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Just realized those magnetic corner trowels I thought were a gimmick actually saved my butt on a tricky angled ceiling in an old Denver bungalow.
I was super skeptical about the magnet holding the blade, but after fighting with a regular trowel for an hour on a 22.5 degree vault, I borrowed one from the guy running the supply truck and it made the mud go on so much smoother and faster, so has anyone else found a weird little tool that turned out to be a game changer for a specific situation?
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cooper.phoenix1mo agoMost Upvoted
Oh man, same here. I fought with a stupid bent drywall knife for weeks. Then I got one of those little offset handle taping knives for inside corners. Honestly, it felt like a toy, but it made the corner bead mud so much cleaner on these old plaster walls.
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seth6831mo ago
Yeah, those magnetic trowels are no joke for weird angles. For me it was a cheap little multi-tool with a 5-in-1 painter's tool on one end. The scraper blade is thin and flexible enough to clean dried grout out of narrow tile joints without scratching the glaze. Tried using a putty knife first and it was hopeless. Now that thing lives in my tool belt.
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patriciareed21d ago
That thing about the offset handle taping knife... my buddy Mike swore by one of those for months. He was working on a 1910s craftsman with these wonky, uneven plaster corners that drove him nuts. He tried a regular knife and ended up with mud everywhere, even on his arm. Then he got that offset handle thing, and he said it was like the tool knew what it was doing. Cleanest corner bead he ever laid down, he told me. He still uses it even on new builds because it just feels right.
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