Not tile in mortar — neither meter lays the tall square ridges that ceramic, quarry, or paver units need; those are the 19050 and 19070 squares.
Not carpet or the thin-set wall-tile-and-mosaic work — the 19060's row does not name them, and the sibling built for that soft-and-carpet roster is the 19040.
Not mastic on wallboard and metal — that is V-notch spreader territory.
Not the perimeter and base-molding pass — a straight trowel can't run flat into the last inches at the wall; the offset 19041 does.
And not, ever, the removal of old resilient flooring: where old linoleum, asphalt tile, or cutback adhesive is in play, the asbestos boundary in 2a stands in front of the whole demolition, which is an abatement question and not a job for a spreading trowel.
Choose the bed at the pail and the covering, and commit to it
Coarse pair for linoleum and the heavier-bodied resilient adhesives; fine pair for sheet vinyl and VCT. Comb straight, comb one way — the ridges must collapse and vent, not trap air in loops; this is as true for paste under linoleum as for mortar under tile. Obey the flash window — resilient adhesives are set into a specific tack, and mis-timing it is the difference between a floor that holds and one that oozes or releases. Keep your angle near 45° and steady — the notch caps the deposit, the angle sets how much of the cap you actually lay; drift flat and you starve the bond, drift steep and you telegraph. Protect the steel and the meter — this is carbon steel, so dry it after water-based adhesives to head off rust, and never let a cementitious or fast-grab adhesive cure in the fine notches, where a single hardened chip is a meaningful fraction of a 1/16"-class channel. Turn to a clean edge the moment one starts to load rather than dragging a fouled meter through the spread.
Asked at the counter
BUYER QUESTIONS ANSWERED BEFORE THE CART, NOT AFTER THE RETURN
What are the two meters for?
The coarser 3/32" x 3/32" x 1/8" U is the linoleum-and-asphalt bed; the finer 1/16" x 1/32" x 1/32" U is the sheet-vinyl and VCT bed. Pick per covering and hold it — you never change beds within one floor.
How is this different from the 19040?
The 19060 names asphalt materials and carries the coarser linoleum meter; the 19040 names carpet and wall tile and its coarse meter is finer. Same economy body, two edges each, different duty and different coarse bed.
Can I lay carpet with it?
The row doesn't name carpet — that is the 19040 and 19062. The 19060 is a linoleum/vinyl/asphalt trowel.
Is "asphalt materials" a hazard?
Spreading new asphalt-class adhesive is ordinary work. The hazard is on the other end: removing old asphalt tile or black cutback adhesive, which can contain asbestos and must be tested before it is disturbed. This trowel is a spreading tool, not a removal tool.
Why is the meter fine instead of tile-sized?
Because resilient adhesives are laid thin to flash and disappear under the goods. A tile-sized square would telegraph every ridge through the finished floor.
