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06-28-2008, 12:37 PM
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mortar gun
What kind of equipment (purchased and/or jerry rigged) do you use for jointing wet laid stone work?
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06-28-2008, 02:27 PM
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grout bag.
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06-28-2008, 02:55 PM
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Search here for Pointing Gun. We use that and it works really well. But if it's a small project, we'll just use trowels and caulking trowels.
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06-28-2008, 05:12 PM
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Stone, what is a pointing gun? Sounds like something I need.
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06-28-2008, 05:47 PM
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We found something that fits on a drill. Looks kind of cool but it's expensive and doesn't look like it holds much at a time. We are doing more and more of this kind of stuff and tried different methods but nothing has worked as well as I'd like. We do a lot of cobble stone as driveway edging/aprons/parking areas, etc so we are dealing with deep joints a lot. The gun thing looks like it would be more useful for flagstone, brick and other shallow joints. I'll try a search
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06-28-2008, 05:54 PM
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Stone- do you use the ponting gun or the that lighting grouter? The gun looks like it would be useless for what we do but the grouter looks promising for flat work.
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06-28-2008, 08:02 PM
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We bought the pointing gun before we knew the grouter existed. They will both work for flat work, but we don't do enough to justify buying both. @ natural12 - search the site and you will discover.....
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07-09-2008, 03:45 PM
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For small to medium sized projects a grout bag works very well. Just mix the mortar a little bit wetter than you normally would so that the tip does not frequently clog and wait until the mortar in your joints begins to darken and looses its sheen just before striking the joints off. We cover grouting techniques in depth at the School for Advanced Segmental Paving. It is commonly a technique that many hardscape professionals have trouble with that can lead to big headaches. Good luck with your project!
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07-16-2008, 08:04 PM
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Just in case anyone is interested we got the lightening grouter and it turned out to be pretty useless for what we were doing. I don't think it was wasted money since it will work well for shallow joints in flagstone or brick but for the deep joints in the cobblestones we were filling it just piled up at the top. Worth a shot.
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07-16-2008, 08:33 PM
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That happens sometimes with the pointing gun, too. The openings could be different sizes between these two tools, but for us, we try to make the mix that much wetter, then try to hold it in the joint as we run the thing, trying to force it all the way to the bottom of the joint.
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07-17-2008, 10:08 PM
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We use this one and it works great. We ussually use it for pointing cultured stone.
BonTool.com-2 1/2 QT. Caulking Gun |
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