How to use a hawk when pointing walls

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Step 1 – Load hawk

After preparing your hawk with an initial thin layer of mortar using your pointing trowel (see previous page), load a trowelful of the mixture onto the centre of the board.

Step 2 – Press down mix

Flatten out the material to help it stay in place and then…

Step 3 – Lift mortar from board

…neatly slice off small, sausage-shaped portions to push between the bricks.

Don’t overload your hawk!

Bear in mind, whether pointing or plastering, that you will be holding up your hawk throughout the job and if you over-load it, it will soon start to feel very heavy!