How to match mortar to existing Brickwork

In this clip today Adrian dives into the importance of going the extra mile in matching the mortar to existing brickwork.

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[HRB-]

A hair dryer will speed up the drying process drastically, nothing worse than having to return to a small job for something like matching colors IMO and there are no draw backs if the original morter is dry also.

[handle]

Im in england trying to make up a pure lught grey mortar to for some light grey facing bricks.

My sand choices are orange and pale yellow, with grey cement the orange makes a grey with beige brown tint to it and the yellow has a tiny of mustard.

Would i be best to try adding hydrated lime to lighten it up, or an amount of white cement with the grey?

Ive tried 4:1 and 5:1.
Smoothing off the samples makes it lighter again.

[johnbowkett]

Mortar is a far better match than the bricks..