Just realized I've been mixing mortar wrong after talking to an old mason at a job site in Austin

He watched me dump all my water in at once then add powder on top and said I was making it weak as hell because the water pushes the cement up instead of mixing it in, has anyone else been doing it the dumb way this whole time?

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martin.felix2d ago

weak as hell" lol yeah, that's exactly what I was doing too. Felt real smart about it until I watched a pro do it.

hernandez.finley1d ago

Wait... you're supposed to add powder first then water? I've been doing it the same dumb way you were for years. The old guy I worked with just yelled at me for making it "soupy" but never explained why.