Speed skim tool

[Giovanni]

Hi
Anyone used a speedskim for slc and are they any good? Cheers

 

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@hmtiling

 

[hmtiling]

Hi
Anyone used a speedskim for slc and are they any good? Cheers

Yep, I've got a 600mm one and it's a great bit of kit for big pours. Only used it with Rocatex Fibre Flow though which is the dogs danglies stuff. @widler put me on to the speed skim

 

[Giovanni]

Cheers guys, I got a few hundred metres of slc to do so I think I might get one then.
I take it you use your spiked roller and then finish off with the speed skim?

 

[Giovanni]

Never heard of rocatex, what shops supply that?

 

[hmtiling]

Cheers guys, I got a few hundred metres of slc to do so I think I might get one then.
I take it you use your spiked roller and then finish off with the speed skim?

Nope just the speed skim with the rocatex gear although I have a spiked roller too.

 

[hmtiling]

Never heard of rocatex, what shops supply that?

I'm not sure as I go direct

 

[White Room]

Name rings a bell ROCATEX - Preparation, Fixing & Maintenance Products for Natural Stone Ceramic & Porcelain Tile - http://www.rocatex.com/

 

[Aston]

Cheers guys, I got a few hundred metres of slc to do so I think I might get one then.
I take it you use your spiked roller and then finish off with the speed skim?

Spot on,
Pour, spiked roller and then a quick steady glide over the surface with the speed skim ;0)
If it's a big floor, get the 1.2m version with the pole adapter.

 

[Giovanni]

Thanks for the replys guys

 

[hmtiling]

Spot on,
Pour, spiked roller and then a quick steady glide over the surface with the speed skim ;0)
If it's a big floor, get the 1.2m version with the pole adapter.

Depends what stuff you're using. Some fibre modified ones don't recommend a spiked roller

 

[White Room]

This is beginning to sound like a plastering thread...speed skims etc

 

[Giovanni]

I usually use weber flex

 

[Aston]

I don't rate speed skims, I'd rather use a steel spatula because plastic has a tendency to warp and lose its shape but it all down to personal preference.

 

[hmtiling]

I usually use weber flex

That was my first choice before I tried Fibre Flow

 

[Giovanni]

Is that the EZE spat you use instead Aston Tiling?

 

[Aston]

Is that the EZE spat you use instead Aston Tiling?

No mate, I just use refina spats but I hear some plasterers raving about eze spats. They just seem a bit expensive for what they actually do imho.

 

[Giovanni]

Cheers mate, I'll look on the refina site as I got my pin leveller from there a few years back.