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Howdy Folks, Here we show a color coat that was separating from the stucco wall..
You can spend hours online and get nothing but contradictions with regards to liquid boning agents, I have read last week where Weld Crete failed on a large hotel by an attorney, I thought “doubtful, the fella’s who applied it did so on more than likely applied it to a dusty wall.”
As these fellas did in this video.
Weld-Crete bonding agent has never failed me, it’s usually well meaning but ignorant applications of any of the liquid bonding agents that fail to hold either paint, stucco, tex coats, etc.
“Nothing sticks to a dirty wall surface, this dirt includes, moss, dust, failing paint, etc.”

Any and all particles weather dust, moss or paint must be pressured washed well, first, before any bonding agent is applied to the wall surface. I like to call this process micro scoring , you use a pressure washer with at least 3,000 psi, plus a turbo tip to literally wash and score the existing paint, this will ensure a n excellent bond.
FYI, Sikalatex and Quikrete bonding agents are also excellent bonding agents, I prefer the weld crete simply as it’s colored, if we miss an area it shows, however there are projects which determine if I dilute the product or full use strength, please be advised by any instructions that are on the products you buy.
One fella suggested I dilute the bonding agent to save money, I thought there you go assuming, well meaning but ignorant.

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  2. time on video is perfect keep up the great work, I'm getting so much better I call it the Kirk Style. Once I'm done and step back to look at my great work. Thanks for all the Classes.

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  4. Very helpful. Have you done a video where you close out an existing door and had to cover it with stucco; considering the existing stucco around the old door opening?

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    • I'm  loving  it,
      I  have been  repairing our  stucco  wall, and  finding  out  how  much  there  is  to  plastering, I'm  quite  enjoying  it,
      and  finding  out  how many people (including  Home  Depot) don't  know much  about  stucco,
      I  have  been studying  various videos  but there  is  quite a lot  of different videos and  many  different  factors  to  consider I  guess,
      I wasn't  happy  with the  little overpriced pints of stucco  repair they  sell at the  local  hardware, so  I went to  Home  Depot  looking to buy a  bag  of  mix  thinking it  would  be more  cost  efficient, but I can see  now  the  people there don't  know  much  about the  various stucco products,
      so  I  am  looking  at  your  videos:)
      Thanks
      sunaj

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    • Hello sunaj, no most folks at the local hardware stores don't know much about stucco, it's a hard and dirty trade but I love it.
      If you do go to Home Depot, they do sell rapid set same day stucco all you do is add water, don't overmix.
      Mix, apply to the wall and match the finish.
      They also sell many other quality cement plastering products but most of these you have to add the sand separately.
      So Rapid set is the most user friendly.
      cheers.
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  7. I'm a painting contractor and have been asked to repair some stucco for customers because they can't find any stucco guys willing to do small jobs right now. So I've given them the full disclosure that I'm not a stucco guy and I don't even know if a separate license is required for that in this state but I plan to do my best and they don't mind being the guinnie pig. It looks like they've got an acrylic stucco that's peeling off in sheets in places. Everywhere else we're going over the stucco with an elastomeric (very stretchy paint) to help fill in the cracks and freshen things up. Thanks for posting and wish me luck! I'll be watching more of your videos I'm sure.

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  9. Hey Kirk!

    Thank you for your videos. Ive gathered 2 things from your videos… pressure wash and bonding agent to the wall. My question is what to i do first to patch holes from vinyl siding that was installed over the stucco. How do i pressue wash without getting insulating and studs soaked? Is there a certain type of patch i should use first and will not being able to wash first effect this?

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    • Good Evening Kristyl, thank you and best wishes,
      FYI, all of us here at the giordano plastering channel we wish to thank all our subscribers and those of you who accidentally stumble on our channel a happy and prosperous new year
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  18. hallo i have an exterior painted wall. after many years the paint has discolored. I want cover the paint with a cement based coat finish. Do i have to remove the old paint, maybe you can suggest something for me. Thanks.

