Quickpoint Question?

frenchtuckpoint

hi
i ask you if this mortar gun is a good tool.
i don't know if we can work quickly with this gun.
in france we have a lot of house of 1930 with no regular bricks and joints.
a normal tuckpointer can do 12 meter*meter
a speed can do 20 meter*meter.
with normal method
can you think this gun is faster.
we can work with belgium method but i'm afraid about warrently.
i prefer the normal method.
thank you for your answer.
sorry for my bad language

masonking02

always seen that gun around in magazines but never used one anybody have any experiance with a tuckpointing gun?

Bigbricklayer

I have seen it in magazines also. It looks like it would be good for grouting brickwork,but you can buy alot of grout bags for what one of those will co$t ya.

masonking02

yea u right better off sticking with old i think

Dik Redi

True that

frenchtuckpoint

hi
i don't know your bags system.
can you please give me the place in the net where i can see the system.
how many meter you can do by day to pointing joints
how many meter you can do to repointing joints
i'm looking for a good quality of work i don't know if the bag system is good.
thank you

mdshunk

Grout bags:

Subia29

Grout bags has been around since the hair pin. thanks for that post Md. 80% of time when a customer see's me use one of these,I already know what's coming out they're mouth: ''Wow, you would make a great cake decorator,''

JRf Masonry

I have never used the guns, always the grout bag or just plain old tuckpointer and trowel.

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frenchtuckpoint

hi
ok for the bags we have it in france but i never see a worker do the a lot of joints on a house with bags.
my problem with the bags is that i must do the mortar with more water to pass in the bag.
i'm afraid to let mortar over the bricks because i'm not a boss with this system.
how many meters you can do with bags on one day about 7 hours?
on a house with bricks.
thanks

Tscarborough

I use less water with the bag than with a caulking trowel. I have always wanted to try the gun, but it is too expensive for the size jobs I do.

Dik Redi

[quote=Subia29;242591]Grout bags has been around since the hair pin. thanks for that post Md. 80% of time when a customer see's me use one of these,I already know what's coming out they're mouth: ''Wow, you would make a great cake decorator,''

Exactly lol to many times Subia,, good demo on how we use it Mdshunk,, the brick wall i would hand pointed tho,(( gonna suck alot of water out of that mortar as soon as it hits the OLD mortar,,SOAK,, hand tooling gives the chance to finish properly as u go compared to the gun )) the gun u can do alot of footage with one of those on brick(( im usta tooling my own joints sorta like frosten on a cake lol)) i use the bag on blue-stone patios mainly ((( ouch me` acken back )))

Dik Redi

as i look at alittle closer the 4th photo looks like photo-shop did alil work the bag stands out like it ben cut in lol

frenchtuckpoint

hi
i want to compare the speed of work.
can you give me the speed work with bag.

Tscarborough

If you do not use a bag, then I assume you use a Hawk and Caulking trowels? I can grout brick faster and longer with that method, but for stone or small jobs a bag is quicker. The problem with using a bag for large tuckpointing jobs is that it is physically demanding. I would be hard pressed to bag joints for 8 hours a day.

masonking02

hawk and tuckpointer all day baby

Dik Redi

if u have ben there,((which im sure u have )) salute Tscar, because its not a fun day with the bag ,,lol

masonking02

killer on the palms of your hands sqeezing that bag all day

Dik Redi

when one says hawk as a tool i think of sheet rockers and plaster,,, would the trowel im working with before pointing be a hawk if i use it to hold mortar/cemente to point off??

Tscarborough

It is being used as a hawk, but it is still a trowel. I use a 12x5 finishing trowel for a hawk sometimes.