Well, thank you to everyone who had some input on my little repointing project. To answer a couple of questions that I didn't have time to before, yes this is just a little experement not a major project.

I've narrowed down the morter to a Type O, slightly harder then K but less then N. Now comes my hard task. Finding suitable lime for the mortar mixture. My first stop was to Home Depot.....nope no lime there. Looked in the masonry section and the garden section to no avail. Next stop the local garden store......Sorry we sold out last week and we're not expecting any till March. Foiled again! Next stop Lowes once again no luck in the masonry section. I did however have an interesting converstation with one of the employees that went something like this:

LE: (Glassy eyed stare.....the answer to this question was not in the Lowe's training manual) Dude, why don't you make it easy on yourself and get a bag of sakcrete?

After prowling around the garden section I did come up with one prospect, but I'm not sure if it's the right material so I'm asking here. The product they carried was pulverized dolomitic limestone. Maybe someone can tell me if this what I need.

I also made a call out to a feed store about 20 min from my house. They carry hydrated lime in a 50lb sack. I'm thinking this is more of the product that I want to use.