I have a brick house and need to repair some mortar around the windows
that has fallen out of the top corners. Does anybody have a good idea
how to match the color of new mortar with mortar that has been
weathering for 40 years? I don't want the repair job to be glaringly
obvious.

On Jul 10, 8:02*am, wrote:
I have a brick house and need to repair some mortar around the windows
that has fallen out of the top corners. *Does anybody have a good idea
how to match the color of new mortar with mortar that has been
weathering for 40 years? *I don't want the repair job to be glaringly
obvious.

What color is it pink, new mortar is grey, old custom mortar could be
with white portland, white sand, or any number of tints and shades,
dry out some new mix and then you know where to start

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:02:09 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I have a brick house and need to repair some mortar around the windows
that has fallen out of the top corners. Does anybody have a good idea
how to match the color of new mortar with mortar that has been
weathering for 40 years? I don't want the repair job to be glaringly
obvious.

I had a small part of my sidewalk replaced and the new stuff was as
dark as the old stuff after 2 to 5 years.

I have no experience with mortar.

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:02:09 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I have a brick house and need to repair some mortar around the windows
that has fallen out of the top corners. Does anybody have a good idea
how to match the color of new mortar with mortar that has been
weathering for 40 years? I don't want the repair job to be glaringly
obvious.

You might try http://www.i-boards.com/bnp/wc/default.asp

Mostly about interior stuff ("walls and ceilings"), but they know their
stuff.