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Llivingstoned reacted to Charlie George's post in the thread Pointing - is this sufficient quality? with
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Have used it with lime and white cement to get an almost pure white, without the lime it is hard to work, mortar tint could be a... -
Llivingstoned reacted to noseall's post in the thread Pointing - is this sufficient quality? with Thanks.
It's not a very good sand to work with on its own, especially for pointing. We would always look to softer building sands, if we could.
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Llivingstoned replied to the thread Pointing - is this sufficient quality?.Ta. Would brick acid get the smears of lime mortar off the brick faces? I guess it would stain the brick.
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Llivingstoned reacted to Koolpc's post in the thread Pointing - is this sufficient quality? with Thanks.
Is he colour blind and did he use his feet?
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Llivingstoned reacted to noseall's post in the thread Pointing - is this sufficient quality? with Thanks.
The original mortar would have been a unique blend of materials available at the time. It looks like there was lime in there too...
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Llivingstoned reacted to stuart45's post in the thread Pointing - is this sufficient quality? with Thanks.
Back in the 30's it was quite popular to rake out the joints on new builds, and point them up at the end using that weather struck and...
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Llivingstoned reacted to Harry Bloomfield's post in the thread Pointing - is this sufficient quality? with Thanks.
That is not pointing, and very expensive for that amount of work, even if properly done. Did she get him from a 'Checkatrade' type site?
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Llivingstoned reacted to stuart45's post in the thread Pointing - is this sufficient quality? with Thanks.
Agree with this 100%. To get a good colour match the first thing to do is put a sample of the existing mortar in brick acid, and this...
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Llivingstoned reacted to aveatry's post in the thread Pointing - is this sufficient quality? with Thanks.
I have done some pointing on my house and after a number of tests settled on a mix of red sand, kiln dried sand and sieved sharp sand to...
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Llivingstoned reacted to noseall's post in the thread Pointing - is this sufficient quality? with Thanks.
The only issue I have with blended sands is remembering the recipes, should any more need doing at a later date. The more complicated...
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Llivingstoned replied to the thread Pointing - is this sufficient quality?.Thanks all. Would silver sand have been a reasonable choice for the mix? I don't know how much it varies, the stuff round here is light...
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LA friend asked me to look at some REPAIR pointing. She has a dispute over what was agreed to be done which I can't comment on , except...
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