I have never 'cleaned' my boxes, super taper, pan, or any of the angle head tools. i store everything in water. a small plastic container holds my super-taper, pan & all angle heads. with about 2" of water, it's enough to keep any mud in there soft until the next use. my boxes & pump are stored in a 1/2 full pail of of water. i have a hole cut in a lid to the diameter of the pump so i can still put the lid on and water won't splash out during transport.
The plus side is i never waste time cleaning my tools, and there are never chunks of hard mud. And, even if the site has no water, that's ok, i've always got enough to last me the day. your pump will last forever, the seals won't dry out and mud doesn't hardens in there. The super taper doesn't get chunky. I've never spent more than 4 seconds cleaning a super taper or angle roller.
The down side, i guess the pail with the boxes & pump is a bit heavy, but that's ok, i don't mind, small price to pay for never having to clean my boxes.
The metal sliders on the flusher/glazer heads do rust, the first slide leaves a brown streak. do inside of closet first even though paint should cover. the rust does not effect performance of the otherwise, all stainless glazer head.
Some guys don't like putting their hands in water like that all the time, i can understand that if it dries your hands out really bad. I don't have that problem, i don't even have a towel or moisturizer and my hands don't crack, it's great. My brother has to use surgical gloves for super-taping because it dries his hands out so bad. So far so good for me.
Anyway, that was a long rant about something pretty simple. What are your opinions?
The plus side is i never waste time cleaning my tools, and there are never chunks of hard mud. And, even if the site has no water, that's ok, i've always got enough to last me the day. your pump will last forever, the seals won't dry out and mud doesn't hardens in there. The super taper doesn't get chunky. I've never spent more than 4 seconds cleaning a super taper or angle roller.
The down side, i guess the pail with the boxes & pump is a bit heavy, but that's ok, i don't mind, small price to pay for never having to clean my boxes.
The metal sliders on the flusher/glazer heads do rust, the first slide leaves a brown streak. do inside of closet first even though paint should cover. the rust does not effect performance of the otherwise, all stainless glazer head.
Some guys don't like putting their hands in water like that all the time, i can understand that if it dries your hands out really bad. I don't have that problem, i don't even have a towel or moisturizer and my hands don't crack, it's great. My brother has to use surgical gloves for super-taping because it dries his hands out so bad. So far so good for me.
Anyway, that was a long rant about something pretty simple. What are your opinions?
