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   jayzog | May 09, 2006 01:18am | #1

   Portland & sand, mixed very dry. Tool the joints carefully, then brush the excess off the face of the stone.

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   zak | May 09, 2006 02:02am | #2

   Do you have a cake decorator/grout bag to put that in with?  You'll want one.  on rock, I use the same mortar that I'm setting with, because usually the mortar/grout are continuous.  So I'll take that mortar, add a little portland cement to make it smoother, and get it to a consistency that I can bag it.

   Here's a picture of some friends working on a roof that we set last summer.

   zak

   "so it goes"

   
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   McDesign | May 09, 2006 05:10am | #4

   Wait - that's a roof?  For what - a hobbit?

   Gorgeous work, gorgeous setting - what's the story?

   Forrest

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   donpapenburg | May 09, 2006 05:55am | #5

   If I remember right  those are buildings in a state park . He has a little picture story in the forum some place . It was about a year ago.

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   zak | May 09, 2006 07:57am | #6

   http://forums.taunton.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=tp-breaktime&msg=68148.1&search=y#a1

   I think that'll get you to the thread with more pictures in it- including a lot of Don's gorgeous stonework.

   That building in my picture is the panorama point comfort station, at 7500 ft elevation on the SE side of Mt. Rainier.  About 2 miles hike from "Paradise". 

   The original roof was flagstones laid on log purlins.  It didn't last so long, as you might expect.  This one has a poured concrete roof (xypex in it for waterproofness) over galvanized planks.  Then we put flagstones (well, up to 5" thick) over that, to recreate the original look.

   Building was built by the CCC in the 1920s.

   If you think that shot is hobbit, check out this door.  But note that my friend Aaron here is 6' 5" or so.  The door isn't quite as small as it looks.

   View Imagezak

   "so it goes"

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   Danusan11 | May 09, 2006 04:04am | #3

   squeeze bag it. mix it like previous poster suggested. Let it set off a little before trying to tool it, it will help keep the stone cleaner.