On 03/12/15 20:59, stuart noble wrote:
On 03/12/2015 18:56, John Rumm wrote:
PVA,
being water-soluble, is a sort-term fix that will eventually be washed
away."

Disagree. What PVA does (and the only thing it does) is prevent water
being sucked out of the mortar before it has had time to cure. Doesn't
matter what happens to it after that. Interesting that the end result is
the same whether you mix the PVA with the mortar or coat the surface first.

Which makes me wonder why people don't just wet the bricks - always
worked for me. I usually just have a bucket of water to dunk a few in to
form a working pile.

OK - it's not "pro" and it's not fast, but us DIY folk don;t care too
much on either front