Silverline 335445 Tungsten Carbide Mortar Rake 12 mm Coarse

Well I thought these might be good value for the price but has always you get what yo pay for. Do not waste your time or money. They wear out very quickly and as one can see from the photo this one lasted just a second literally as second before it buckled. Low quality metal and they wear down to stubs far too quickly. Pay the extra and get something that will do the job and last a bit longer.

Having been bitten before by the poor quality of silverline tools, I normally avoid like the plague but because I have a lot of mortar work to do I let my reserve be overruled and I have to say was pleasantly surprised at the way this tool ripped out the crumbling mortar without much dust being thrown up. My joy was short lived however and after approximately 45 seconds the coating and the effectiveness of the tool had gone. 10 feet of crumbling mortar reduced this tool to its now useless condition. As someone has already said, well done silverline for producing the crappest tools on the market.

Hmmm. This is a great tool if you need to do a small amount of mortar raking which, I did. For the amount I had this tore through the work leaving me with a nice neat gap to be refilled with cement and saved me a ton of time faffing about with manual rakes.But...It was quite worn out at the tip when I finished. I reckon I did about a meter of raking and I'd say the first 5mm of the carbide was gone and the mild steel core was coned by then. It will still work but you won't get the same depth and I figure that 2m of raking would see this tool finished in terms of usefulness.Overall a real time saver if you only need to dig out a small amount of mortar but if you have a whole wall? Best you get used to a hammer.

I already had a very similar item that I had bought a couple of years ago. By comparison this Silverline one wore down more quickly. I did manage to rake out nearly 2 square meters area by which time it took much longer to clear the mortar. The tungsten carbide on the end had all worn away so could not be used for a plunge action. I had cleared at least three times the area with the previous mortar rake. I have recently purchased the Irwin 10507232 mortar rake and adaptor. This clears more readily and will last much longer, I believe. I have already cleared over 1 square meter with no apparent reduction in performance. A bit more vibration with the Irwin at times.

Best bit of kit I have ever bought, once attached to my grinder, it just dissolved the mortar away with surgical precision (tip: just let the tool do the work and dont force it). I normally hate grinding mortar out, but this made it so much easier with a lot less mess. I showed it in action to a builder that was fitting my windows and he bought one the next day and he said it makes his job miles easier.Definitely recommend this tool.

This is the first time i have used one of these, and I found it far easier and much less dusty than an angle grinder.After attaching it to a 4.5 inch angle grinder, you push it approx 20mm into the mortar and then go along the lineof mortar. The mortar simply falls to the ground as opposed to being flung several yards when using an angle grinder.Plus you have less chance of going into the brickwork with one of these. Very easy to use.

It would be more suited for grinding out soft cement mortar or Lime pointing. I resorted to goig back to using diamond disks to grind out for time purposes. I found this item was a lot less messy with dust and i ended up using it to rake out the hard to reach parts like up widow reveals next to the frames etc.Good little tool, just do not expect to grind out a whole house with one if the mortar is tough.

Quite appalling - I need to repoint a fireplace and based on how quickly this wore down to uselessness I would need somewhere between 8 - 10 of these bits to complete the job.If you have ancient lime mortar you could push out with the end of a wooden spoon this might be useful, otherwise save your time and money.Thrown in the bin