Brush-in jointing mortar
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I remember years ago we asked a very respectable manufacturer to make a London Stone branded Polymeric. At the time he refused because he didn't believe the technology in the 1 parts was good enough to stand the test of time (he went on to do his own one part product ). That bit of advice always stuck with me. They do have their place for DIY projects but we would rather stick with the 2 parts that can withstand lorry traffic and street cleaning machines
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Tony McC
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Polymerics (or one-part mortars, if you prefer) wer an essential and useful transition away from traditional sand/cement mortars. I recall being amazed when I first saw what became GeoFux over 20 years ago, but that amazement stemmed from teh fcat that there was nothing else like it at that time.
A couple of decades pass, GeoFux remins exactly what it was back then, an we've gone through three generations of improvements to where we have shockingly effective and reliable 2-part resin mortars. It's like comparing a Model T Ford with a RS Cosworth - yes: they both get you there, but onbe is much less likely to conk out after a few minutes.
The (mainly) European manufacturers seem to be obsessed with the belief that the customers (us) prefer 1-part polymerics because we don't like having to mix it for ourselves, preferring to simply tip it out and brush it in, but I'm not sure this is true, certainly not for contractors.
Polymerics will remain with us, catering to DIYers who don't have a paddle stirrer and those contractors who stick with what they think they know, but more and more work will be jointed using 2-part mortars primarily because they are virtually indestructible.
A couple of decades pass, GeoFux remins exactly what it was back then, an we've gone through three generations of improvements to where we have shockingly effective and reliable 2-part resin mortars. It's like comparing a Model T Ford with a RS Cosworth - yes: they both get you there, but onbe is much less likely to conk out after a few minutes.
The (mainly) European manufacturers seem to be obsessed with the belief that the customers (us) prefer 1-part polymerics because we don't like having to mix it for ourselves, preferring to simply tip it out and brush it in, but I'm not sure this is true, certainly not for contractors.
Polymerics will remain with us, catering to DIYers who don't have a paddle stirrer and those contractors who stick with what they think they know, but more and more work will be jointed using 2-part mortars primarily because they are virtually indestructible.
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