bricklaying

buttering up the perp

below are some images to give you an idea as to butter up the ends of the bricks 

taking a small amount of mortar on your trowel

scoop it up and then flick down quickly to the board

it should stick enough that you could turn the trowel upside

down and the mortar will have stuck

with the brick in one hand and frog facing up slice the mortar onto the end of the brick

using a downward movement as in the picture

turn the brick so the face side(s) of the brick are facing into and away from you

that's it, 1 , 2 , 3 

using the tip of the trowel squeeze the mortar in the centre of the end of the brick

part 5 of the bricklaying tutorial

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