Those old crumbling walls, gradually decaying. And then along comes an artisan to rescue them, with sheer hard graft, time consuming effort and a huge dose of skill. And the wall seems rejuvenated, ready to face whatever the rigours of English weather can throw at it for the next one or two hundred years! Beautiful Beatrice! Great video Josh!
You know what is important for me its not the mortar itself ,its these person who are dedicated to this job.i mean today this discipline is fading out and bravo guys you are continuing doing the job of restoring these old building😊😊😊
Thank you for sharing this video, it is very informative. I had been wondering how to mix lime. Enjoying the videos, Josh, and I appreciate the hard work coming from young men. Not enough of that going on anymore. Texas.
Really good information video Josh well done, i know this is a costumed colour mix, if you were just doing a normal stone shed with no costume colour, what sand mix would you use 👍👍
As a retired mason AMF former educator I don't mind sharing. My secret sand mix. At the landscape suppliers they sell a sand for the golf course traps thats a real good match for bank sand thats enormously hard to find in any country as conservation laws restrict the taking of natural sand. You think out of the box to find alternatives. To change colors you learn to add other sands. Coarse torpedo sand from the pits to add inclusions and the terrazzo suppliers to find colored aggregates in many grades. Its really hard to find all the sands and most folks will guard their sand profiles jealously as they paid many labs to get the results and many sand suppliers to find replacements. We even had to make our own shell inclusions and bank sand by buying oyster shell material and hand pulverizing it. You would be shocked by how much shells were used to both make hot lime and the sand they harvested 200 years ago for line pointing white mortar. The shells are translucent so exposed after the stippling with a churn brush creates a light show on the surface that no other aggregate can replace. There you go mate, some of my old secrets! Craig in Chicago
Excellent tutorial. I assume that you use the same lime mortar for bedding your stone and not just for pointing. No ordinary Portland cement anywhere in sight.😂
Lovaly Jobaly :D In your newer videos you should recommend these older playlists you have to new members. I found your channel a few months ago but never looked at your previous work. Now, seeing more of what you have done, I like your channel even more -- Crack on ! ;)
Hi josh keep the good work up mate im going to do my cottage interior wall its a 100 years old im new too all this would the mix be fine for my ridge tiles as well, Many tnx dave
can throw 2 tennis balls (take out the green hairy coat off them before) in the mixer, it will break the lump balls forming making the mixture more consistent
try reusing the old lime mortar if theres any left, i do, in fact i rebuilt a gable end of a barn just using the old lime mortar that was left after taking it down and put it through the mixer with a shovel of 3.5 lime to liven it up, you get the original colour and it goes off better than a new mix, i use a 10/4 sand lime mix normally, i am a flintknapper and have been doing it for about 30 years
@@J.HarveyStoneworkif you only have a small amount of old lime mortar, just use the normal mix, for me its always 10/4, and throw in 1 or 2 shovelfulls of it into each mix, not only will it send it off a bit quicker, but it will usually tone the new lime down a bit, i just break it up with back of my shovel or a hand held pummeler on a hard surface.
You can use brick dust. I have an old mason book and the writer did not recommend using pigment. He said it stains the stone or brick eventually. The sand is what dictates your color.
All depends on the finish you want but I like to use a 3/1 mix. So 3 parts sand and 1 part lime. Normally 2 grit sand and 1 building sand but all depends on the colour you want as well. I personally don’t like a smooth finish so that’s why I like using grit sand as gives texture also strength to the mix. Always read the instructions on your lime bag as well, as that will give you advice. Different regions have different coloured sands. Good luck and just keep researching. Thanks for watching! 👍
Can you hire a mixer? Also can I buy these products at local hardware store like B&Q.. I have 300 yr old Listed Hamstone cottage to re-point .. a previous owner put cement over one corner at the base so I’m thinking that will need to come off! 😳🤔
Yes of course it’s not expensive. If your after nhl then yes most builders merchants will have it, just do some research into what type of lime you need. You may need to go to a specialist supplier for hot lime etc.
