.
Spatula construction is designed to eliminate unevenness, roughness and surface defects, interior trim, cracks, cleaning surfaces from old wallpaper or paint, applying glue. Functionality will become clearer if we analyze what kinds of this tool is on the market.
Kinds of
spatulas There are many types of this tool: a spatula for angular and facade, a scraper-scraper, a spatula for plastering, plastic and rubber, a serrated sponge, and others, each designed for a certain type of work. The angular, whose name speaks for itself, is designed to work withangles.
This view is not very popular, because its application makes sense if the inner corner is strictly 90 degrees, and for the exterior use special aluminum or plastic corners that give the corner the right shape.
A façade trowel is used for finishing the exterior walls of the building. It is distinguished by its high strength and is used for working with coarser blends. The working plate of such tool is made of high-carbon steel. Spatula-scraper is not suitable for applying mixtures or leveling surfaces. It is designed to clean the prepared surface from old wallpaper or paint.
The blade of this tool is thicker and does not bend at all. In the absence of such a device it is possible to use a paint spatula that has become unusable. The plaster trowel has the appearance of a construction trowel with a semicircular working surface and is used for applying and smoothing plasters.
Plastic - an indispensable tool when gluing wallpapers. Used for smoothing the wallpaper, collecting excess glue. In order to fill and wipe the tile seams, as well as remove the surplus mixture from the surface to be treated, use a rubber spatula. Toothed is necessary for applying various adhesive mixtures and synthetic glue, depending on the size of the teeth.
How to choose a paint spatula?
When selecting, you need to consider some points, for example, its purpose. Puttying with a rubber spatula is just as wrong and inconvenient as how to tile the tiled seams with facade. If you are engaged in finishing works professionally, then you need to have a professional spatula, more precisely, a kit for all occasions.
In addition, attention should be paid to the design of the tool. The most acceptable option is a monolithic spatula, that is, the tapering part of the metal plate is sealed in a plastic handle, which makes it exceptionally strong.
But there is, for example, such a design: the handle is attached to the working sheet by screws or rivets. Sooner or later, the working plate begins to wobble, and it takes a lot of effort to finish the finish with such a tool.
Special attention should be paid to the blade of the spatula, from which metal it is made, because the most important thing in it is a plate. The working cloth should be made of stainless steel, because when working on the wall, there are micro fragments from the plate, which eventually rust and cover the wall with "freckles".The blade must be straight.