Brick path repair; brush dry or wet repoint?

[Grenage]

Hi guys,

Our new place needed the mortar sorting on the brick path, mainly due to years of bad guttering and age. I've raked out the old stuff, and am planing on a 1:6 mix - but is it best to do it by doing a dry mix and brushing in, or should I mix it wet and do it the long way?

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[John D v2.0]

Looks a nice path, not sure your answer, but if you use cement it can stain the bricks so be careful.

 

[tomfe]

Get a mortar gun or just use sand and brush it in.

 

[Grenage]

Cheers chaps. I've got a mortar gun, so I guess I should just do it that way to be safe. Be a real pain if the cement hung around on the top.

 

[John D v2.0]

An extra thought is you can get brick cleaning acid to dissolve any accidental splashes. But I'm not sure if you'd use it on a wide area or just topically.

 

[Grenage]

I've got some brick cleaner from the old place, which did work faily well with a bit of elbow grease. Hopefully it won't come to using it!