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What is a 20 INCH TROWEL good for?

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  • Опубліковано 9 жов 2020
  • You can make some FLAT WALLS with these things. Here is another use for a 20" trowel.
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    Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=109961...
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    20" trowel:
    Carbon Steel amzn.to/3lr0QE2 (will rust if you leave mud on it but it's still good)

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  • @88SC
    @88SC 3 роки тому +19

    If Crocodile Dundee did drywall work: “That’s not a trowel!” (Pulls out the 20 inch trowel) “There, that’s a trowel!”

  • @carverdahlin2728
    @carverdahlin2728 3 роки тому +1

    I love my 20inch trowel. I use mine all the time for bad butt joints or for skim coating bad ceilings. One of my best tools for leaving a good finish without sanding too much!

  • @mc-sp8zr
    @mc-sp8zr 3 роки тому +11

    Back when I did a few years with a commercial HVAC company with no uniform, I wore those same sneakers. They may not have steel toes, but they are comfy as hell.
    Edit: Steel toes for that work are definitely preferred and I'm aware that it wasn't the smartest choice. I do still have all my toes, so my ability to count to 20 was not affected.

    • @stevepseudonym445
      @stevepseudonym445 3 роки тому +1

      I can (still) count to 21.

    • @M3DIT4TE
      @M3DIT4TE 3 роки тому

      I can count to 1. Its a big one

    •  3 роки тому

      new balance are great shoes, i'm a heavy guy, and they are a quality shoe for the price besides spending money on reebox or nike. I'm not going to support Nike anymore

  • @tootrill2902
    @tootrill2902 3 роки тому +1

    I’m glad you’re still uploading videos I’ve been doing remodeling for about 10 years now,not much but I’ve learned things thanks to ur channel thanks

  • @pizzaholic
    @pizzaholic 3 роки тому +1

    I've learned a lot from watching your videos! Recently I had a similar issue, but I ended up taping my level (same length as the one you have there) and used it to smooth a section where a wall was removed. Worked like a charm, thanks for your videos!

  • @terryq9966
    @terryq9966 3 роки тому +3

    Ben, I was watching you start this and I'm thinking "if he takes that from floor to ceiling, his shoulder is gonna fall off". Only need to make the finish carpenter (you?) happy at the floor line. Rest can be done with the 14". Shoulder says "Thank you"😀

  • @bobatbilletcreations
    @bobatbilletcreations 3 роки тому

    You make this stuff look so easy...Thanks for sharing!

  • @ccadama
    @ccadama 3 роки тому

    @Vancouver Carpenter. Thank you Ben for showing us how to do a job right. Lots of people would've just left that void for the carpenter to take care of with some caulk. But if the homeowner wanted stained baseboards, that gap will really show up even with caulk.
    Hope you and your family stay safe and well.

  • @stevemartinez1833
    @stevemartinez1833 3 роки тому

    Ben!!! i just recently started watching your videos. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIPS AND TRICKS!!!! I really appreciate them. i am no where near as good as you! but your vodeos have helped so much! thank you very much sir! 👍👍👍

  • @paulgrape1501
    @paulgrape1501 3 роки тому

    Thanks for the tips. Youre the best on UA-cam for paint tips

  • @ronaldbrown5796
    @ronaldbrown5796 3 роки тому

    great vid. Will help in the future when I run across this issue. thanks!!!

  • @TimKollat
    @TimKollat 2 роки тому

    I use 20" trowels for concrete finishing for first couple trowel passes while concrete still pretty soft. When hard switch to smaller trowels. Also use the 20" for microcement topping base coats for floors and walls. Also lime plaster on large walls. Can cover twice the sq ft over guys with their little trowels and also will produce a flatter base, then switch over to smaller for detail work.
    A 20" trowel is a great tool in the hands of a pro.

  • @jtrent90
    @jtrent90 3 роки тому +1

    in the UK they use them for flattening off plaster after they lay it on with a 13/14" trowel

  • @caffeine.5885
    @caffeine.5885 3 роки тому

    I watch you skating videos, so cool to see that you have more than two channels!

  • @tyroneclarke1666
    @tyroneclarke1666 3 роки тому

    You’re very handy with the trowel mate. Nice job. 🦘🇦🇺

  • @ehabrabadi120
    @ehabrabadi120 3 роки тому

    Thanks I learned a lot of things from this channel

  • @gsh319
    @gsh319 3 роки тому

    Great stuff and thanks for all the advice. As a New York contractor we do all the work front to back. Just finished a 85 board job and it looks great. I've watched and re-watched many of your videos. Thanks madman. P.S If I ever put together a Talking Heads documentary, ya got the of for David Byrne.

