My trowel handle kept slipping after 20 minutes, so I wrapped it with hockey tape on a whim

I was working a retaining wall job over on Maple Street and couldn't keep a grip on my Marshalltown because of the sweat and mortar dust. Tried the tape trick two weeks ago and it's night and day, no more slipping. Anyone else use tape on their handles or you just deal with it?

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spencer_perry779d ago

Man, my hands are basically useless after 30 minutes on a block wall so I feel this in my soul. Hockey tape is genius honestly, I've been using athletic tape from the drug store and it works okay but it gets soggy after a few hours in the heat. Probably should just bite the bullet and buy proper hockey tape since I'm already a mess on the job anyway. My foreman calls me "the slip kid" because my trowel flies out of my hand at least once per shift like I'm trying to throw it at the wall on purpose. Not my finest look but hey, at least now I know there's a fix that doesn't involve me looking like a clown chasing a falling trowel across a muddy yard.

emery_craig9d ago

Buddy of mine used zip ties on his trowel handle once. Wrapped em around in a spiral and melted the ends so they wouldn't dig in. Said it worked like a charm until one snapped and flew across the jobsite like a bullet. Almost took out the foreman's coffee.