Mixing luminite with portland cement plaster
Howdy guys and gals, in this video my son and I explain, how we mix Portland premium cement stucco for many different stucco uses.
At the end of this video I am showing how we add (calcium aluminate cement) or what we in the trades call (luminite) to quicken the dry time of the cement plaster.
You can also buy bags of common and plastic and mix one of each but I prefer plain premium Portland cement plaster as it’s a combination of both. The common plaster is usually for strength and mixed alone with just sand and water is difficult to spread but very strong. The plastic cement makes it more workable.
Calcium aluminate cement is the technical name of this cement accelerator. We call it luminite. It sells for about 60 bucks for a 94 pound bag. If you’re not a contractor and just need a little bit you are better off buying the rapid set at home depot. This way you’re not paying for a product that you only need a handful of.
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Kirk Giordano Plastering Inc.
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Mixing lumnite with portland cement plaster
just a little FYI
Evening blakepol1,
For my information what?
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When do u use luminite n when do u use rapid set cement
Evening dnn187, good question, it depends on what I have on my truck at the time and what I want to accomplish. sorry, I don't have a solid answer to this questions but I use what I feel is the best for the fix at the time. Cheers.Kirk & Jason Giordano’s DIY plastering videos
@Kirk & Jason Giordanos DIY plastering and stucco instructional videos and forum can u use luminite for concrete
Even DNN, it's a portland based product, so I believe you can, However I have never tried this as I work with stucco.good question, best wishes,Kirk and Jasons DIY plastering network
Kirk,How do you mix the Dryvit Basecoat with portland?
@Alejandro Peralez Jr. Dry- Vit base to adhere the mesh tape is a bit of portland with an adhesive, similar to poly bond. The base coat that goes on after you attached the mesh is just portland cement plaster. Best wishes, Kirk Giordano
Hy Kirk!Happy Winter Holidays you and yours lovely family !I was wonder .For rendering (plaster) can you mark me some mortar accelerators brand,product name that you aware for EU ?Thank you !
Is the alluminate the same stuff as in CSA cement
Where do u buy it
Amazon, cheers.