"Eigenvector" wrote in
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Is there ANYTHING worse than having the manufacturer put stickers on
the blade of a drywall knife?

I can't imagine a dumber thing for them to do than put a nice shiny
6"x4" label on a 12" drywall knife. You have to immerse the thing in
gas or some other highly caustic substance to get all the glue off, if
you don't you get little pieces of paper and backing in the joint
compound. The thing is even the major manufacturers do this -
conceivably you would think they understand that the blade needs to be
kept straight and clean - so what's the deal, is Marketing not talking
to Engineering here?




On one hand I heard a pro say it's good to know which side of the blade
is which. The same side should always be used against the wall during a
job. The paper side towards you is an easy way to ID the back and front
side.

On the other hand, there's a lot of better ways to mark to distinguish
side a & b.