Years ago, a old cement man told me how to solve this problem with little expense. The recipe when something like this. A bag of white cement, 1/4 cup of rock salt, and 1/3 cup of Ivory flakes. Put the salt and ivory flakes in a 5 gallon bucket, 1/3 full of water , dissolving the salt and soap and add the cement to make a thick pancake like batter, spreading it on with a wallpaper brush. I just purchased a rental and the city code enforcer was going to condemn the building if I didn't repair the foundation. Had it done in a day. RJ ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Rossi To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tuck Pointing?
Yep, tuck pointing is when they grind out the mortar between bricks and then pack in new mortar. It is a very labor intensive job, messy, and none too cheap. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
