Bagging Brickwork

Wet Bagged brickwork is probably one of the easiest finishes to do.

All you need for bagged brickwork is a brush, some elbow grease and some sloppy mortar.
The bagging is best done after letting the brickwork go off (set), the next day is good if time allows, you still have to fill the joints and brush down the brickwork as you would like you would for a brushed finish.

If you bag fresh brickwork you will drag out the fresh joints and they will appear sunken.

After wetting the bricks with a hose you proceed to slop on the mortar, you can lay it on as thick or as thin as you want, if you want the bagging thin just add more water.
Apply the bagging when the wall is set.
One of the easiest types of finishes to achieve.
Can be hard on the body if you do a lot of it.
You can be creative with the bagging at this point, you can give the mortar some patterns as you apply it.
Oxides can be added to the mortar for colouring the bagging.
Apply with long handled brush for easier application.

Make the mortar sloppy in the barrow, the sloppier the better.
Just add water until your mortar is really sloppy.

Pier before bagging.

Pier being bagged.

Dry Bagging Brickwork

Dry Bagged is done when the wall is being finished off at the end of day.
A moist mixture of sand and cement mix is bagged onto the joints using a dry sponge, or an old cement bag rolled up into a ball.
The mixture needs to be moist to work, the moisture from the sand is usually enough,but if the sand is really dry add a drop of water.
Remove any excess mixture from the bricks.
Very easy and quick to do.
Very little mess involved.