Sentences with phrase «trowel smooths»

He used a dark grey pigment so the colour is all throughout, and then troweled it smooth so it wouldn't scratch china or glassware.

After it is troweled smooth, it takes several days to dry and harden; it must then be sealed to guard against stains.

Not exact matches

«It occurred to me that a trowel, a very simple tool that has been used for ages, can actually create nice, smooth surfaces.

Smooth or finish freshly poured cement or concrete, using floats, trowels, screeds, or powered cement finishing tools.

The finished texture is smooth, except for where I didn't do a perfect job of troweling - then there's a little texture, but it still looks neat!

The notched trowel gives the thinset some «tooth» for the tile to grab onto, but because glass tiles are see - through, you want to smooth out the notches with the smooth side so the notches are underneath and not visible.