My trowel popped out of the handle mid-wall, here's the fix I use now

Working a retaining wall out in Oak Creek last Tuesday, doing a soldier course, and my trowel head just flies off the handle on the third tap. Went straight into the wet mortar too. Customer was standing right there watching. I looked like an idiot. Turns out the wood handle had dried out and the wedge inside loosened up. I keep a tube of epoxy and a spare wedge in my truck now, takes 5 minutes to reset it. Has anyone else had this happen with the older wood handled trowels, or do you all just run straight to the rubber grip ones?

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patricia3179d ago

That epoxy trick saved me twice, now I just glue the wedge in place before the handle even dries out.