  • @mrmukura
    @mrmukura 3 роки тому

    20" are often used for stucco as it prevents pushing too much out given lower psi. But yeah super handy on warped drywall too

  • @VlAdXwEl1
    @VlAdXwEl1 3 роки тому

    Yep, I use that kind of trowel.. Is very very good

  • @westsideken
    @westsideken 3 роки тому +5

    That's it, I'm throwing in the trowel😁

  • @upgraddewith2Ds
    @upgraddewith2Ds 3 роки тому

    I only use them on stucco and drywall blades on drywall jobs . But nice utilization of tools I always see from you . Nice work you do !

    • @nothprokernov7028
      @nothprokernov7028 3 роки тому

      I also do drywall finishing plastering and stucco each is its own dicipline however related.For 30 years a 20" trowel applies for all

  • @bobe8640
    @bobe8640 3 роки тому

    Good stuff

  • @edover50
    @edover50 3 роки тому +1

    Really good video Ben! Because you’ve got me hooked on Columbia tools I’ve picked up the 10, 18 & 24” tomahawks which work great for evening out my work. Sounds like you’ve got a bit of a cold....take care!

    • @vancouvercarpenter
      @vancouvercarpenter  3 роки тому +2

      This video is from April 😂.

    • @edover50
      @edover50 3 роки тому

      Vancouver Carpenter ...RONA!

    • @jeffc4825
      @jeffc4825 3 роки тому +1

      That 18 inch tomohawk is dope!

    • @edover50
      @edover50 3 роки тому

      Jeff C Agreed, haven’t yet used the 10” & 24” but looking forward to the opportunity

  • @cko7785
    @cko7785 3 роки тому

    Hi Ben! Nice video I’ve learn a lot by watching your videos, I do a lot of repairs and small drywall jobs, before I used to work with Knives and hawk, now I’m getting better with the trowel, but my question is what do you think about skimming blades?

  • @conradyo9274
    @conradyo9274 3 роки тому

    I use pan and knives but it's always interesting content. 🤙 God Bless ✝️

  • @SeemsFutileNow
    @SeemsFutileNow 3 роки тому +3

    Drywaller's Win. 18" is my biggest Roller

    • @travisk5589
      @travisk5589 3 роки тому

      What about tile setters? 48" tile and the tools to cut it.

  • @mfridental
    @mfridental 3 роки тому

    Thanks for your videos, always can learn something useful.
    Speaking of odd-sized trowels - could you please make a video about to fill / smoothen the gap between the outer part of the door frame and the nearest inside wall corner? They usually vary from 3 cm to over 20 cm, and never have a standard size. How would you make a vertical pass in this gap? Would you make a custom "knife" from some piece of plastic or use smaller knifes (never works for me though) or some other tricks?

  • @trevorsmith2401
    @trevorsmith2401 3 роки тому

    Dope vid couver. Haha could you imagine useing that 20 to fill with everyday. good by wrist

  • @erinclem9984
    @erinclem9984 3 роки тому

    Can you do a video on covering wood paneling with drywall mud please?

  • @DavidWitkowski
    @DavidWitkowski 3 роки тому

    Canadians that use imperial measurements make me smile.

    • @jauld360
      @jauld360 3 роки тому +1

      Inch by inch, the world is going metric.

  • @owentimo
    @owentimo 3 роки тому +1

    How do you keep your Trowels from rusting? My Marshalltown 12" trowel flash rusts even after drying it by hand? Do you use stainless?

  • @Carl-LaFong1618
    @Carl-LaFong1618 3 роки тому

    I do a lot of baseboards. I see this all the time exactly where he pointed it out. If I do some drywall at corners I always get rid of that "swoop" in the wall. drives me nuts.

  • @p.s.9702
    @p.s.9702 3 роки тому

    You bad ass bro

  • @edrodriguez665
    @edrodriguez665 3 роки тому

    Love the videos quick question were is that trowel from ?

    • @edrodriguez665
      @edrodriguez665 3 роки тому

      Ryan Armstrong Appreciate that is was more of wich brand the trowel is but .....

  • @scoobydoo7346
    @scoobydoo7346 3 роки тому

    honestly, how do you look so young. aside form that, thanks for making a video about bigger trowels. They might come in handy someday!

