Two other options for color matching patches are: an opaque Potassium Silicate coating and a custom color mortar (which you can get with a laboratory color match or by tweaking mortar colors on-site).

DNA Contracting shined in matching the mortar patches with the surrounding masonry at New York University’s 30-story Silver Towers.

Back in the late 1980s, a local architect asked me to come to the Wye House Estate on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, outside of Easton, to have a look at some aged and failing grave markers of the Lloyd and Tilghman families.

The contractor did a fantastic job patching the stone from a technical standpoint, but the color of the mortar patches stood out from the surrounding stone.

I remember looking at their name tags. Beach Bags. Arizona. I was thinking, one: Beach Bags is a funny name for a restoration business, and two: I don't believe there are any beaches in Arizona.

from the first cut of the chisel to this final finial, every stone bears witness to the shared history of stonecutters, carvers, and masons.

demonstrates a fast and easy approach to matching the repair with the substrate

Starting August 1, 2023, Self-Cure Mortars will become our default, stocked product, readily available for your immediate purchase and delivery.