D darkan9el Joined 12 Jul 2007 Messages 214 Reaction score 8 Location Nottinghamshire Country 9 Apr 2022 #1 Just decorating some railings and the brick top to a pillar is crumbling and is in dire need of pointing, can anyone identify the mortar mix from these images… The owner seems to think it’s a lime mix with silver sand?
Just decorating some railings and the brick top to a pillar is crumbling and is in dire need of pointing, can anyone identify the mortar mix from these images… The owner seems to think it’s a lime mix with silver sand?
A A Trowel Joined 28 Nov 2020 Messages 84 Reaction score 26 Country 9 Apr 2022 #2 Doubt it’s lime mortar, see how it reacts to vinegar
L lostinthelight Joined 11 Feb 2016 Messages 4,213 Reaction score 865 Location Monmouthshire Country 9 Apr 2022 #3 Being white like that, it looks like either lime mortar, cement mortar with a high proportion of lime or snowcrete
Being white like that, it looks like either lime mortar, cement mortar with a high proportion of lime or snowcrete
D darkan9el Joined 12 Jul 2007 Messages 214 Reaction score 8 Location Nottinghamshire Country 10 Apr 2022 #4 A Trowel said: Doubt it’s lime mortar, see how it reacts to vinegar Click to expand... Nothing happens?
A Trowel said: Doubt it’s lime mortar, see how it reacts to vinegar Click to expand... Nothing happens?
A A Trowel Joined 28 Nov 2020 Messages 84 Reaction score 26 Country 12 Apr 2022 #5 darkan9el said: Nothing happens? Click to expand... It’s not lime mortar then