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Floats (finishing equipment)

Scope note

Tools, usually of wood, aluminum, or magnesium, used in finishing operations to impart a relatively even but still open texture to unformed fresh surfaces of concrete, plaster, or stucco. MEANS

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300023027

Term used for

floats, hand
hand floats

Equivalent Terms used

float (finishing equipment)

Created

13yrs ago

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