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What colour mastic….

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……would you use on these windows? Mrs Bear, the guy doing it, and myself all have differing opinions on what colour mastic to use on these windows. I’ll keep my opinion to myself for now so not to influence anyone, obviously it needs to something I can actually buy so nothing too random. For info the window colour is Farrow and Balls Pidgeon no 25 (the paint isn’t F and B), the bricks are instock Sharpthorne mix (some new, some original)

Mark
 

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Nobody looks at a window to admire mastic.
 
It's difficult to say as the colour temperature of the window is different in the two photos. If you really want to do the job properly then you can ignore the boring usual suspects that you get in DIY sheds and go for one of the professional range of colours that will actually give you the look that you are after.

For my money, you can't get better than this company

https://www.sealantsonline.co.uk/Produc ... nt-Colours
 
A traditional Burnt Sand Mastic of a similar colour to the mortar would probably be what would look best, in my opinion.
 
this is what you need. You can see the colour in the difference between the lid and the white of the bottle. I’ve used this around my cream windows with pale lime mortar. Will give you a nice blend between the mortar and window colour.


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“Badly done mastic” is the key.
Personally I think mastic the colour of the windows would be my choice, providing there is not too much left on the brickwork.
 
Thank you for the replies, I think we are going to order a couple of sample tubes based on the suggestions.

Mark
 
Personally I prefer a dark brown mastic to seal the window & then a small D moulding matching the window colour to cover the mastic as the mastic seal never looks good to my eyes & eventually gets dust & muck embedded in it.
The moulding doesn’t have to be scribed to the brickwork just left as a shadow gap hence the dark brown mastic.
 
Doug":kpf9l5jc said:
Personally I prefer a dark brown mastic to seal the window & then a small D moulding matching the window colour to cover the mastic as the mastic seal never looks good to my eyes & eventually gets dust & muck embedded in it.
The moulding doesn’t have to be scribed to the brickwork just left as a shadow gap hence the dark brown mastic.
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Our house had very badly fitting upvc with very badly applied mastic.

We trimmed all of the windows in the way you describe (but with white) and it looks so much better than just a silicon bead. Also, as you note, less exposed sealant to pick up crud.
 
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