Switched from a 6-inch to a 4-inch putty knife for filling plank seams

The smaller blade gave me way more control and less cleanup on a recent glue-down LVP job. Anyone else find a specific tool size that changed their prep game?

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grace_campbell1d ago

Totally get that. The 4-inch is the sweet spot for control. Tried a 2-inch once for super tight spots, but it just holds no compound. Bigger knives make a huge mess for no reason.

sarah_patel251d ago

It's just a putty knife, how much control do we really need? People talk about these tools like they're doing brain surgery. A bigger knife might be messy but it gets the job done twice as fast. The difference between a 2 inch and a 4 inch seems like splitting hairs. As long as it spreads the stuff, who cares?

fiona9851d ago

Oh man, my buddy Dave thought the same thing. He used a huge 6-inch knife to patch his bathroom wall. It was like watching a toddler finger-paint. He got drywall mud in his hair, on the light switch, everywhere but the actual hole. Took him longer to clean up the mess than if he'd just used a normal 3-inch. Size totally matters.