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    • Good Evening Dude, attaboy, use it or lose it,
      FYI, all of us here at the giordano plastering channel we wish to thank all our subscribers and those of you who accidentally stumble on our channel a happy and prosperous new year
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    • Good evening Cheryl, the main reason is water getting behind the sealed finish, the bubbling is the acrylic filling up like a balloon with water or even air, best practice to avoid this is proper prep work,
      Best wishes,
      Kirk giordano plastering on small repairs

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  22. I have the same thing going on inside my house. It seems like the 2nd/top coat of the plaster is coming loose off of the the base coat. Also the top coat is I lighter grey in color. I'm wondering if it's due to the blown in insulation traping moisture inside the exterior walls. I've been working on the walls during the weekend or when I don't have any job leads, but man you make all this difficult stuff look easy. I really enjoy watching your videos even if it's ones don't apply to what I'm doing haha. Our house is a 1907 Craftsman Bungalow in a small town of Iowa.

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  23. at 7 minutes, you applied a color coat? why is it called a color coat? I guess I'm confused. I just want a layer after I scrape it so I can prime and paint it

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    • Howdy Omar, this was not a project that I originally did, I am just making certain the repairs are completed properly.
      I am not a painter I'm a plastering contractor.
      live long and plaster
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    • Good Evening Maf, good eye brother,
      it looks like he using a good trowel but big Louuuuu knows better than that, the one he using has seen better days and is also used for picking and cleaning up.
      Live long and plaster
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    • Oh I know, just thought it was something to have a LOL over! Love the videos by the way, I'm not involved in the profession in anyway but I just seem to keep watching. You've got me plastered! Cheers

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  32. Kirk,
    Would you ever remove all the stucco from a home and get back down to the brick and start over.I have a job 100 years old house and 2800 sq. ft. One wall is bulging but the rest is tight.
    fix the bad and wire the whole house then stucco? What is your suggestion.
    Thank you
    Mike C

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  33. Great video man!

    But I must add, I believe the peeling of the primer might be caused from oxidation of the concrete that was not cured long enough. When painting any type of concrete it has to cure for 30 days more or less. Until you have a PH around 7.
    The white streaks running down the wall is a big indicator of oxidation.

    I've been a painting contractor for 20+ years, I've ran into this problem with paint so many times.

    Cheers!

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    • Good Evening Bob Dude, the glass is always half full for some unfortunate folks, who see only through past negative experiences.
      BTW, if you were there, I would have made you pick it up just to keep you busy and out of trouble.
      Your comment reminds me of the joke, "what do you tell a guy with two black eyes? Nothing he's already been told twice already."
      Live long and plaster
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    • Evening Nigel, sorry brother, I dont understand the term, "Nothing really grabs me."
      Do you mean nothing interests you?

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    • Good Evening Kevin Dude, as a rule all us us plastering contractors do it right the first time or redo it right the next time at no cost.                   
                             Live long and plaster
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  46. Well done Mr Kirk, good job once again as usual I like the way that you have the whole family in for the final shot.
    The stucco finish just looks too rough for my taste, a bit like doing a rough-cast finish coat using a hand harling tool, this takes a lot of skill to use because what normally happens is that you can see the way it is thrown on and see if the person was left or right handed. I like to use a mortar sprayer with a full sized compressor because then you get a nice even finish coat and you don't see the spray lines. On a strawbale home I did by using a mortar sprayer for the first coat it blasted it on at about 100 lbs per square inch getting into all the bales entire surface and gives you a great key for the subsequent coats and you don't have to do this but to be extra cautious I use a scratching tool. The mortar consistancy used was an hydraulic lime (an NHL 2.0, 3:1 mixture) it was left for a week covered with damp hessian cloth to stop it drying out too quickly before the next coat.
    Many architects will tell you to use EML (expanding metal lath) on strawbale but I never do, it's an unnessessary expense because the bales surface is good enough, the only time I'll use the EML is when there is timber to be covered.
    I trowelled on the 2nd coat and left it for another week and finally, using the mortar sprayer I put on the last coat but added more stone grit to the 3:1 mix and once again covered it all with damp hessian to slow the drying time. 10 years later it's all still good with no cracking in the surface anywhere with a nice even and uniform coat of rough-cast mortar.
    Here in the UK we get very few hot days unlike you in the States where it seems to be permanent sunshine most of the time.
    All the best and have a very fine week-end Mr Gee you are working far too hard, so chill out and watch the sci-fi film 'Life',
    my wife & I watched it last night, it was excellent.

