My old foreman told me to dunk my trowel in water before every strike, and I rolled my eyes for 2 years

Sean Foster · 2026-10-25T10:55:03.829237+00:00

Turns out on hot August days in Phoenix that wet trowel slides through mortar like butter and saves my wrist, so now I'm the guy telling the new kid the exact same thing, and I'm wondering what other "dumb" advice I blew off that was actually right.

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