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Bought a cheap corner trowel that bent on the first job.

It was a $12 tool that cost me an extra hour fixing the bead. What's your go-to brand for corners that actually hold up?
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avery_flores
I used to grab whatever cheap trowel was on the shelf. After a bad bend ruined a long inside corner, I switched to Marshalltown. Their corner tools are thicker steel and just don't flex the same way.
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young.michael
My buddy had the same thing happen on a big fireplace job. He was using a flimsy store brand trowel and it just folded over on him mid-pull. Left a huge wave in the mud that took forever to fix. He swore off cheap tools that same day. Now he won't touch anything but a Marshalltown for corners either. That flex is a total job killer.
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harperp24
harperp244d ago
Ugh, that's the worst! What kind of corner were you working on?
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