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c/bricklayersdaniel_riveradaniel_rivera27d agoProlific Poster

I finally got called out for my mortar mix being too wet

Had a guy I've been working with for 2 years walk over last week and just say 'you're squeezing all the strength out of that mud.' He was right. I was adding too much water to make it easier to trowel, but the joints were sagging and I was cleaning up drips all day. He had me mix a batch with less water and work it drier and it held way better on the tuckpointing. Anyone else get a wake-up call like that from an old timer on the crew?
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theaw65
theaw6527d ago
That older guy just saved you a ton of trouble, good lesson to learn.
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jordanr89
jordanr8927d ago
That water makes troweling easy but kills the strength.
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the_morgan
the_morgan15d ago
Yeah @theaw65 nailed it, water is the enemy of strong mud.
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