Description
Applying a high-solid oil with a roller wastes material and leaves it on the surface. The correct tool is a trowel, and Loba’s is a flexible stainless steel blade made for spreading filler products, oils, waxes, colouring systems and primers thinly and evenly.
It comes in 270 and 350 millimetre widths. The flexibility of the blade is what does the work, letting the material be pressed into the timber and drawn off to a thin film rather than left sitting in ridges.
Technical Specifications
| Product type | Stainless steel application trowel |
|---|---|
| Article number | 16083 |
| Widths | 270 mm and 350 mm |
| Material | Stainless steel |
| Blade | Flexible |
| Applies | Filler products, oils, waxes, colouring systems and primers |
Trowel Application and Why Oils Are Formulated For It
High-solid oils are designed around the quantity a trowel leaves behind, which is far less than a roller puts down. The oil is meant to penetrate the timber, not to sit on it, and a trowel is the tool that presses it in and takes the surplus away.
That is why Loba’s coloured oil sequences specify a trowel followed by levelling with a beige pad on a single-disc machine. Substituting a roller at the first step changes the quantity applied, and everything downstream in the sequence is then working against the wrong film thickness.
Where to Use
- Applying high-solid oils such as 2K ImpactOil
- Hard wax oils and coloured oil systems
- Trowel-filling timber floors with joint filler
- Spreading primers and colouring systems
How to Apply
- Choose the width — 270 mm for smaller rooms and detail work, 350 mm for open floors.
- Load the blade — Take up a modest amount. Trowel application works by thin films, not volume.
- Spread and press — Work the material into the timber, holding the blade at a low angle.
- Draw off — Come back at a steeper angle to remove excess, leaving a thin even film.
- Clean immediately — Wipe the blade down before the material cures on it.
Important Notes
- Stainless steel resists the rust that would otherwise mark a pale timber floor.
- Loba’s coloured oil sequences specify trowel application followed by levelling with a beige pad.
- A trowel applies far less material than a roller, which is why the oils are formulated around it.
Caring for the Blade
A trowel blade works because it is flat and flexible. Cured material on the face destroys both properties, leaving ridges in every subsequent application and stiffening the blade so it no longer follows the floor.
Wipe the blade clean immediately after use, before anything on it starts to set. Stainless steel will not rust, but it will hold cured oil and filler indefinitely if that material is allowed to harden on it.
