® Lime Mortar and Color-Matching System

NO Portland Cement is present deGruchy’s ® mortars yet the stock material will still reach the required 750 psi required for a type N mortar while maintaining the high permeability required for repointing and repair to historic structures originally built with lime mortars.

® Mortars can be used for sustainable applications in stucco, interior plaster, laying up of masonry units, stonework and as historic building repointing mortars.

The colors shown below represent the 9 stock ® Mortar colors:
Stock colors


 An ® Mortar kit has the  9 stock colors of ®  Mortar and 4 custom blends using  our stock colors. The four example  blends have some commonly found  inclusions added to more closely  match some typical historic mortar  joints.

 Print this page and see if any shade  appears close to what you want to  match.

 ® Mortars are made with  Natural Hydraulic Lime # 3.5




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Sample of custom mixes
Disclaimer: Many factors affect how this image may appear on your computer monitor and how it prints on your specific printer. Print this page to provide a similar representation of the actual shades of all stock ® Mortars. It is suggested that you purchase the ® Mortar kit so that you may view each strip individually or hold one or more of these channels of dried mortar up to a building to determine a match when planning to duplicate a repointing mortar.
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