How do you go about your screeding buckets? do you leave it till next time then bang it out? do you clean it with water after use? any tips? if I have any screed left in the bottom of a bucket I tip it into a used bag of screed. Then bang the bucket out the following time.
Bin liner open over a bucket, tip waste out into, leave to dry and big rock slides out inside bag in one bit with a clean bucket. As for screed bucket clean out with a gong brush done in 10 seconds http://www.amazon.com/Quickie-Brush-226-Brushes-Scrub/dp/B0002T7NEA
Yeah I always pour what's left into one of the old bags and sit it in another bucket to set. Then wash out bucket and tools. Apart from when there's no water. That brush looks good, have to get one before winter!
If I've got someone mixing up for me then yeah, everything's washed up there and then. If I've got to do it myself then I lob trowels into the bucket with plenty of water and put some empty screed bags in so it doesn't splash on the way back and then get the young 'un to clean them at home.
I always wash out after use, bloke I used to work with would always wipe emulsion paint inside his fball buckets and leave wet latex to set then tap out spotless, but only good for 1 mix after that he started to get flakes of dry paint in his latex was always funny watching him pick bits out while troweling
Always wash out after always cut the top of the empty latex tub tip any skim into it push the top back into it leave it to set over night pick it next day when I go to tile set rock hard and if you do it right you have a handle to carry it by
