A womans touch

[ilovesettsonmondays]

pointed up quite a few key kerbs this morning for a customer in red mortar . cut a long story short had the hose connected up and it blew off the tap . red mortar everywhere on patio. me and my m8 geordie in panic mode . sponges out , clothes etc.swilling off etc. lady came out and said dont panic this will get it off and it did lol. a vileda super mop

[pickwell paving]

That's what easi points rep told me to use to clean there sett point off granite, went for gftk in the end though as I wasn't sure how well it would work, shame I haven't got any women working with me or they would have cleaned it up in no time :p

[lutonlagerlout]

we are using red mortar at the minute
£140 a tonne for soft sand lime and red pigment
not that happy with it as it seems to be full of lumps,and we have to bash it with a bit of 4 by 2 to get it smooth

anyway are you using dye chris?
we had to use some dye before the red sand turned up and to me its weakened the muck
the mortar which was mixed 5 and 1 seems far flakier and softer than it should be,and the only additive was around 500gr of red dye per mix
has anyone else found this?
LLL

[ilovesettsonmondays]

yes tony .was using dye , tried a dampish mix first and it was crumbly when trowelling off . so started again and wet it up and used one of murphys pointing boards to point up with . slow progress