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Hi, I have a fire place in a California craftsman bungalow that has had some settling in the hearth and interior facade bricks. I need to re mortar a few bricks into place and I want to match the original mortar as close as possible. The old stuff I cleaned off of the bricks I’m re installing seemed more like a lime plaster than a true Portland cement mix. The mortar was very crumbly and white and very easy to remove. The joints are very thin through out the whole fire place so I’m thinking the original mix was very creamy to achieve that. Does any one have a recipe for early century mud that they recommend or a brand of mortar mix that is done to the specs of the period. Thanks
Charles
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Hi, I have a fire place in a California craftsman bungalow that has had some settling in the hearth and interior facade bricks. I need to re mortar a few bricks into place and I want to match the original mortar as close as possible. The old stuff I cleaned off of the bricks I'm re installing seemed more like a lime plaster than a true Portland cement mix. The mortar was very crumbly and white and very easy to remove. The joints are very thin through out the whole fire place so I'm thinking the original mix was very creamy to achieve that. Does any one have a recipe for early century mud that they recommend or a brand of mortar mix that is done to the specs of the period. Thanks
Charles