This sounds to me like a parging mixture intended to cover old concrete. I am guessing the function of the salt and the soap flakes is to help the stuff stick to the old concrete. Quarter of a cup of rock salt in a couple of cubic feet of cement isn't much and I notice there isn't any aggregate. This is more or less a lime whitewash. I wonder how well it stays on?
----- Original Message ----- From: Max Robinson To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 10:40 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tuck Pointing? Won't moisture leach away the salt after a while? Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "RJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 9:36 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tuck Pointing? > Years ago, a old cement man told me how to solve this problem with little > expense. The recipe when something like this. A bag of white cement, 1/4 > cup of rock salt, and 1/3 cup of Ivory flakes. Put the salt and ivory > flakes in a 5 gallon bucket, 1/3 full of water , dissolving the salt and > soap and add the cement to make a thick pancake like batter, spreading it > on with a wallpaper brush. I just purchased a rental and the city code > enforcer was going to condemn the building if I didn't repair the > foundation. Had it done in a day. > RJ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dan Rossi > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 11:46 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tuck Pointing? > > > Yep, tuck pointing is when they grind out the mortar between bricks and > then pack in new mortar. It is a very labor intensive job, messy, and > none too cheap. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.2/1562 - Release Date: 7/19/2008 2:01 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
