How to Make a Custom Finishing Tool [Demo Video]

A question I get asked a lot in the field is: how do we replicate striation patterns in the original masonry?

Sometimes we can find a perfect match in stocked scraping tools from a hardware store or craft store, but, most often, to get a perfect match, we need to make something custom.

Watch the video below of me creating a custom finishing tool that matches the unique striations found on a piece of terra cotta. This is the technique I recommended most often to masons in the field.