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Diasen plaster is a new green, environmentally friendly hydraulic lime stucco

May 25, 2021 By Stucco Plastering


Diasen plaster is a new green, environmentally friendly hydraulic lime stucco.

I wanted a dash finish without throwing or spraying it on in this video, so I used Diasen Plaster.

This Diasen plaster is a new green, environmentally friendly hydraulic lime stucco. It was developed in the UK.

Their technology is far superior to the USA. After all, they have been using Lime plastering for over ten thousand years; here in the USA, about 200 years.

https://youtu.be/hGLnWdTZFso/ Diathonite Evolution by Diasen
https://youtu.be/gaXpk4KqTxc/ Diathonite Evolution – Thermal Plaster
https://youtu.be/Ggsg8ZSdt5Y/ premixed plaster for thermal insulation

Since about 1840, when Portland cement was discovered in England with all lime plasters, they found that adding portland cement to lime would harden it much quicker.
Can I add portland to this plaster and stucco house? Sure, (I) could because I understand what lime and portland cement do when combined?

As a so-called disclaimer to things I show and explain in some videos, you guys do what the bags or cans specifically say they are engineered to do. (disclaimer stuff)
Thus I Diathonite Evolution is a premixed plaster for thermal insulation. It is eco-friendly, natural, cork, clay, and pure natural hydraulic lime NHL 3.5. Diathonite Evolution is used for the thermal insulation of exterior walls. Diasen Diathonite Evolution; its insulating plasters are eco-friendly.
A little about their ingredients are pure hydraulic lime NHL 3.5. plaster, cork, Diatomaceous earth, or “DE” for short.

DE is made up of tiny fossilized diatoms (plankton) accumulated over millennia in freshwater lakes.

Diatomaceous earth also has natural hydraulic lime NHL5, perlite, pumice stone, siliceous filler, and fibers.

All of these additives are super lightweight with exciting characteristics and uses around the world.

Diasen is composed of natural hydraulic lime NHL 5. The product is antibacterial and prevents the development of molds and condensation. Who doesn’t find this fascinating?
Diathonite Thermactive.037 is the most innovative thermal insulation plaster available nowadays: it is a 100% ecological material made of Mediterranean raw materials.

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Filed Under: Videos Tagged With: antibacterial Lime plaster that prevents mold, Diason green building future, Diasongreenbuildingfuture, Diathonite Evolution, eco-friendly premixed plaster, fixing bad plaster patches, Green plaster, Lightest weight stucco, Lightweight eco-friendly Diasen plaster, repair a bad stucco texture

How to smooth out a new stucco sandy texture

May 9, 2021 By Stucco Plastering

Hello ladies and gentlemen, I’m explaining a widespread and very common thing in the plastering industry in this quick video.
Yes, I realize it’s soupy mud.

All of us plasterers have a slightly different texture, kinda like a fingerprint.

Although we were as good as the next guy, no one was perfect.
Here’s another tip, when you have a house with at least 20 paint jobs, it’s best to roll two coats of primer and paint to soften the new stucco sand to blend in the new color and texture as best as possible.
No folks, an airless won’t spay a primmer as heavy as necessary over new sandy stucco.

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Filed Under: Videos Tagged With: new plaster does not match, new plaster shows when painted, new stucco shows when painted, newly applied plaster doesn't match, Plastering, Stucco

Stucco transitions, hard rubber stucco floats create a finer sand finish

April 25, 2021 By Stucco Plastering

It’s the old plastering with dancing shoe trick, to add some love and laughter back in the plastering trade, just to show, we have fun too.

To all our subscribers or folks who wander into our channel by choice or reasons unknown.
In this video, I’m explaining how a hard rubber or polyurethane plaster float is used to achieve a finer sand finish to blend into your existing fine sand finish.
A fine sand stucco fish is different than a stucco sand finish that a sponge flat has been used. When a song float is used, it brings much of the sand to the surface, which most houses have.
When used properly, a stucco hard rubber float is to make the walls true and plumb and compact the stucco to reduce hairline cracking.
However, it can also be used to give the walls a fine sand finish; as to what finish was on these walls.
Again you can learn to plaster in a few short years, but knowing how previous plasterer textures or finishes are applied, takes more time.
If you want a fine sand finish on your home, you may tell your plastering professional to use a hard rubber stucco float for your finish.😏

Perhaps some may get a kick out of how many things can be used to get the stucco on the walls. -https://youtu.be/e1vPSUGIv74/ Stucco/plastering walls using shoes, pans, shovels, or trowels.

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This feature is miles ahead of any plastering forum.
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https://youtu.be/chU9So3vy9s/Plastering a medium sand finish and texture, moss green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP0wd8wcpck/Interior ceiling plastering, the spinning Plaster hawk
https://youtu.be/Ehjtf2CyB10/ stucco/plaster knockdown dash finish or texture, yellow
https://youtu.be/yQiKYH_fuZ0/ Why call the second coat of stucco ‘a brown coat’ when it’s grey?
https://youtu.be/WkUaA_EHErg/ repairing a bad Plaster texture, How to fix a window stucco patch.
https://youtu.be/2eIkdeIBbMs/ Stucco Structural large cracking, no problemo, easy to fix.

