Shoutout to the old timer who caught me buttering joints wrong

I've been laying block for about 7 years now and always buttered the head joints on the bed, not the vertical face of the last brick. A retired mason named Hank watched me for 10 seconds last Tuesday and pointed out I was washing out my mud on every lift. Anybody else learn a basic move like this way later than they should have?

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tara3455d ago

Stop buttering your trowel and start buttering the lead brick's face instead.

the_piper5d ago

Hate when people get all technical with the trowel talk. Took me three whole bricks before I realized I was buttering wrong and had to chisel them apart. Solid advice honestly, saves a lot of frustration and wasted mortar.

milam421d ago

Used to butter on the bed too, but this makes more sense.