Mark wrote:
Michael Shergold wrote:

So I'm left asking myself how on earth it could work?
Maybe if you mixed your mortar with ultra-fine sandpit sand?

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See http://www.pointmaster.co.uk/how_to.html

yes as i said originally,
the mortar mix is far far too wet, so it comes out like Diarrhea, it will
get all over the face of the bricks and will look like a dogs breakfast done
by an amateur.
and note they don't show it being used to actually do any pointing.






The one I used was the cartridge type. This looks slightly more
promising, if only as a way of doing the vertical bits. I've rigged up
various aids for that but still end up using fingers. That bricklayer's
flick whereby the right amount miraculously lands exactly where you want
it is a source of wonder to me.
Maybe the consistency/flow thing is all about the plasticiser, a mousse
type mix that flows easily without needing too much water