Steel Trowels

12x5 Stainless is my personal favorite.

I use it seamlessly going between stucco and concrete finishing.

It's personal preference though, the best trowel for burning in my opinion is the sharpest one you have in your bucket.

Seven-Delta-FortyOne said:

What is "burning"?

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I think it is what most of the finishing crew is doing in the job trailer before the trucks show up.

socalmason said:

i want to try one of those stainless steel trowels everytime it seems that i let someone use my trowel it comes back with rust on it

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Firstly, don't let other people use your trowels, tell them to get their own.

I had to buy stainless trowels for doing EIFS and the quartz in the finish coat sharpened them up to a razor edge. One day I tried one for catching edges on a floor and it was great, so I have been using them ever since.

I think they are also easier to clean and it is nice that you can put them in the bucket wet and not worry about them until the next time you need to use it.

They do take some work to break in though, I did a ton of EIFS with my trowels to break in the corners and get a razor edge on them.