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    • Good evening Peter dude, and me fellow plasterer form the UK,
      My pal Nolan Ryan makes the mortar sprayers that were introduced here about ten years ago, since then a few companies copied his idea.
      They are great for straw bales homes I agree, I plastered about 4 many years ago, little call for these in my area, but I wouldn't mind owning and living in one,
      BTW, We don't have sunshine all the time but about 5 months out of the year is good enoug.
      Live long and plaster,
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    • Thanks for replying Capt T Kirk, I was surprised when you said the 5 months figure for your sunshine quota
      I thought it would be more, what are your lowest temperatures in the winter?
      I actually think that the strawbale homes would last at least 100 years and be a lot cheaper to put up than any other home and on a film from Canada I watched they put cob between the bales like a mortar but I
      don't think there is much point to doing that really.
      The total end cost of it was about £25.000 or $33680.75 and it's well insulated with no chemicals used.
      The sprayer I own has a hopper that takes about 3 full bucket/tub trowels, which gets pretty heavy when you do it every day. The problem with spraying is that it's noisy, dirty and you get slightly damp with the lime taste in your mouth and it should never be used inside, I tried it once and it was hell.
      It's not something that you would want to do every day but it's very effective, it would be ideal to have a continuous feed system but they cost about thousands and my French made hopper system
      cost a few hundred. In actual fact the client liked her place so much she rents her house and lives in it full time. It's 100 square metres inside and out with 2 double French doors, 2 windows and inside it has a separate bath/shower room, I used 14 tonnes of sand covering it altogether.
      As I said there was zero cracking except in the middle of one wall after the 2nd coat was added I got a few hairline cracks yet have no idea why.
      Live long and prosper Kirk.

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    • Morning Peter Dude, we are spoiled in my area, no freezing temperatures, the lows are around 38 at the lowest and about 105 at the hottest.
      In regards to strawbale homes longevity, I would say they should last thousands of years, myself as it's really thick stucco, usually to fill in all the voids.
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  49. I found your videos searching the internet to try to figure out a DIY for my issue. I have a 1924 Spanish house that I purchased two years ago. We had a pretty rough hurricane come through here in Florida and now on the eastern wall of my house I noticed a bunch of small cracks and blister like separations that look just like the job in this video. Only difference is it's a wood frame house obviously. Is the fix the same? Cuz the stuff that looks like is going to come off is the same thickness as what you took off those walls.

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    • Evening Jason Dude, I visited a few areas that were hit by hurricanes in the past, the biggest factor causing homes to hairline is always movement, number one, rain for a long time, this swells the ground, thus raises most homes regardless of the weight or foundations, when drier conditions occur and they will settle.
      Movement!
      Movement to stucco or concrete is like Kryptonite to Superman, not good.
      In the case of a hurricane you now have another factor at work, strong winds with the rains which again moves the house, you may get away by simply caulking these cracks as caulking flexes and moves where stucco just re-cracks back out.
      The stucco I applied in this video happened to be an acrylic which does flex BTW.
      The home in our video happened because someone forgot to clean the surface well, nothing adheres to a dusty surface.