    • @MrPDTaylor
      @MrPDTaylor 3 роки тому +1

      He does lots of kickflips.

  • @maxrybold1531
    @maxrybold1531 3 роки тому

    Dude your videos are so helpful, thank you so much! Have you by any chance come across DeWalt's new line of trowels? Instead of traditional ones like in this video you grip it as if it were a book (I know it sounds awkward but I am tempted) ... Check it out and do a review if you can!

  • @FixthisCD
    @FixthisCD 3 роки тому

    you brought a 4' screed, your level ;)

  • @JosephOfBorg
    @JosephOfBorg 3 роки тому +1

    I have a bit of a unique question and situation. I'm going to be buying a manufactured home and I have those ugly raised strips between the panels that I would like to remove. The problem being the panels are not tapered like sheetrock on the edges for tape.
    Any suggestion for just filling the voids the strips leave when I remove them?

    • @sigmckone
      @sigmckone 3 роки тому

      Non shrinking, flexible crack filler.

    • @bertveldhuizen8699
      @bertveldhuizen8699 3 роки тому

      If you but up sheetrock end to end, you don't have tapered edges either, just have to feather out your mud.

    • @JosephOfBorg
      @JosephOfBorg 3 роки тому

      I guess I've never had a situation where I had to butt up two pieces of sheetrock into end except for on a ceiling.

    • @bertveldhuizen8699
      @bertveldhuizen8699 3 роки тому

      @@JosephOfBorg you never did a wall that was more then 8 feet long?

    • @JosephOfBorg
      @JosephOfBorg 3 роки тому

      @@bertveldhuizen8699 yes I have but I put the panels up vertically so I have seams at the floor and the ceiling and the bevels on the sides

  • @conradyo9274
    @conradyo9274 3 роки тому

    Nice dude. I flare out some butt joints like 6 ft

  • @jeffcox6539
    @jeffcox6539 3 роки тому

    Do you prefer the hawk or a mud pan? I've seen you use both.

    • @fiver-hoo
      @fiver-hoo 3 роки тому

      go through his older videos, he did a video specifically to talk about this

    • @terryq9966
      @terryq9966 3 роки тому

      Ben uses both techniques, depending on the situation and also sometimes if he's trying to show you that you can use the "opposite" technique and get good results for the typical diyer. He, as well as most drywall guys, uses a pan with a knife and uses a hawk when he's using a trowel. He used a hawk in this application cause his pan is only 14" and for such a small situation it wouldn't even be worthwhile to get a larger pan dirty.

  • @JK-vf1rv
    @JK-vf1rv 3 роки тому +1

    I read is as 22-inch towel and thought you where going to mud a wall with it lol

  • @MrPDTaylor
    @MrPDTaylor 3 роки тому

    Do a late fs shuv down some steps.

  • @Cris-ss8tb
    @Cris-ss8tb 2 роки тому

    Can you by those 20 in Van?

  • @geneduclos4003
    @geneduclos4003 3 роки тому

    I wonder i could that to level my yard?🤔

    • @danervin2530
      @danervin2530 3 роки тому +1

      Funny, they actually work GREAT for contouring masonry sand on hardscape installs.

  • @mirfster7425
    @mirfster7425 3 роки тому

    Do you ever use a Pool Trowel for Drywall? Seen you use one for Plaster, but not sure if I have seen you use one for Drywall...

  • @str8marine82
    @str8marine82 3 роки тому +1

    Do you think you will be able to do this work when you're 60 years old?

    • @fiver-hoo
      @fiver-hoo 3 роки тому +2

      Drywall Doctor on youtube is 60+ and crusing it daily.

  • @andrewcroce8177
    @andrewcroce8177 3 роки тому

    Just use the 4ft level as a screed. Easy!

  • @Mark-ud5og
    @Mark-ud5og 3 роки тому +1

    If you put a 1/4 of mud on the wall it’s going to shrink and crack.

  • @steverich3585
    @steverich3585 3 роки тому

    I use a 16 inch for every coat

  • @BrentDarlington
    @BrentDarlington 3 роки тому

    Building arm strength

    • @gr3dxdsuh865
      @gr3dxdsuh865 3 роки тому

      Destroying shoulders and wrists...

  • @shegocrazy
    @shegocrazy 3 роки тому

    so easy......when you do it.

  • @txretrogaming
    @txretrogaming 3 роки тому

    Its good for taking popcorn ceiling off