If you are in the states you will have to order NHL online because it is not sold anywhere here… with one exception. Lancaster Lime Works in Pennsylvania. We do have a handful of places that sell hydrated lime, but not NHL.
great explanation ,,, bro... i use to wander ,about the difference... between lime mrtar,, and cement mix,,thank you ,,, and bless you tube,, gold mine of knowledge ,,, thank you alll
🤣...not sure if I have ever seen a bucket without the split on site, except for water bucket, which gets promoted to sand measurements in its wise old age😂🤣🤣
@@J.HarveyStonework You put some great information out there and just look at all the experts that come out of the woodwork to criticize every move 😂. Don’t take it to heart - trolls are everywhere.
Those old crumbling walls, gradually decaying. And then along comes an artisan to rescue them, with sheer hard graft, time consuming effort and a huge dose of skill. And the wall seems rejuvenated, ready to face whatever the rigours of English weather can throw at it for the next one or two hundred years! Beautiful Beatrice! Great video Josh!
Thank you Dave! Very kind! 👍
You know what is important for me its not the mortar itself ,its these person who are dedicated to this job.i mean today this discipline is fading out and bravo guys you are continuing doing the job of restoring these old building😊😊😊
Thank you, that’s very kind! 👍
Thank you for sharing this video, it is very informative.
I had been wondering how to mix lime.
Enjoying the videos, Josh, and I appreciate the hard work coming from young men. Not enough of that going on anymore.
Texas.
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoy the videos 👍👍
As an old man once told me TAKE YOUR TIME WHEN IT COMES TO LIME 👍🏿👍🏿♣️♣️♣️
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Josh, for this vid ,you are in my first recommended channels, thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Awesome, thank you!
Really good information video Josh well done, i know this is a costumed colour mix, if you were just doing a normal stone shed with no costume colour, what sand mix would you use 👍👍
Thanks for watching mate. 2 grit, 1 building, 1 lime for a nice coloured mortar 👍
As a retired mason AMF former educator I don't mind sharing. My secret sand mix.
At the landscape suppliers they sell a sand for the golf course traps thats a real good match for bank sand thats enormously hard to find in any country as conservation laws restrict the taking of natural sand. You think out of the box to find alternatives. To change colors you learn to add other sands. Coarse torpedo sand from the pits to add inclusions and the terrazzo suppliers to find colored aggregates in many grades. Its really hard to find all the sands and most folks will guard their sand profiles jealously as they paid many labs to get the results and many sand suppliers to find replacements. We even had to make our own shell inclusions and bank sand by buying oyster shell material and hand pulverizing it. You would be shocked by how much shells were used to both make hot lime and the sand they harvested 200 years ago for line pointing white mortar. The shells are translucent so exposed after the stippling with a churn brush creates a light show on the surface that no other aggregate can replace. There you go mate, some of my old secrets! Craig in Chicago
Great video I was wondering how you mixed it up. I'm using lime putty and it's a bit of a different beast
Yes defo! Thank you for watching! 👍
Excellent tutorial.
I assume that you use the same lime mortar for bedding your stone and not just for pointing.
No ordinary Portland cement anywhere in sight.😂
Yes the same mix for the whole job. Thank you for watching 👍
Lovaly Jobaly :D
In your newer videos you should recommend these older playlists you have to new members. I found your channel a few months ago but never looked at your previous work. Now, seeing more of what you have done, I like your channel even more -- Crack on ! ;)
That’s a good idea. I do put each job into playlists so that should help. Thanks for watching Shawn!
@@J.HarveyStonework 🙏
Thanks for sharing. I see that it's a hydraulic lime, so you can probably get away with it being a bit too wet.
Hi josh keep the good work up mate im going to do my cottage interior wall its a 100 years old im new too all this would the mix be fine for my ridge tiles as well,
Many tnx dave
All depends on size etc. I’ve personally never used on tiles. Thank you for watching! 👍
can throw 2 tennis balls (take out the green hairy coat off them before) in the mixer, it will break the lump balls forming making the mixture more consistent
Oooooo I’m going to try this, nice one 👍
Would you use the same mix to lay the stone, ie for mortar? Thx.