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  50. Wait, when were you at my house filming that? lol, your video exactly describes the problem I'm dealing with on my 1920 house. I';m repainting the entire house and the paint often peels off in large sheets like the one you displayed, and other paint flakes off as easily as shown on the chimney. The underlying problem of lack of paint prep probably occurred in the 1950s based on colors I've revealed. The paint peels are dense with layers of paint and what's underneath is very chalky, and sometimes mildew residue comes off too. A mess.

    The good news is that when I started the project, I thought my stucco was separating from the lath due to cracks and "looseness" of the top layer. Nope, just a thick layer of paint ready to fall off on its own. Based on evidence that sheets have peeled off before, painters before me probably knew there was a underlying problem but just added another layer of paint instead.

    Along the way, I do have to make stucco repairs, and especially repairing ill-advised repairs committed by long ago contractors. Like when they restucco'd OVER a galvanized downspout, or used joint compound to fill a hole. This is just one house; I cannot imagine what sins you have uncovered.

    The project is almost finished and I've learned a lot along the way, and want to provide a huge THANK YOU for all the lessons I've learned by watching your videos. The improved appearance of the house reflects the techniques and knowledge you have shared.

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    • Good Evening NCR dude, thank you
      I often say in our video's, your finish weather paint or stucco is only as good as whats under it, as nothing adheres to a dirty or dusty surface
      Live long and plaster
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  53. I think if you put some mumble rap music in the background it will keep the attention of your younger viewers. That or anything incoherent with a lot of bass sprinkled with the words weed and biatch all over the track. lol

    BTW, I just stumbled across your vids and I think they are great as they are. Excellent content and instruction.

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  55. Very Informative video! I'm a new home owner and am about to tackle repainting my single story 1950 home. The stucco was sprayed on about 20 years ago and hasn't been painted. The bottom part of the home has stone veneer. When I tap directly above the stone veneer onto the stucco wall I can hear the separation from the stucco to wall. It's about 3 inches above the stone then is solid again. My question is, since there isn't any visual issues with the separation, should I still scrape the stucco off then repair with rapid set before repainting? Thank you for your time!

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    • Howdy Rondie, to remove takes explorations, as I'm doing in this video.
      You must tap all of the areas in question if loose remove, I used a finish coat to blend this finish back together, not rapid set which is a basecoat. Perhaps you would benifit to watch this agin?

      Live long and plaster
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    • Kirk I appreciate your response and time! I will remove all loose stucco and repair. I thought rapid set was an all in one stucco patch. I will use a finish coat as suggested. I also have a few small areas where the texture wasn't matched after a repair. For example, new address numbers were added and the patch is smooth and doesn't match the coarse grit and is noticeable. After I remove the numbers what method should I use to scrape that area and add texture back? The area isn't loose or peeling.

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  56. hey Kirk I have a question so they some. people put stucco in top of the paint. so now is peeling like crazy. the owner is my father in law now he wants me to fix it so I know. I can't. put base coat. in to top of that point. is any way I can take the paint out or any coat I can put in top of the paimt so I put base coat I appreciate if you can help me thanks!!

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    • Howdy Barry, I would suggest 3,000 to 3,500 PSI, you really just want to remove the dust, dirt, grime and sort of etchth the wall without getting to carried away, Its also a good ide to hit the cenment or walkways at leastby 6 inches if they but up to the home.
      Live long and plaster
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  58. Very helpful video. I have a very similar problem on my house. My questions is what is the best bonding agent? Do I need to let the bonding agent dry before spreading the color coat finish? And same for the final soupy mix you threw on, did you wait for the color coat to dry before applying it?

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    • Greetings Clif, I like Weld Crete by Larson's myself, Its sold at all the professional plastering yards for well over 30 years for a good reason.
      This texture is called a skip trowel finish, it's applied while the base coat is wet or dry.
      Cheers,
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  59. Hi Kirk, love the videos because they are so informative. I have a home with 25 year stucco thats peeling everywhere besides all the cracks. I can sand blast if i wanted but wanted to know if i should sand blast or water blast? and then should i fiberglass wrap after?

