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Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 4:52 pm
by ilovesettsonmondays
Hi do any of the big merchants stock white kiln dried sand please anyone. Customer doesn't like the normal stuff I just want paying 
Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 5:06 pm
by r896neo
tobermore do silver kiln dried but dont know if they do over on the mainland too.
Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 5:29 pm
by mickg
never seen white before, we use Hanson what is a light sand colour but as soon as it gets wet it looks darker anyway
Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 5:44 pm
by ilovesettsonmondays
I have Hansen on the job mick they don't like it . I can't see what's wrong with it.the orange kiln dried they have down here I can understand but nothing wrong with Hansen.
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 12:24 pm
by Tony McC
It doesn't matter what colour the jointing sand is when new: it will be mucky brown in a couple of months as it self seals with crud. Will your overly fussy clients expect you to come and clean it for them?
You can get a silver sand suitable for use as a jointing material from Garside Sands, part of Agg Industries. You'll not half pay for it, and it will still be mucky brown by the end of June!
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 5:19 pm
by lutonlagerlout
I normally find a sharp rap on the head with a paving mallet help awkward sods see the light
as said it will be brown in a few months so whats their problem?
the stuff we get from butterfields is very light but thats just because its what they stock
LLL