I never heard of that one. My late father-in-law was a plasterer and mason. He had a file box of different recipes of plaster, cement and mortar. For a similar project we used a formula of white cement, white silica sand and lime. I don't remember the proportions but the cement and sand were for strength and the lime to make it stick. Sure wish that I could find that old file box. Lenny ----- Original Message ----- From: "RJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tuck Pointing?
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] ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links __________ NOD32 3285 (20080721) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
