A plasterer's float, having two handles; -- used in smoothing ceilings, etc.
A stiff straightedge of wood or metal used to level the surface of wet concrete. A portable machine with large paddles like fan blades used to float and finish concrete floors and slabs. A large power-driven machine mounted on wheels that ride on steel pavement forms and is used to finish concrete pavements. See screed and float.
A flat wooden or metal tool about 4 inches wide and 42 inches long with handles; used to smooth or float the brown coat; also used on finish coat to give a preliminary true and even surface.
a long tool used for smoothing the surface of a concrete slab.
A flat wooden or magnesium-alloy tool with handles used to dress or float brown coat plaster.
A flat tool used to smooth concrete flatwork immediately after screeding. See Bullfloating.
Used to smooth and level wet concrete this straight wooden board is about four inches wide and three to eight feet long.
Like the wood float and the bull float, a darby is a long, handled platform used to compact and smooth newly poured concrete. Home Improvement Encyclopedia
A flat, wide board with a handle used for the first smoothing of concrete just after it has been poured. These can be rented.
1. A hand-manipulated straightedge, usually 3 to 8 feet. (1 to 2.5 m) long, used in the leveling operation of the early stage of concrete placement, preceding supplemental floating and finishing. 2. A stiff straightedge, about 4 inches wide and 42 inches long with handles, of wood or metal, used to level the surface of wet plaster.
