"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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On 23/04/15 18:15, sm_jamieson wrote:
I've got some marshalite ash decorative bricks for a garden wall, see
www.wickes.co.uk/p/210928
The are basically stone effect, grey, but with some larger brown/yellow
flecks (i.e. made of cement with some larger grit sand in it).
Can anyone suggest a good mortar mix that will bring out the yellow tones
in the bricks? I've seen the wall done with a brown stained mortar but it
looks terrible.
Basically, I don't want it to look like "cement" if you get the idea.
Mix needs to be strong enough for a 4" thick wall with 8" piers every
metre, about 6 courses high.
Thanks,
Simon.

I'd use white Portland, lime and yellow sharp sand.

Its a nice rustic look. If you want it paler, try and get washed sand

Plus you can buy cement colouring dust to add in.