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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

remolinador

English translation:

float

Added to glossary by tazdog (X)
Apr 4, 2006 14:34
20 yrs ago
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Spanish term

remolineador

Help, I cannot find this term anywhere!

Enfoscados de mortero de cemento
Descripción de la unidad de obra

Los paramentos a guarnecer estarán lo más planos posible, y en el caso de no ser así, regularizaremos con
mortero de cemento.
Realizaremos aristas en todos y cada uno de los encuentros de diferentes planos de paramentos
En paramentos de grandes dimensiones realizaremos maestras.
Se enfoscará con mortero de dosificación 1:3
No emplearemos arenas pulvígenas
Una vez haya empezado a fraguar el mortero se remolinara con un ***remolineador***
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 float
5 finishing trowel

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float

Looks like it should be "remolinador" and it's the same thing as "talocha":

remolinador. s.f. Utensilio que se usa en albañilería para repasar el mortero que se ha extendido sobre una superficie ('talocha'). Fon (Riv).

remolinar. v. Repasar el mortero que se ha extendido previamente sobre una superficie para disimular las marcas que ha dejado la llana. Fon (Riv).

http://www.aragob.es/edycul/patrimo/etno/pastoril/vocabulari...

A talocha is a trowel or float:

float: A tool for smoothing the surface of plaster or cement.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=float
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finishing trowel

Because it talks about mortar, it is about masonry and not concrete pouring.

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