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    • Greetings Nerces, in my area it's illegal to sandblast these days.
      I'd recommend pressure washing with just water anyway, no dust, and if your pressure washer is gas and powerful, that will do the job.
      I have only wrapped a couple of homes in my time, both were in horrible condition, so, it not recommended.

      Cheers,
      Sound Plastering tips from your favorite stucco geeks

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    • Howdy Sophia, if you need help be sure to let me know, I have been known to donate my time to worthy causes, you qualify according to the picture.   
                      May all be blessed with peace, love with harmony.
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  67. I really appreciate yourwork videos. I love in Texas and there are lots of adobe homes where I live. I have resorted to doing some repair work myself because contractors are so expensive when working on adobe. Therefore, I really value your repair and plastering videos.

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  74. I bought a 75 year old cinderblock house. The paint is peeling and several cracks seen exterior. Would like a somewhat maintenance free exterior. What do your suggestions ? existing,

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    • Howdy Meg, hire a licensed stucco/plastering contractor.
      Tell them you want a color coat applied to your home. To do this take years of practice which our video's cant walk a person through.

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  76. i have lathe sheathing that is plastered on my home in new england…it was peeling and i RE-PLASTERED with exterior plaster BUT i need to know what kind of primer and paint to use on plaster…………also, how long before i can prime and paint…thank you

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    • Howdy, my friend, out here in California, I hear from some of the best painters that Sherman Williams is the top paint, but sells for a whopping 80 dollars a gallon, I'd recommend that whatever brand you choose, ask for the primer and paint that is specifically designed for cementitious or concrete substrates.
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  78. Another great instructional video. Im doing some touch up on my garage, and use your videos for ideas to make my job more easier to accomplish. Do change a thing about your videos…always nice to get valuble times from someone whos been in the business as long as you have. You have a new subscriber. Keep the valueable videos coming

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  79. I like long videos especially yours as they are educational. i also like the way you talk. straight to the point and telling it like it is. I have a job on my townhome which was my first house purchase ever. it was built in 1974 and has probably been stuccoed several times and is now peeling and cracking once again. i have decided to tackle it myself which brought me upon your channel. now will i be able to do it like you ? well maybe, sort of, probably not haha! but hey i can try ! i have made a quick short video of the damage and i would really appreciate it if you clicked and watched it to chime in on my particular issue. i need all the advice i can get. its some sections that are really high and also behind the peeling stucco is a powdery substance with sand in it and im assuming ill need to pressure wash all that away… anyways heres the link and i hope your still helping folks as i desperately need it. thanks Sir
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxNYPFltRoE

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    • Howdy Sir Braap, simple, you have no weep screed, but even if you did, this craking might still occur.
      Each season brings new rains when it rains for long periods, the earth naturally swells then when dryer conditions return, shrinks back to normal.
      Now add 50 seasons, this ground swelling eventually lifts homes too, when the dryer condition occurs, this causes cracking to stucco all over the world.
      As far as the pealing, your base coat of stucco was not pressure washed or cleaned correctly, if indeed it was at all, dirty plaster won't allow any paint to adhere forever.
      Most paint jobs which are prepared well will last about 10 to 15 years, then it's back to the drag of maintenance and doing it all over again.
      The straight line in the stucco is likely due to this area having wood there at one time.
      If you type in, why do stucco homes crack?
      I have many videos that explain in greater detail, what is really going on with stucco that is cracking
      FYI, cracking concrete or cement plaster is quite reasonable,
      it may be unsightly but natural as peas in a pod or white on rice.
      Cheers.

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  80. Kirk you are truly amazing!!! To pass down your knowledge and skills from what you've learned and worked hard for over the years is flat out amazing!!! I've worked with so many old timers that would never share knowledge like you do, cause they think I'm gunning for their jobs or trying to get ahead of them when in reality I'm just trying to support my family. You are a Diamond in the rough one of a kind or like my pops would tell me "son they dont make um like they used too". I've watch almost every single video you've put out and you are spot on every time. Lastly I want to say THANK YOU. God bless you and your beautiful family you're the best!!!

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    • Evening Alex, I sho-nuff like your style.
      I was taught my pal, "Fred Smith," which was beautiful, I'm simply sharing the plastering knowledge of many years experience I was taught.
      Happy holidays and enjoy your thanksgiving, tomorrow.
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    • Happy New Year Steve, of course, you can, pressure wash the surface well first, then apply a bonding agent, allow to dry.
      Then Plaster away.
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    • Evening Jose, that acrylic was called Dry-Vit, they also have BMI, Carsons, Stucco-flex,, and many others that may be close to you.
      Google plastering yards, so you're not spinning your wheels looking for places to buy.
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  85. Kirk you a master of your trade!
    Question: I am in the swimming pool industry and we use cementitious bond coats (rolled or shot on with a hopper) over old surface plasters in pools, im sure your well aware of this living in california. Out of curiosity would something like that work for a bond coat for stucco or plastered wall? And why is it preferred to use these liquid-esk (acrylic based?) bonding agents over a cement based bonding coat?

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    • Evening Shako, I could have used the cementitious finish stucco to match this finish, but I would have had to apply a bonding agent first so that it would adhere. With the acrylic stucco's, there is no need for a bonding agent. AS the acrylics stick to almost anything.
      Besides, I have at least 20 buckets of acrylics around my home from past jobs.
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  87. exactly what I was looking for!
    I started pressure washing latex paint off my stucco – was wondering how do i blend the parts where the paint DIDNT come off – looks like I gotta re-stucco and texture it.

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  88. You are an artist not a stucco or plaster guy, I can tell; with that shirt and those hand gestures at the end, you could have been a ballet dancer.

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  89. Kirk, I wish there was a trustworthy team like yours in San Diego. I'm a recent homeowner in SD to a 1954 single story. Do you have any professionals you recommend out in my town to provide an evaluation and estimate?

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  96. Hi Kirk. I enjoyed your video on plastering over existing painted stucco walls with acrylic finish. I have a home that has a standard three coat cement stucco over polystyrene ICF's. Over the years, hairline cracking has appeared at almost every block joint (15" x 48"). Despite several extensive crack repairs and repainting, they always reappear. I'd like to go with an acrylic (Sto) finish over the existing to stop the cracking. Can we use the acrylic directly over the existing with a thorough cleaning and a bonding agent or do we need to first use a base coat (e.g. Primus by Dryvit)? If so, will the Primus adhere as well as the acrylic? Thanks.

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  98. Good Day Kirk. Have a house. I'm thinking about putting a texture. Can I pressure wash, apply bonding agent, then texture? Without putting a base coat?
    Any Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

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    • @Kirk Giordano plastering Inc.
      Ok. Thanks for responding quickly. I was really thinking of a knock down or skip trowel texture on the exterior of the house. Any ideas? Again, I was wandering if can just skip the base coat. I hope I'm making sense and causing an confusion. Thanks in advance, again, for the help.

      Enjoy watching your videos. They're a huge treasure of knowledge.

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  102. Not sure what country this is, but in England render on exterior walls is the major cause of damp issues. Render destroys walls over time, it traps moisture and doesn't allow the wall to breath. It is destroying houses here in the UK that were rendered 20 or 30 years ago. If you live in a climate with cold winters and lots of rain like the UK stay away from render. In warm hot stable climates it is probably ok

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  103. LOVE your videos, even watching your old ones! All the tips and comments you can make help us all succeed. Wish you lived by me, would rather have you do my work. When you give the names and density of the mixes, that really helps as well. Thanks for the videos.

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  104. I love how Kirk says "the finishing trowel is for INDOORS ONLY" and then we see his brother using it to scrape off the stucco lol Great videos thank you so much for all your knowledge!

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