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Why you shouldn’t remove nails in styrofoam molding

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Why you shouldn’t remove nails in styrofoam molding.
Don’t remove nails in styrofoam molding.
Stucco styrofoam San Francisco plastering prevents stucco walls from leaking.
Stucco styrofoam molding prevents your walls from leaking; leave the nails in.

Stucco leak and water intrusion can be caused by a removed or a missing nail.
Prevent your stucco walls from leaking by pounding the nails in or removing, caulking the holes before applying stucco.

Hello all, in this video, we’re explain do’s and fonts when considering punching stucco Styrofoam.
Such as buy them predated, Use a saw with a masonry blade to cut them
How to attach them and why.
And a few other tips, such as applying an acrylic color finish over the newly installed foam molds and walls.

My stories are simply past facts from my career as a lifelong plastering contractor.
99% are positive. However, in this video, I tell of a past job encounter.
I’m directing that story to all the newly licensed plastering contractors who are eager to earn a living that sometimes you have to use your judgment to “decline” certain people.
This I say, as I’m talking to a newly licensed man who says, “the fella who hired him or owner won’t pay,” upon completion of his work, he googled the man’s name who hired him and found multiple judgments against him for this very reason.
Things and people that make you go hmmm.

See how we lathed this area in this video, https://youtu.be/Pn1YbiTZ5SI/
Stucco patching around windows or holes in your stucco walls, https://youtu.be/rn8oDXls2VU/

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Why new smooth stucco cracks do’ and don’ts, when spreading smooth stucco or steal trowel finishes.

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Howdy all in this how-to and why new smooth stucco cracks it’s more do’s and don’ts when spreading smooth stucco or steel trowel finishes.

As folks ask these often. This technical stuff I am asked often why this happens when folks are trying to trowel down smooth finishes.
We’re showing how to apply or spread the two coats of Smooth stucco towards the end of the video and only on the bottom, and this shed was full of landmines, bushes, roots, pipes, you name it, many obstacles around the perimeter.
It was tough to walk, let alone work around this tool shed, so I was stuck only spreading the lower wall with both coats.

Remember, if you’re spreading a smooth coat finish, no sand “aggregate” should be left in the basecoat, which means you have to trowel your brown coat smoothly before applying a smooth color finish.

Or any and all excess sand will take you twice as long because your trowel drags them across the finished coat.
FYI, it’s the force of the trowel that moves the water necessary to apply the stucco that is moved around, which causes discoloration, sort of like pouring Clorox on Bluejeans.

With all earth-tone stock colors, theirs little notice with discoloring with all other textures and finishes, such as sand or textures.

However, with smooth finishes, there’s always a chance for discoloring ghosting, or bleeding of colors.
The darker the base coat as in 200 gray base coat, and a choice of Lifestyle colors instead of a two-pound bag of color, color bag pigmentations can weigh up to a 10-pounds bag or more.
The chances are more likely to get some discoloration.

I will include some color coat finishes below this text, which the landscape made it much better for seeing what we’re doing. Cheers.

other Plastering color coat stucco finishes with no obstacles in the way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPvm5BUm5-8/Stucco color finishing fixing bad/ugly patches/textures.
https://youtu.be/M-5yPXuIuJk/Stucco/Plastering hide/cover bad stucco finishes/textures, heavy sand finish.
https://youtu.be/chU9So3vy9s/Plastering a medium sand finish.
https://youtu.be/283DclFqDwk/Acrylic stucco finish, synthetic stucco finish, stucco-flex.
https://youtu.be/d3sHR8KD16c/Stucco acrylic plastering, stucco acrylic’s for retaining walls.

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Fix a peeling stucco color coat, pressure wash remove re-stucco

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Fix a peeling stucco color coat, pressure wash remove re-stucco.
Stucco finish failures, how to repair
Stucco separating from walls, Finish coat peeling from walls
Dealing with peeling stucco

Howdy folks, in this video, I show why it’s never a good idea to pour the liquid bonding agents into the mixing stucco. (mixer) Although some gallons of bonding agent says you can do this, the bonding agents must always be applied to a well-prepped wall for absolute bonding of exterior stucco finishes.

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Popular tips for same day plastering applications

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Popular tips for same day plastering applications

Howdy guys and gals, in this video my son Jason Giordano and I explain one way in which to apply both coats of Portland cement on a detailed porch with a texture to match the original finish.
Please Note: for the average home owner, I recommend doing a scratch coat 2 days before trying to apply a brown coat. Same day scratch and brown cements, take years to learn how to apply properly.

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Installing a color coat stucco over a painted exterior finish

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Installing a color coat stucco over a painted exterior finish

Howdy guys and gals. In this video we are applying a beautiful La Habra color coat finish over a painted stucco home. First we had to clean the entire surface of the home with a pressure washer, this is an integral step. Whenever you are applying a new material over a home your finish will only be as good as your prep work. We always make sure we have a very clean surface before we begin applying our color coats. Then we give the home an elegant float finish, making sure that there are no joints along our finish.Where I could only fit one plank on the ladder jacks we tied the plank down very secure with tie wire to the rung of the ladder plus had a belt strapped from us to to the rung. Usually there are two planks as a rule.

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Installing a color coat stucco over a painted exterior finish

Installing a color coat stucco over a painted exterior finish