Chasing out mortar for repointing .. what's the best tool? I've been
looking for an 8mm chisel, but they all have such short handles!

Paul

Paul Andrews wrote:
Chasing out mortar for repointing .. what's the best tool? I've been
looking for an 8mm chisel, but they all have such short handles!

What sort of mortar is it?

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Paul Andrews wrote:
Chasing out mortar for repointing .. what's the best tool? I've been
looking for an 8mm chisel, but they all have such short handles!

What sort of mortar is it?

Cement

On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:09:53 GMT, "Paul Andrews"
wrote:

|Chasing out mortar for repointing .. what's the best tool? I've been
|looking for an 8mm chisel, but they all have such short handles!

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Paul Andrews wrote:
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Paul Andrews wrote:
Chasing out mortar for repointing .. what's the best tool? I've been
looking for an 8mm chisel, but they all have such short handles!

What sort of mortar is it?

Cement

Oh, nasty. Do you really need to re-point? What's the situation?
With very hard pointing, it may be better to use an angle grinder
as carefully as you can, bashing it out with a plugging chisel
(which may be the tool you are looking for above), or a scutch
and a plugging chisel, or an SDS drill bit, can damage the bricks
rather badly. Try using a grinder to remove mortar in the middle
of the joint, and then using a plugging chisel (or scutch, or
sharp bolster). Sounds as if you've a PITA of a job on!

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Paul Andrews wrote:
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Paul Andrews wrote:
Chasing out mortar for repointing .. what's the best tool? I've been
looking for an 8mm chisel, but they all have such short handles!

What sort of mortar is it?

Cement

Oh, nasty. Do you really need to re-point? What's the situation?
With very hard pointing, it may be better to use an angle grinder
as carefully as you can, bashing it out with a plugging chisel
(which may be the tool you are looking for above), or a scutch
and a plugging chisel, or an SDS drill bit, can damage the bricks
rather badly. Try using a grinder to remove mortar in the middle
of the joint, and then using a plugging chisel (or scutch, or
sharp bolster). Sounds as if you've a PITA of a job on!

Actually it's not too much of a big deal. I just want to tidy things up a
bit - nothing major. There's only a few places on the wall that need
attention, I'd just like to know back the mortar and repoint to touch it up.
It's a long story...

If I could find a long handled 8mm chisel I'd be laughing!

Thanks,

Paul

If you use a plugging chisel, then be careful if the bricks are
relatively soft and the jmortar hard, as you will chip the arrises (or
worse) as you try to dislodge the mortar.

A mini grinder and 6-8mm disk may be better

Plugging chisels are about 9" long, so not that short

dg