Beauty in the Details: Mortar Color

Mortar In Water and In Color

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Masonry:

Colored Mortars
By Jamie Farny
Masonry and Special Products, Portland Cement Association

Masonry, in all its varieties, allows for unlimited architectural expressions. The shapes, sizes, colors, textures and finishes of the units and jo

Tinting a Mortar

VERY FINE PARTICLES, like cements and pigments, have the greatest effect on mortar color. Not all cements have the same color; there will be variations in shade depending on raw materials and manufacturing processes. White ceme

Colored Mortars
leads to a lighter joint color, and later finishing to a darker color. If the mortar is stiff, then dark, streaked surfaces can result. The appropriate time to tool the joint is at "thumbprint" hardness, when a thumb can barely make