Switched from butter to lime for cleaning my trowels and I'm never going back

I always used butter or margarine to keep mortar from sticking to my tools on site. It worked fine but left a greasy mess on everything. Last week a older mason in Dallas told me to try lime instead. Just a little bit smeared on the trowel before the mix goes on. It keeps the mortar from bonding way better and you just rinse it off with water at the end of the day. Has anyone else tried something weird that actually worked better than the standard stuff?

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abby_wilson517d ago

Tried lime years ago after a buddy in Austin swore by it. Rinses off way cleaner than butter and doesn't leave that slick film all over your tools.

uma_johnson7d ago

Oh man, that Austin buddy knows what's up. @abby_wilson51 I remember I tried lime for the first time back in like 2012 and I was so mad nobody told me about it sooner.