Sentence examples for notched trowel from inspiring English sources

You will also need a notched trowel and a grout float.

The notched trowel, when held at a slight angle, left channels of thinset just big enough to set the tiles nicely.

Pitch the notched trowel at a slight angle, and drag it away from the borders, so you don't plow too much thinset toward the edges.

The mortar manufacturer might specify using a notched trowel with teeth a quarter-inch tall spaced a quarter-inch apart, which is fine for applying the correct amount.

Apply the thinset on the bottom of the backsplash with the flat edge of the notched trowel, then drag it across the surface with the notched edge, to make the mortar rough for better adhesion.

Then, there are the specialty items: a notched trowel (Superior Tools & Supplies, a 1/4-inch-square size, $10); margin trowel (Superior Tools, $5); and grout float (Superior Tools, $10), as well as a tile nipper (Barwalt Pro GT 8-inch, $15) and a tile cutter (Qep 14-incher, $18).

Across the room, two second-year students, Dahmahlee Lawrence from Orlando, Fla., and Taekia Mayfield from Silver Springs, Md., watched as Angela Olszewski, a mason from Local 7 of the bricklayers union took a V-notched trowel and spread a thin, textured glob of mastic over a wall she had brought on which to lay ceramic tile.

Use the edge of a V-notched trowel at roughly a 45-degree angle to spread the thin-set.

The tool required for applying tile mastic is a V-notched trowel often sold as a tiling trowel.

Spread thin-set onto your tiles with v-notched trowel and place the tile just below the marked line.

The adhesive should be thick enough that you can use the notched edge of the trowel to make grooves in the adhesive without showing the floor below, but thin enough that it does not push up between the tiles.