如何:选择作业的右刮刀

无论您是在购买特定项目的工具还是简单地放养工具箱的工具,都遵循这些指针挑选出强烈的刮刀,这将缩短您的下一个DIY工作。

选择正确的刮刀

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删除旧壁纸,填充指甲孔,并窥探硬化的腻子一切依赖于一个简单而最崇高的工具:刮刀。但取决于您正在进行解决的DIY工作,您可能需要特定类型的刮刀,是柔性腻子刀或宽刀片斜面刮刀。无论刀片如何,无论刀片如何,都没有一个尺寸适合的垃圾箱,用于您的待办事项列表中的每个任务。叶片尺寸和材料,样式和手柄设计等变量引起了填充当地家居装修商店的过道的刮刀选项的惊人数量。

While you can find inexpensive plastic scrapers for around a buck that can handle the occasional one-off task, a scraper that gets the job done easily—and holds up for all future jobs—ranges from around $7 to more than $20, depending on its quality and purpose. Read on to learn which features are worth investing in so you can choose the best scraper for你的项目.

4英寸刮刀删除Paint from Larger Surfaces Faster

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Selecting a Blade Size

正如项目的尺寸和范围不同,刮刀刀片的尺寸也如此。标准刀片宽度从¼英寸开始,高达4英寸;叶片宽于通常标记为“关节刀”并且具有与干壁化合物一起使用而不是刮擦的柔性。一般来说,像刮削小区域一样或用精度施加腻子的任务需要使用僵硬,更细长的刀片。作为纤细的工具HYDE 2-Inch SuperFlexx™ Stainless Steel Putty Knifeworks well for scraping around staircase balusters or along strips of window trim. While larger blades do the same work and can remove wider strips of paint, thereby reducing the amount of time spent scraping, they can’t fit into narrow spots. For this reason, professionals often stock their toolboxes with a variety of blades—if not nearly every width manufactured. It’s a smart idea to do the same if you frequently work on home repair projects.

Material Matters

While most metal blades may look the same, the materials’ properties and strengths will vary widely.

  • Economical scraper blades are often made from碳素钢, a metal with a nice flex for filling nail holes or applying compound to drywall seams. Wash and dry these blades immediately after you finish your project, though, because carbon steel has a tendency to rust.
  • Stainless steel, on the other hand, combines the flexibility of carbon steel with corrosion resistance. Take the海德1-1 / 2英寸柔性黑色和银不锈钢腻子刀, for example. With a cutting-edge blend of flexible steel and Rockwell hardness, this little putty knife—or even any other size blade in the Black & Silver Stainless Steel collection—has just the right amount of flexibility for smoothing spackling and putty into holes, and doesn’t require difficult cleanup. Even dried-on putty falls right off after a job, just by flexing the blade.
  • 黄铜刀片非常适合使用易燃材料,例如漆或化学烟雾。在不可预测的情况下从金属刮涂涂料时,高质量,非磁性黄铜刀片HYDE 1-1/4-Inch Stiff Brass Black & Silver® Putty Knifewill not spark.
来自海德工具的各种质量刮刀

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决定刀片设计

播放刀片的材料和尺寸后,您将注意到其灵活性及其边缘的差异。当您按住刀片靠表面并尝试弯曲时,您会注意到具有地面刀片的产品显示出一些给油,并且倾向于更适合散布时使用的拉动运动。这种柔性叶片也经常被称为“腻子刀”,因为它们主要用于填充孔并在干墙接缝上平滑地施加化合物。在这种灵活性测试期间仍然刚性的刮板刀片尚未被研磨,足够坚固,以推动旧油漆和腻子的推动动作。

For the most effective scraping power, choose a stiff blade with a beveled (angled) bottom edge that slips easily beneath thick layers of old paint to lift with ease. Chisel-edge scrapers like theHYDE 3-Inch Black & Silver® Stainless Steel Chisel Scraperoffer an altogether different edge variation in which a slanted blade makes it easier to scrape away paint from inside corners. By positioning the longer side of the blade in the corner while scraping, you’ll get optimal paint removal without scraping up your knuckles as you go, thanks to a design that keeps your hand farther away from the wall.

抓住手柄

虽然可能是你想到的最后一件事,但腻子刀和刮刀上的手柄和夹具是为您提供最大控制工具的功能。其中一些最有价值的选择是质量结构,缓冲夹具和坚固的金属终止。

  • If you’re looking for a scraper with a wooden handle, opt for “full tang“或”实心柄“结构,其中叶片的后端完全延伸到手柄中。这种设计使刀片更安全,不太可能松开,并且由于暴露于水分或刮擦的应力而变得相隔。一旦手柄松动或破碎,刮刀是无用的。
  • Overmold handlesare often cushioned and contoured to fit your grip for a more comfortable and secure hold on the tool. Grips like those on the海德4英寸刚性Pro不锈钢刮刀reduce the amount of stress placed on the hand during large scraping projects. HYDE’s premium-quality Pro Stainless line comes with a lifetime guarantee, so you know the scraper will last for years. Though these tools are designed for professionals, handy homeowners who do a lot of taping, scraping, or plaster patching can’t go wrong with a few of these quality scrapers in their toolkit.
  • 锤头手柄feature a small steel endcap that makes them indispensable for many DIY projects. Tap the endcap lightly with a hammer to assist in loosening stubborn putty, or use the endcap to set nails. For example, if in the middle of a paint-scraping job you run across a popped nail, you can simply flip the scraper around and use the Hammer Head to tap the nail back into place.

在可用的刮板句柄的许多变化中,您可以找到将锤子头端盖与超模握口或锤头和全唐设计相结合的选项。为了确保最终选择将完成这项工作的质量工具,不要吝啬:选择其中两个质量特征中的两个的好处。