I’m a handyman and love my 10, 18 & 24” tomahawks....I had been warned to stay away from the 32 as it was too unwieldy for one guy, but you made it look so easy, I need to reconsider. Always really enjoy your videos! Thank you!
I bought a 32" for really bad butts and decided to stay away from the 48"". I now want a 48". LOL It's a little intimidating but very handy. Figuring out how much mud to put on the wall in the first place is the hardest part.
@@jerseyjim9092 What I'm saying is if you need a 32" or a 48" for anything in particular it is a very good thing to have to make your drywall life a little easier. The 24" and my 18" are my most used Tomahawks.
@@Mudslingr yeah, its nice to have a big assortment but I'm trying to make a budget friendly upgrade from my 24. I think I'll split the difference and go with a 40 which should take cover any situation I'll run across. Thanks.
I feel the 24 is perfect . I’ve heard the 48 is a little more flimsy but I couldn’t personally tell you . I use it every now and then ( the 24”) but rarely. I just feel it’s such a slow process . Also had issues with it leaving the ceiling wavy . And I’m one who like the work flat , no eye tricking with a hump that flows with the wall . We rolled the mud on consistent , evenly , and it looked like glass when we were done . I was beyond happy and thought I had found the greatest thing . Came back the next day and the surface was so dang wavey I have not used it since . It’s alright I guess if their is not a lot of natural light and the ceiling is 8ft but these were offices full of Windows in every direction . Has anyone else had issues with it not leaving the work flat?
One coat wonder! 😁 I've got a giant Currie trowel that I can leave one ripple off to the side of a wide but like that. But that giant Columbia wiper is pretty slick! Going shopping... But I usually use buttboards when I can.
Nicely done. I'm trying to figure out a way to put a lanyard on mine. I guess I just have butterfingers and these things are expensive. The replacement blades cost most as much as the whole tool.
@@Mudslingr completely, it is while looking at you that I ended up buying all my equipment because I worked more than ten years only by hand. Thanks again;)
I use a Marshalltown 11” x 4-1/2” flat trowel only for everything involving a trowel. My butts are usually no more than 24”- 28” wide. Some mudders like to make 3’- 4’ butts with a 16” or 18” trowel. I never understood that and have never in my career had a butt over 32”. Double butts are a different story. In the end it all comes down to preference. Some mudders like longer trowels. Nothing wrong with that. It’s easier using a smoothing blade on bad butts.
@@Mudslingr Sir, thank you very much for your speedy and a very informative response ! We keep watching your videos and learning from you.. professor Slingr God bless and reward you
Lol I have the same problem doing but joints above my head on Friday . They turned out but I could have smoothed the floor when I was done and ya lots on me as well.
Normally you don't have two butts side by side either. As you saw in the video it took me about 4 1/2 minutes to put on a nice first coat. The next two coats took about 2 minutes each. So about 8 1/2 - 9 minutes to make this double butt look good. Worth the outcome. This was the only one.
