or preferably for this embodiment ceramic tile or wallpaper and the handle 80 is used to force the tool 10 inward to exert pressure on the application face 86 and in particular the edge end 89 thereafter the tool 10 is dragged along the planar surface with sufficient pressure to cause the edge end 89 and application face 86 to force the bonding compound smoothly into place over and or in crevices joints or the like of the planar surface leaving a smooth finish without forming ridges or other interruptions of spread compound frequently formed by metal spreading tools fig1 12 show a fourth alternate embodiment of the invention similar to the embodiment shown in fig7 9 but smaller and tapered particularly for spackling patching wallpapering and grouting work in this embodiment the tool 10 has a handle portion 90 formed in a conventional manner by which a hand may grip the tool 10 the front portion 91 of the handle 90 mounts the applicator 95 having base application section 96 formed of resilient material preferably flexible plastic a rigid member 92 is affixed to the base application section 96 rigid member 92 and base application section 96 are fixedly mounted within the front portion 91 of the handle 90 as clearly shown in fig1 12 the outer edge end 98 of the applicator 95 is comprised of the edge end section 99 forming a flexible outer edge having a smaller width than the remainder applicator 95 by virtue of tapers 100 and 105 of the applicator 95 edge end section 99 of applicator 95 is preferably made of a resilient material that is more flexible and softer than base application section 96 in effect applicator 95 is merely a flat blade.