bettywilson•3mo agoMost Upvoted

A client in Phoenix swore by using a garden sprayer for seam adhesive, and after trying it on a 12x15 room, I'm never going back to a trowel.

It gave me a much more even coat with zero clumps, which made for a perfect seam that hasn't shown a hint of a line in six months, so has anyone else found a weird tool that actually works great?

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3 Comments

white.sandra3mo ago

Hold on, I've got to disagree completely. A garden sprayer sounds like a messy disaster waiting to happen. You get way less control over the adhesive amount, and the overspray gets on everything, your floor, your tools, yourself. I tried something similar once and spent more time cleaning up the mist than actually laying the floor. A good trowel gives you the perfect, consistent pressure you need for a solid bond. That sprayer trick is just asking for a seam failure down the road when that thin coat lets go.

riley_price3mo ago

Honestly that garden sprayer idea sounds kind of genius. Maybe the mess is just a technique thing, like you gotta dial in the pressure and use the right tip. Getting a perfectly even coat without any trowel lines seems like a huge win, especially for a big room. If the bond is holding strong after half a year, that's pretty solid proof it works. Sometimes the weird tools are the ones that change the whole game.

uma_baker992mo ago

My cousin in Tucson tried that sprayer method last year and had the exact same mess Sandra described. He ended up with adhesive on his ceiling fan, can you believe that? I get why a perfect coat sounds amazing, but cleaning that overspray off every surface sounds like a whole second job. Sometimes the standard tool is standard for a good reason, you know?