Square versus Round Notched trowel
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No opinion on this topic? No one know the difference? Or is there no difference and it's purely personal preference?
Found this explanation on another tiling Furum:
Square notched trowels are really for getting less than 100% coverage therefore are not really brilliant to work on floors as they don't give the full coverage that's required to ensure a tile stays put on the floor 100% of the time. A thick-bed round notched trowel was designed to ensure 100% coverage and now the same shape with extra cut-outs in them to increase spread-ability of adhesive to ensure a faster fix. Then there's a smaller notched trowel called a thin-bed solid bed for 100% coverage on thinner bed of adhesives such as walls. Although on walls the coverage is around 60% - 80% for dry areas and 80% - 100% for wet.
Square notched trowels are really for getting less than 100% coverage therefore are not really brilliant to work on floors as they don't give the full coverage that's required to ensure a tile stays put on the floor 100% of the time. A thick-bed round notched trowel was designed to ensure 100% coverage and now the same shape with extra cut-outs in them to increase spread-ability of adhesive to ensure a faster fix. Then there's a smaller notched trowel called a thin-bed solid bed for 100% coverage on thinner bed of adhesives such as walls. Although on walls the coverage is around 60% - 80% for dry areas and 80% - 100% for wet.
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