What is a Marshalltown trowel used for?

The trowel is a simple piece of flat, quality steel attached to a wood handle. You can use it to finish concrete, set mortar, sling stucco, lay tile, scrape, pry, chip, hack, or cut anything not tougher than high-carbon steel.

What is a duraflex trowel?

The Marshalltown Duraflex trowel is a golden stainless steel plastering trowel suited to EWI and thincoat rendering work. The blade is more flexible than more traditional trowels. Durasoft handle. Marshalltown Duraflex trowel Guaranteed to maintain original flat shape.

Are Marshalltown trowels good?

As a company, Marshalltown provides the best. They are extremely durable, comfortable to use and generally hard to beat. This Trowel is the ideal size, easy to use and great for both Finishing and rendering. Its Permashape blade prevents the trowel from losing its shape which makes this Trowel strong as an Ox.

What is QLT by Marshalltown?

Our contractor-grade QLT Finishing Trowels are cast aluminum mounting securely riveted to the tempered, polished steel blade. The mounting has a square shank to prevent the handle from turning. Your choice of comfort grip or wood handle.

What kind of margin trowel does Marshalltown use?

The MARSHALLTOWN Margin Trowel’s slim flat-nosed design helps you easily level and spread mortar and fits into those tight places where a larger pointed trowel won’t fit. The 5”, 6”, or 8” blade and tang are forged from a single piece of durable high carbon steel that is then tempered, ground, and polished for maximum balance and flexibility.

Why are Marshalltown tools the best in the world?

Word of the Williams’ superior tools quickly spread, and they built a company that would become recognized worldwide as the standard of quality. Although Jesse and Lester likely never imagined how large MARSHALLTOWN would become, they’d be happy to know our driving principle remains the same; we offer the BEST products at a FAIR price.

What kind of blade and Tang are Marshalltown?

The 5”, 6”, or 8” blade and tang are forged from a single piece of durable high carbon steel that is then tempered, ground, and polished for maximum balance and flexibility. Choose between our resilient DuraSoft® with an integral finger guard, grippy DuraCork®, or classic hardwood handle with metal ferrule.

Who was the first person to make plastering trowels?

In 1890, two brothers—Jesse and Lester Williams—began making their first plastering trowels in their newly established machine and repair shop. Word of the Williams’ superior tools quickly spread, and they built a company that would become recognized worldwide as the standard of quality.