Yes this is the mortar mix I used for that whole project.
You can knock up nhl and use it the next day btw seems to be a better mix as well.
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try reusing the old lime mortar if theres any left, i do, in fact i rebuilt a gable end of a barn just using the old lime mortar that was left after taking it down and put it through the mixer with a shovel of 3.5 lime to liven it up, you get the original colour and it goes off better than a new mix, i use a 10/4 sand lime mix normally, i am a flintknapper and have been doing it for about 30 years
Oooo will try that when I get a chance! Thanks for watching!
@@J.HarveyStoneworkif you only have a small amount of old lime mortar, just use the normal mix, for me its always 10/4, and throw in 1 or 2 shovelfulls of it into each mix, not only will it send it off a bit quicker, but it will usually tone the new lime down a bit, i just break it up with back of my shovel or a hand held pummeler on a hard surface.
Thanks for sharing mate!
I have a bucket of lime mortar that is white. I need to change the color to tan. Any recommendation on pigments that wouldn't just run out?
No I don’t to be honest I’ve actually never used any additional pigments always just gone natural with the colour of the additional sand.
You can use brick dust. I have an old mason book and the writer did not recommend using pigment. He said it stains the stone or brick eventually. The sand is what dictates your color.
How did you know which sands & lime to buy? They're very specific.
It’s what the customer has used on all the building works within the estate
How much water do you use!
That much 👍
Great, but It will be hard for me to find specificaly 3 different kinds of sand. What is clasic mixture if I will use just sand+lime+water? its 3:2:1?
All depends on the finish you want but I like to use a 3/1 mix. So 3 parts sand and 1 part lime. Normally 2 grit sand and 1 building sand but all depends on the colour you want as well. I personally don’t like a smooth finish so that’s why I like using grit sand as gives texture also strength to the mix. Always read the instructions on your lime bag as well, as that will give you advice. Different regions have different coloured sands. Good luck and just keep researching. Thanks for watching! 👍
@@J.HarveyStonework Yep, its saand:lime = 3:1 and water? also 1 bucket?
Yes, just anything to measure out equal amounts, depending on the quantity you want 👍
those guys can't be replaced by AI ....
A quick question..can I still use 8 year old bags of unopened nhl3.5?
Hmmmm I personally wouldn’t for a customer to be honest.
Can you hire a mixer? Also can I buy these products at local hardware store like B&Q.. I have 300 yr old Listed Hamstone cottage to re-point .. a previous owner put cement over one corner at the base so I’m thinking that will need to come off! 😳🤔
Yes of course it’s not expensive. If your after nhl then yes most builders merchants will have it, just do some research into what type of lime you need. You may need to go to a specialist supplier for hot lime etc.
If you are in the states you will have to order NHL online because it is not sold anywhere here… with one exception. Lancaster Lime Works in Pennsylvania.
We do have a handful of places that sell hydrated lime, but not NHL.
Don’t add warter when dry mixing pro tip
It’s not a dry mix?
Nice one. In the old days (1800s etc) some poor cu*t would be making the lins mix up on site with no mixer? 😂 Is grit the same as Sharpe sand?
Yes they were proper grafters back then. It does depend on the supplier but yes most grit is basically sharp 👍
great explanation ,,, bro... i use to wander ,about the difference... between lime mrtar,, and cement mix,,thank you ,,, and bless you tube,, gold mine of knowledge ,,, thank you alll
Thank you watching!
Who else started sneezing when he slapped the Lime bag
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oh no crack in the bucket T.T
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🤣...not sure if I have ever seen a bucket without the split on site, except for water bucket, which gets promoted to sand measurements in its wise old age😂🤣🤣
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pointing with trowel wrong..............just sayin...
I know, I’m using the wrong hand
Pointing random rubble these day. Using a Rose trowel and it allows me to aim my slickers in a myriad of directions… just saying
@@J.HarveyStonework You put some great information out there and just look at all the experts that come out of the woodwork to criticize every move 😂. Don’t take it to heart - trolls are everywhere.