What is the preferred method of coloring mortar?
I recently did some mortar repair on a brick wall. The mortar is a charcoal color and unfotunately I did not put enough mortar color into my mortar mix. Now that it has dried I have a lighter colored mortar than the original (which stands out slightly) are there any methods to slightly darken the lighter colored mortar?
Colored mortar is most often mixed at the job site—using preblended materials or individual ingredients. Mortar color is a cost effective way to increase the visual impact of masonry structures, whether concrete or clay units are used. Both custom and stock colors are available. To create color in mortar, mineral pigments are added to mortar mixes, either along with the cement at the manufacturing facility or directly to the mortar mixer on the job. When added to the cement, the benefits of preblended color are a consistently mixed product and factory-controlled dosages. Contractors can be assured that the cementitious product is uniform, and they simply need to do their part to batch materials consistently and mix mortar thoroughly. (The same uniformity is applicable to preblended colored mortar mixes.) For job site blending, individual pigment packets are added to the mixer. To get proportions right on a consistent basis, it’s usually recommended to use only full bags of cement for e
