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PSA: My new magnesium float cracked clean in half on a driveway job in Spokane last Thursday.

The handle snapped right off at the neck when I put some pressure on it, and I had to finish the last 400 square feet with a backup steel trowel, so has anyone else had this happen with a magnesium float from a certain big box store brand?
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ross.river
Damn, that's rough. So it just snapped clean under normal pressure? I've had the edges chip on cheaper ones before, but a full break at the neck sounds like a serious casting flaw. Were there any bubbles or weird texture in the metal where it broke? Makes me wonder if it was just a bad batch.
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skyler_kim15
Magnesium floats are pretty much disposable tools anyway.
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