Stopped fighting with my corner blocks after a guy in Seattle showed me his trick

I was at a job in Tacoma last month and this old timer saw me struggling with a corner block that kept slipping out of alignment. He told me to butter the head joint first and then tap the block into place instead of buttering the whole bed. It sounds dumb but I tried it on the next corner and it stayed put perfectly. Has anyone else found a weird little habit like that which just works better?

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nathan_patel2d ago

Gotta try that next time I'm fighting a corner block. Had a guy in Portland show me to wet the block first and it made a world of difference too.

gonzalez.anna2d ago

Yeah @nathan_patel, wetting the block first is clutch. I learned that trick after ruining too many edges on dry concrete.