> As for mortar color going all the way through, the over-pigmented 1910 > building in Florida I've mentioned was built that way, presumably > because the labor to do 2 operations was more than the cost difference > for color. I have to wonder whether the era of portland cement mortar > also brought this change in colored mortar practices? > Interesting question. If skilled labor is cheap the work practice may also reflect this in how materials are allocated. ][<en -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>