Tried pointing my brick joints with a squeeze bag instead of a trowel last week

I saw a guy on YouTube using a pastry bag for mortar and figured I'd give it a shot on a small backyard wall I was building. Squeezed it out like frosting and it looked clean at first, but after about 10 feet the mortar started cracking because I packed it too thin. Learned that the bag works fine for filling gaps but you still gotta hit it with a jointer tool right after or the bond won't hold. Has anyone else messed around with weird pointing methods and had them backfire?

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danielmason25d ago

Did the bag just tear on you halfway through?

ben66225d ago

I was on mile 8 of a 12 mile run with a 20 pound bag last week. The seam on the bottom left corner started to split right around mile 6, and by mile 9 I was basically carrying the whole thing with one hand trying to keep the weights from spilling out. But honestly, I think it was more about how I packed it than the bag itself. I had a sharp edge on one of the plates digging into that spot.