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My old bull float handle finally snapped mid-pour yesterday
Was finishing a 30 yard driveway in Austin and the handle on my Magnesium bull float just gave out right as I was pulling the second pass. Had to jog back to the truck and grab my backup wooden handle, cost me like 15 minutes of working time. The concrete was already setting up in the Texas heat so I was sweating bullets. Anyone else had a favorite tool just die on them at the worst possible moment?
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noah_rivera5717d ago
Always keep a spare handle in the truck for exactly this reason, aint nobody got time for a mid-pour crisis. A wood handle clamped in a vise with some boiled linseed oil will outlast just about anything.
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clairebaker17d ago
Holy moly, boiled linseed oil on a hammer handle? I never even thought of that! I've always just used whatever cheap wood handle came with the thing and prayed it didn't snap on the third swing. You're telling me there's some old school trick with linseed oil that makes it practically indestructible? I figured oil just made things slippery or messy, not tougher. That's a game changer, I gotta look into that.
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