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Filed Under: Videos Tagged With: hard rubber floating and why, hard rubber floating on new stucco, hard rubber stucco, how to match stucco finish, howtolath, learntoplaster, Stucco hard rubber floats, stucco transitions

Stucco tips on lath, scratch brown-coat sand finishing expansion joints same day stuccos

April 17, 2021 By Stucco Plastering

Stucco tips on lath, scratch brown-coat sand finishing expansion joints same day stuccos

Hello to all our subscribers or folks who wander into our channel by choice or reasons unknown.
If you are searching for stucco tips on lath and how to apply a scratch and brown-coat with a sand finish while adding an expansion joint where necessary, you have reached your destination.

Perhaps your computer knows you have a stucco home?

This how-to plastering video explains Stucco tips on lath, scratch brown-coat sand finishing’ expansion joints. Same day stuccos and when you should do some caulking to avoid what happened here. It’s a busy video, as I thought I’d explain much stuff that some may find educational.

Next to the original and existing wall, the original crack next to the roofline went down vertically. After the addition was added, that crack was left untreated or not caulked.

The most important part of this video is to explain that if your addition, like where the roof meets, is cracked, you should keep it filled with caulking.
Had the original small and harmless crack been caulked much sooner, rainwater would not have been allowed to enter and rot out some of the plywood sub-straight.
Then these lovely folks would not have had to remove the stucco to chase the areas of dry rot plus replace much of the wood siding, suds, let alone put it all back together again.

Click here to see how to caulk any crack to avoid all this work. https://youtu.be/2eIkdeIBbMs/ Structural considerable cracking on stucco walls, no problemo

In this video, we were applying BMI’s 690 reinforced fibered stuccoes.
This is the same-day strong stucco.

What happens when one applies any cement plaster over an inch thick?
Some multiple coats cement plasters tend to hairline crack. However, this 690 BMI did not have lots of lime plus added fiberglass included in the bags.

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Filed Under: Videos Tagged With: caulking cracks ovoid rotten wood, control joints, learn to lath, scratch brown-coat sand finishing expansion joints same day stuccos, Stucco and plastering tips, Stucco tips on lath, Traditional stucco, why are control joints used on stucco walls

Stucco to Improve the look of any block wall

March 28, 2021 By Stucco Plastering

Stucco to Improve the look of any block wall

To all our subscribers or folks who stumble onto our channel by accident or reasons unknown.
So you want stucco to improve the look of a concrete block retaining wall?
My friends, you have come to the right place.
We will show and explain how to improve the look of the block wall with stucco.

But also how mechanical bonding for stucco is used for making sure this new stucco. Adheres forever.
In this video, I explain in detail what a mechanical bond is and why it’s the strongest form of adhering stucco to any surface naturally.

It also explains how thick we applied this skim coat of stucco to this block wall.
Retaining walls can be erected for many reasons like privacy, holding back dirt from higher grounds, or keeping things in or out.

Note: There is no need for galvanized stucco nettings or 3.4 metal mesh, or any other bonding agent as we incorporate a natural, mechanical stucco bond, bonding agents, or stucco nettings are not as strong as a natural Mechanical stucco bond.
Any stucco netting or bonding agent attached or applied would compromise the longevity from lasting thousand years to just hundreds of years in light of deeper knowledge.

Either way, we won’t be around.

We were hired as the owner found us online and viewed our videos on skim coat block walls.

The owners were mainly concerned with a uniform sand finish at the time.
They had placed their trust in us to make the wall uniform; the least we could do is give the radius a more defined radius, as cement blocks are flat thus can’t create a natural radius.
Plus, the ability to create the radius was fun and made a bit more of a challenge than just closing our eyes and simply skimming these block walls.
I explained the cement materials that we mastered over the last 35 years, so we share our faithful audience transparency in plastering with you.

However, no matter what stucco mixture was applied or spread when you spread more than one inch, there’s bound to be some hairline cracking.
We did have to apply up to four to six inches in some areas; this is where the wall went eight feet without turning to form a decent radius.
What happens when one applies any cement plaster over an inch thick?
Naturally, multiple coats tend to hairline crack when applying more than 7/8; when using even a half-inch with the wrong cement plasters, they can also make hairline.

Any plastering professional who tells you there won’t be any cracking when spreading out so thick, don’t think twice about hiring them, as they don’t have enough time to understand the nature of stucco applications.
I informed the owner of sure we would get some hairline carking; however, when this occurred, usually within two weeks, we would come back and fill any cracks with Mor-flex caulking.
If applied properly, this is unnoticeable when the final painting is done.

As a rule, I use, Mor-Flexx caulking; see this video to understand.
https://youtu.be/2eIkdeIBbMs/ Stucco Structural extensive cracking, no problemo, easy to fix.
Mor-flex caulking has stucco sand added. Unlike tile grout caulking, which has fine sand filling the cracks in, with the Mor-flex calling when painted, it’s not noticeable; in most cases.

if interested in viewing some other block or concrete walls with stucco, click on any of the videos below; enjoy.
https://youtu.be/LW9Dwxl2W4c/ stucco over concrete walls to remove form board lines
https://youtu.be/dw34VLYFC1Y/ Improve the look of concrete block wall with stucco
https://youtu.be/MbZHkJCJuZ8/ improve the look of your brick walls, Green-Core cement
https://youtu.be/d3sHR8KD16c/ Stucco acrylic going old cementitious stucco finish
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Filed Under: Videos Tagged With: Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall, plastering block walls, stucco my block wall, stucco my concrete block wall, Stucco to Improve the look of any block wall

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