Scott Weinberg wrote:
kees ijpelaar wrote:I have to mortar the stones for the tube, because it is 3 cm think stones I think I need better
and stroung stuf to gleu them together.
The mortar I have is to coarse to use it, need a 8mm gap between stones.
There is also mortar gleu in a bucket, I think this is better, the stones need to stick strong together.
some tips maybe.
thanks.
8mm in most cases for fire brick mortar is WAY TO THICK
your fire brick mortar should indicate a very thin gap of 1.5 to 3 mm to be used, and in general this type of "glue as you call it" is very sticky. I have never seen coarse fire brick mortar? But perhaps you have something like that over there.
it has been suggested often the use of fire clay and sand mixture, but again, I doubt if that is suggested to be used up to 8mm. I don't mind to be corrected. But if you do have gaps up to that much, I suggest you cut your bricks to be tighter.