Trojan Tools - Product Review And Giveaway

The friendly folk at Trojan Tools sent me some tools to review which we tried out over the weekend with the kitchen renovation.

Trojan are an affordable low-mid range brand aimed towards home renovators, DIY enthusiasts and light trade use. They are an Australian brand stocked at Bunnings where you'll find us most weekends stalking the aisles for everything DIY or at the hot dog stand getting lunch!

 

I received a Trojan tool tote with a selection of their household tools including wood chisel set, file set, multi tool, 5 in 1 screwdriver, adjustable wrench set, wallboard saw, hammer, utility knife and nail puller which will definitely come in handy for our ever growing list of DIY projects - plus I now have my very own tool tote which I'm pretty excited about!

 

Trojan tool tote

 

I also received some plastering tools that we could use to tackle the plastering job in the kitchen and dining room - a notched trowel, small plasters tool, hand sander, sand paper and sanding sponges.

Trojan plastering tools

 

We tried out some of these tools doing the final stages of the kitchen renovation - prepping, plastering and sanding the walls and window and door frames in the kitchen and dining room to get them ready for painting.

Plastering "white set" the walls

We used the small plasters tool which has a triangle on one end and a square on the other end and because of its size is really good for those hard to reach places when plastering like the walls alongside the door frames and window frame.

Loading up the small plasters tool

Small plasters tool

Once the plaster was dry, the next day we got stuck into the sanding to get the walls ready for painting. That's where the hand sander comes into play - the slotted sanding sheets were easy to fit into the sander and pre-cut so no fiddling around cutting sheets of paper to fit. The handle feels really nice in your hand and has a soft grip. We used this heaps it gave really good coverage and allowed us to sand the large areas pretty quickly. 



Working the hand sander

We had a variety of sanding sponges in different grades from rough and fine. They felt firm but spongy in your hand and were really good to work with. They work substantially better than a block of wood with a sand paper sheet wrapped around it which is what we usually use ... will definitely be stocking up on these bad boys!

Sanding sponge

The other thing that was good about these sponges is you can just rinse them out when the pads get full from sanding and they come up clean just like new and you can go back and sand again. We sanded for a couple of hours and they barely wore out and made the job of sanding the 3 door frames and window frame so much better.

Running water over the sanding sponge

Cleaned and good to go again

Of the sanding sponges, the angled sander was the favourite because it allowed you to get right up close to the edge of the door and window frame or into the corners of the room without knocking your knuckles. A very clever design this one!

Angled sanding sponge

The other tool we used quite a bit was the utility knife which comes with 5 spare blades. Admittedly the safety catch worked a little too well as the blade kept retracting when you pushed too hard but other than that it worked well.

Utility knife

We also used the nail puller to pull out all the hooks and nails in the walls so we could plaster. This was the perfect size to work with and had good leverage as it wasn't too big and clunky. I wish I had this when we were restoring the floorboards and pulling out wayward nails!

Nail puller

These tools certainly did the job - the plastering is all done, the walls are sanded smooth and we are now ready to paint so I would call that a successful renovating weekend! Overall the tools were easy to use and good quality and I would recommend them to anyone who likes to tackle odd jobs and repairs around the house and DIY and renovating enthusiasts.

Thanks to Trojan I have a DIY Survival Kit with Trojan's top 10 tools for the tool shed valued at $140 to giveaway. Ladies, if you don't know your spanners from your wrenches why not try to win this for your husband, boyfriend, dad, brother, or tool enthusiast!

The Trojan Tools DIY Survival Kit up for grabs includes:

Combination Square
Tape Measure
Allen Key Set
6 in 1 Screwdriver

Combination pliers
Claw Hammer
Utility Knife with retractable blade

Wood Chisel set
Adjustable Wrenches set

Tool box with built in compartments and lift out carry tray

 

 

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5) Giveaway open to Australian Residents only
6) Giveaway ends on Friday 2 August 2013, 5pm WST

Winner will be drawn at random and announced over the weekend ... Good luck everyone!

Disclosure: Trojan Tools partner with bloggers such as me to help promote their product. As part of this promotion I was invited to pick products to review and given a tool tote to keep and a tool box to giveaway. I have not received any payment or compensation for this review. I have not been told what to say about this product, I am free to form my own opinion and share them in my own words. All opinions are my own. Prize will be posted to winner direct from company. This prize cannot be exchanged for money.


[All images my own]