We're looking at how to match existing mortars in walls, stone walls, brick walls, rock walls
or whatever. We get a lot of enquiries about how do I get the same colour
Well there's a number of different ways and it's basically just trial and error really
You'll see here I've got some ever built mortar tone, powder mortar tone, red, buff and black
So they're the three I have down in front of me. Behind them I've got four samples of mortar and another three behind
So I'll explain what we've done. These three here are straightforward sand and cement mix in this particular case
So it was a four to one mix with red dye, black dye and yellow dye
The important thing to remember when you're using mortar tone is to mix the dye with the
cement before you put it into the mix. So you mix the dye in the cement dry, mix it all up and then put it into the mix and
the distribution then is much more even throughout the mix. The mortar tones themselves, you can read the instructions because they're all slightly
different, but it normally works out for a lightish colour. This is quite dark, OK
So that's about two kilograms of toner into fifty kilograms of cement or one kilogram
per twenty five kilogram bag. So that's the darker colour, so that's a kilogram of toner into a twenty five kilogram bag of cement
Less toner gives you a lighter colour. Now behind that we have different sand and cement mixes
This is a two to one mix on my left, your right hand side
Three to one, three sand, one cement, four sand, one cement, five sand, one cement
So you can see there's a very slight variation as we move up in sand content versus cement content
We do this, we measure it carefully on site. We would have a large version of this, these are called day boxes
We use little tub, so that's one sand, one cement. If you just wanted to use a little bit, we usually use a teaspoon to measure three sand
for example, one cement. As long as they're even it doesn't matter. Let it dry, it will give you an example of the colour
It's no good doing it when it's wet because it will be darker. So wipe it dry, hold it against the brickwork you want to match
And then we're going to have a mixture of sand and cement and toners
So we have here, this is a yellow toner mixed at two to one, and this is a yellow toner
mixed at five to one. So you can see the colour's slightly different
The more sand, i.e. less cement, the slightly darker the colour comes out
And if you rub it and you can see, I don't know if the camera can zoom in on that, but
you can see the colour you're going to get. This is yellow and black and a two to one mix
So really what I'm trying to say is that the possibility of using the toner and the different
cement mixes are endless. You can make variations of it. So have an experiment at home and you'll be getting closer to the colour that you really
want to achieve. And you can end up, then you won't end up with a mismatched mortar bed as you see in
the close up shot. And the final thing that we can do is this has its own separate video
This is called Beddington's Weathering Kit. It's a really straightforward process. You put the fluid in the tub, adding various amounts of water to weaken it
And using a paintbrush you can paint on the mortar bed and that will help you match any
colour you want. So please go and have a look at our separate video on Beddington's Weathering Kit
And between the Weathering Kit, the Everbill toners and the different sands and cements
the qualifications are absolutely endless