Editing Squeegee (section)

==Other uses==
Stiff-bladed squeegees are used in addition to [[trowel|margin trowels]] and grout floats to apply [[grout]] or adhesive when applying ceramic [[tile]]s to a surface.

Squeegees with hard rubber or metal blades are used in [[stencil printing]] to apply [[solder paste]] to [[printed circuit boards]] (PCBs).<ref name="Tarr_2013" />

Small, hand-held plastic and rubber wedges with an edge formed as a blade are used in signwriting for the application of vinyl sheeting to decrease the possibility of air pockets.  Signwriters' squeegees come in different models, some of which do not have handles, but are approximately the size and shape of a credit card.

Automobile squeegees are used in some universities to clean [[chalkboard]]s.

During the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001, Polish window washer Jan Demczur used a squeegee to free himself and five others from an elevator shaft in the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] in New York City. The squeegee is now currently on display at the [[Smithsonian]].<ref>[http://americanhistory.si.edu/september11/collection/record.asp?ID=35 Window washer’s squeegee handle] in collection of ''National Museum of American History''</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://usinfo.state.gov/albums/911/demczur1.htm |title=September 11: Victims and Heroes&nbsp;– Jan Demczur |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081114022030/http://usinfo.state.gov/albums/911/demczur1.htm |archive-date=November 14, 2008}}</ref>

===In popular media===
* The idea of a squeegee has been used by [[Associate Professor]] [[Burkard Polster]] of [[Monash University]], to illustrate the mathematical [[Kakeya set#Kakeya needle problem|Kakeya needle problem]].<ref>{{cite AV media |author=Burkard Polster|author-link=Burkard Polster |title=The Kakeya needle problem (the squeegee approach) |medium=Video |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM-n9c-ARHU  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/IM-n9c-ARHU |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|access-date=31 July 2016 |date=25 October 2015 |publisher=Mathologer}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{non-primary source needed|date=September 2024}}
* It is claimed that comedian [[Bill Hicks]] used the phrase "Squeegee Your Third Eye" frequently in his acts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wilkeyway.blogspot.com/2009/09/squeegee-your-third-eye.html|title=Squeegee Your Third Eye|last=Wilkey|first=John|date=22 September 2009|website=Wilkey Way|access-date=31 July 2016|quote=One of my heroes, the late stand-up comedian Bill Hicks, used the phrase "Squeegee Your Third Eye" a lot in his act.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226021229/http://men.style.com/details/features/full?id=content_4121|archive-date=December 26, 2008|url=http://men.style.com/details/features/full?id=content_4121|title=Matthew McConaughey|last=Blasengame|first=Bart|website=Men.Style.Com|access-date=31 July 2016|quote=One of my heroes, the late stand-up comedian Bill Hicks, used the phrase "Squeegee Your Third Eye" a lot in his act.}}</ref>
* The "Squeegee Weegee Gazette" is the official periodical of the Sausalito Yacht Club.
* "Weegee" is the pseudonym of the photographer [[Weegee|Arthur (Usher) Fellig]]. One possible origin of his pseudonym is that it refers to his skills as a darkroom assistant (such an assistant is sometimes called "squeegee boy").<ref name="Mesmerizing-Nudes">{{cite web|series=Arts & Culture|date=6 December 2014|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/12/weegee-nudes_n_5485512.html|title=Mesmerizing Nudes Show A Softer Side Of America's Darkest Street Photographer (NSFW)|last=Brooks|first=Katherine|website=Huffington Post|access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref>