Screed

A long handled tool with a relatively narrow and straight piece of material, up to 3m in length, at the end. A typical size might be a length of wood, 50mm x 25mm, and with a metal angle iron being fixed to the 50mm side, making that side about 75mm in height. This side is then drawn across a turf surface to help distribute and work in topdressing material. A smaller type of improvised screed can be the back of a metal 1-metre wide landscape rake, which is ideal for working and redistributing topdressing over a small area.