I have, surplus to requirements, a brand-new unboxed hand-operated mortar gun from Toolstation:
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.Anyone who could use it is welcome to have it for the cost of delivery: say £5. Just let me know.
Would anyone like a mortar gun?
Feb 07, 2014
9 Replies
I could find a use for that Bert.
WHat are they actually used for specifically?
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Gunning mortar stupid.
Jim K
Pointing brickwork.
Good luck with that, as they say. Unless your mortar is whisked to a yoghurt-like consistency, doomed to failure IME
Great. If you'll let me have your mailing address we'll sort everything out.
You'll find my contact details at:
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Bert
Well, quite. Failing that degree of viscosity, they'd need some kind of power assistance, surely!
adding a plasticiser will help a lot..... :-)
I'm sure that there is a technique involved!
When I had my drive re-surfaced a couple of years ago, I had a border of paving bricks all round the outer edges. The workmen laying those used a mortar gun to point them - and made it look very easy! ISTR that they used two guns and that one was being re-filled whilst the other one was being used. The whole process was very quick. I tried to find out exactly what they had put in the mortar to make it flow, but they weren't all that forthcoming. I think they said something about using plastering sand (is there such a thing?) rather than builder's sand or sharp sand.
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