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Posted by bdeditch on September 7, 2006, 1:07 pm
Thanks once again to all your advise!! I will look for this pure
plastic cement to add to my mixture.
Italian Mason wrote:
> When you are ready to place the stones a pre mix is a good base but
> like to add a little pure plastic cement to it. This makes the mix
> more sticky and also makes the pre mix stronger which tend to be light
> on the cement in my experiance with them.
>
> ++++someone mentiond in this thread they used adheasive ++++DO NOT USE
> ADHEASIVE+++ for your situation.
> completely butter the back of each stone and go.
> As a novice I would start at the top and work my way down this way all
> of the falling mortar will not hit the stones. IF you have corners do
> them first. TAKE YOUR TIME and remember stone work is like doing a
> puzzle..
> bdeditch wrote:
> > Thansk to italian mason for his help, now one more question. Should I
> > put on a scratch coat or should I put the motar on the metal lathe and
> > butter the stone and put in on right away?
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