Hyde Tools 05570 8" Economy Series Spreading Tool

eight inches starves on a stingy load — carry enough material that the pull completes, because a re-loaded lap mid-stroke prints a ridge the width of the blade. One direction, then cross light: lay parallel, dress the laps with a single light crossing pass, stop touching it. The wet edge is the schedule: section the field so every lap lands on wet material; plastic through half-set compound tears. Let the flex work at the corners: biasing pressure toward one corner steers the film's thickness — the same gradient the narrower widths use to feather, used here to keep field edges from building. Edge triage: a nicked molded edge at this span stripes eight inches of every pass and cannot be dressed back; retire the blade without ceremony. Cleanup: water-based compound rinses off completely and the tool serves again; the chemistries of §2b–2c end it on schedule — "toss when finished" is Hyde's sentence and the design.