Repointing Brick

The latest house project was to repoint some bricks on the pillars in front of the porch, and in the skirt surrounding the porch. The work I did 19 years ago has held up very well, so I'm hoping what I did today will hold up just as well!

Here's a before (on the left) to show how the badly chosen mortar used by a previous homeowner had fallen out. And to the right is after doing some repointing --