Whats the difference between masonry cement and mortar? If you mix portland cement with sand does it become masonry cement or mortar?
CEMEX’s Type N Masonry Cement, Type S Masonry Cement and Type M Masonry Cement are specially formulated and manufactured to produce masonry mortar. The masonry mortar is often used in brick, concrete block and stone masonry construction; also used to produce stone plaster.
so far as I know, the only difference is the masonry cement is still dry, once it's mixed up, then it's mortar. You use finer sand than with other concrete mixes.
I'm a builder in uk ..but have built in the states ...yes mortar is building sand and portland cement ...sometimes ..depending where it came from the sand can be a little sharp ..we call it hungry ...its not very fatty and not easy to spread ...so we add a product called febmix ....this entrains water ....it makes millions of air bubbles ...this makes the mortar very pliable and easy to spread ....there is another product called MASONRY CEMENT this is portland cement ..but with added LIME ...this makes the mortar flexible and is better if working on older buildings ...but the mortar does dry whiter ...when dry its softer than normal mortar
