Powered pointing gun

[diggerjones]

Got lots of brick pointing to do in near future. Is there anything worth buying. What about a battery powered grease gun with a adaptered nozle

 

[V8Druid]

Got lots of brick pointing to do in near future. Is there anything worth buying. What about a battery powered grease gun with a adaptered nozle

I have a manual one ... 's bloody hard work

 

[Lancs Lad]

Dunno if these any good?

Cordless Mortar Pointing System on Makita 18 volt drill

Quikpoint Cordless Mortar Pointing. System supplied with Batteries and Charger or minimum configuration of Quikpoint attachment on 'naked' DHP458Z Cordless Drill.

www.sunrisetools.co.uk

 

[diggerjones]

I have a manual one ... 's bloody hard work

That's what I was thinking today looking at the area I've got to do. I've got manual ones, work great but there must be a better solution

 

[6feetdown]

Never seem to work tidy unless your mix is perfect.
Wonder if something like this

Quikpoint TURBO Mortar Gun | Pointing Gun / Electric Repointing Gun - Sunrise Tools

Drill-driven electric repointing tool, available as an attachment or fully assembled system

www.sunrisetools.co.uk

 

[V8Druid]

Never seem to work tidy unless your mix is perfect.
Wonder if something like this

Quikpoint TURBO Mortar Gun | Pointing Gun / Electric Repointing Gun - Sunrise Tools

Drill-driven electric repointing tool, available as an attachment or fully assembled system

www.sunrisetools.co.uk

was gonna say the same - has to be perfect every time

wanna be bloody good tool for that

 

[6feetdown]

was gonna say the same - has to be perfect every time

Always squeeze the water out, best I got was sieving the sand 1st

 

[bobthebuilder]

Always squeeze the water out, best I got was sieving the sand 1st

about to mention that ,also you can mix it wetter

 

[diggerjones]

Think @Giles has some knowledge on these things. Calling giles

 

[Giles]

Sadly not we use hawk and finger trowel push it in fast as you can with the lime then come back Trim it then churn brush it when gone waxy

Tried the skeleton gun type ones with point paving but mix was so wet and plasticised it wasn’t much cop once in the joint,

Seen some ppl using the drill powered ones on social media

 

[diggerjones]

Sadly not we use hawk and finger trowel push it in fast as you can with the lime then come back Trim it then churn brush it when gone waxy

Tried the skeleton gun type ones with point paving but mix was so wet and plasticised it wasn’t much cop once in the joint,

Seen some ppl using the drill powered ones on social media

Thanks. There's screw type ones on amazon for reasonable money, £50 not £350 so might try 1 of them. Money isn't an issue, just want someone to say these are the dogs

 

[DaveDCB]

I love a good gadget, but a trowel is £10 and a better job

 

[diggerjones]

I love a good gadget, but a trowel is £10 and a better job

You've still got to trowel it Dave

 

[diggerjones]

Plus it's something the unskilled labourer can do, and I can just do the trowel bit

 

[doobin]

Plus it's something the unskilled labourer can do, and I can just do the trowel bit

It’s still not something for an unskilled labourer. The mix needs to be perfect.

PnuPoint is as good as I’ve used. Works well but any contamination (even mixing the third mix in the old bucket) will lead to blockages. A good plasticiser is key.

 

[yanmarb03]

I always spray the brick work with watered down pva if you drop abit it doesn't stick so much and stain

 

[mart1602]

probably just as quick with a jointer ,flat piece of tin push it straight in the joint and finish in one go .trouble with a gun it needs to be very wet to go through it and you still gotta go over it to finish it trowel will make a mess of it look on youtube for some ideas