Hawk (plasterer's tool), the Glossary
A hawk is a tool used to hold a plaster, mortar, or a similar material, so that the user can repeatedly, quickly and easily get some of that material on the tool which then applies it to a surface.[1]
Table of Contents
7 relations: Handedness, Joint compound, Mortar (masonry), Perpendicular, Plasterer, Repointing, Trowel.
- Plastering
Handedness
In human biology, handedness is an individual's preferential use of one hand, known as the dominant hand, due to it being stronger, faster or more dextrous.
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Joint compound
Joint compound (also known as drywall compound, drywall mud, joint cement or mastic) is a white powder of primarily gypsum dust mixed with water to form a paste the consistency of cake frosting, which is spread onto drywall and sanded when dry to create a seamless base for paint on walls and ceilings. Hawk (plasterer's tool) and joint compound are Plastering.
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Mortar (masonry)
Mortar is a workable paste which hardens to bind building blocks such as stones, bricks, and concrete masonry units, to fill and seal the irregular gaps between them, spread the weight of them evenly, and sometimes to add decorative colours or patterns to masonry walls.
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Perpendicular
In geometry, two geometric objects are perpendicular if their intersection forms right angles (angles that are 90 degrees or π/2 radians wide) at the point of intersection called a foot.
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Plasterer
A plasterer is a tradesman or tradesperson who works with plaster, such as forming a layer of plaster on an interior wall or plaster decorative moldings on ceilings or walls. Hawk (plasterer's tool) and plasterer are Plastering.
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Repointing
Repointing is the process of renewing the pointing, which is the external part of mortar joints, in masonry construction.
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Trowel
A trowel is a small hand tool used for digging, applying, smoothing, or moving small amounts of viscous or particulate material. Hawk (plasterer's tool) and trowel are Plastering.
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See also
Plastering
- Acoustic plaster
- Cement render
- Earthen plaster
- Fresco
- Harling (wall finish)
- Hawk (plasterer's tool)
- Intonaco
- Joint compound
- Keene's cement plaster
- Lath and plaster
- Lime (material)
- Lime plaster
- Lime render
- Limepit
- Marmorino
- Moorish oven
- Opus albarium
- Pargeting
- Plaster
- Plaster spraying
- Plaster veneer
- Plasterer
- Plasterers
- Plasterwork
- Qadad
- Roughcast
- Sakan (plasterwork)
- Sarooj
- Scagliola
- Seljuk stucco figures
- Sgraffito
- Shikkui
- Spackling paste
- Stucco
- Tadelakt
- Trowel
- Wattle and daub
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawk_(plasterer's_tool)
Also known as Hawk (plasterers tool).