Took me 5 years to realize I was buttering my bricks wrong

I was always slopping mortar on the full face and wondering why my joints were bulging out. Old timer on a job last month pointed out you only need butter on the last 2 inches from the head joint. Felt like an idiot.

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river_hall4425d ago

wait hold on, you mean people are out here buttering the whole brick? lmao i thought that was just how you did it. that changes everything

wyatt_shah8525d ago

Dude my first time trying it I literally buttered the whole brick like it was a stick of butter itself. I was out there slathering it on all six sides thinking that's the proper technique. My buddy walked in and just stared at me for a solid 10 seconds before he said anything. Felt like a total clown when I found out you just do the flat sides that actually touch the bread. We've all been there though right? It's one of those kitchen things nobody tells you until someone catches you doing it wrong.

morgan.mary17d ago

@river_hall44 my buddy once buttered the whole brick like a loaf of bread.