Stucco Plastering
Just an explanation on a completed porch lath, prior to cement plaster
Hello Folks in this video I’m simply explaining to a fella who asked to see more than just the drip screeds that I originally explained, we passed our lath inspection and was about to plaster.
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DIY tie in stucco joints like a pro, feathering in stucco patches
Hi everyone, in this quick video I show how to tie stucco joints like a professional. Makes all the difference to looking as if an amateur who did the work compared to someone who has been watching Kirk’s DIY plaster network.
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DIY tie in stucco joints like a pro, feathering in stucco patches
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Can you apply a color finish over Cinder Blocks without stucco first?
Howdy guys and gals, in this video I simply explain why you can’t just apply a color finish over cinder blocks without a skim coat of stucco first? Fact is you can but you will see the cinder block grout lines. By the way my wife and I fell it looks like many of the works in the UK so we do tend to like the look.
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-https://youtu.be/RZzPoNBPN54 Why stucco plaster fails cinder blocks or concrete
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-https://youtu.be/TuwvarKFpko How to skim coat cinder block walls
Can you apply a color finish over Cinder Blocks without stucco first?
How to fix a large structural crack with polyurethane caulking
Hello everyone, in this video I show another way of repairing a large crack in a stucco wall.
The crack shown here is structural, meaning it will always move.
I feel it’s best to use a flexible material under the circumstances. There are about 20 different ways to repair the crack properly.
The best way tearing off all the stucco and re-doing the complete wall.
But I get beat up if I suggest this to most customers.
Again, I will say there are many ways to fix a structural crack.
I am implying to just fill it with stucco is the easiest, but far from the best as when a structural crack moves again and it will, as it’s structural in the first place, the stucco will simply crack with it.
(for me structural means when it rains plus a bunch more reason, the area or wall will lift then when dryer conditions occur, settle, thus structural)
If a polyurethane caulking if used first and the texture can’t be matched with that caulking a person cam apply a stucco with sand to match a texture using stucco on top of all this caulking,
Is a bonding agent necessary?
Depends,
If the caulking is allowed to set and or dry, yes a bonding agent would now be necessary to adhere the new stucco to this area,
if added while the caulking is still curing is a bit tricky as can it affect the integrity of the caulking?
Good question, yes.
But for a temporary fix, say 15 years, it is an intelligent alternative for keeping the rain water out to the alternative of tearing the wall apart and trying to locate why the walls is moving and or separating.
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Maintenance free Acrylic Dryvit stucco finish
Howdy folks. This video simply explains what we did to this home many years ago using the DryVit acrylic finishing system. Its maintenance free, which means the body of this home never, requires painting unless you grow bored with the color.
This DryVit finish resists prolonged and extreme summer heats and is unaffected by winter snows.
DryVit is a leader in the stucco industry of acrylic finishes. This product is located in Hayward at Cal Ply their number is 510 429-8877 ask for Steve their sales manager. My personal opinion is that this acrylic is one of the best ever sold.
We applied the Dry-Vit acrylic stucco finish coat to the entire home.
(Please note:) all acrylics products are NOT created equal. Some are much better than others. Do your online researching well and Google customer reviews.
(Cementitious color coats verse acrylics color coat?) What’s better,
Good question, I don’t know. Just kidding,
Depends A 3 coat traditional stucco system with a cementitious finish should last over 100’s of years of course the colors will fade in the sun and through the years with many, many season of rain especially for months at a time the ground will saturate and move this is normal, however this will cause hairlines cracks, mind you these cracks do not mean a home is leaking it simply means after many season’s this will occur no matter where in the whorl you live. Also traffic wind, doors and window being slammed or shut hard will cause hairline cracks too, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. These cementitious color finishes will darken like a brick because they are maintenance free. (Never needs painting) But stucco does not rot like wood, too many other benefits to name.
Now acrylic finishes are basically Acrylic paints with sand and color, this means they can flex more than a cementitious color finish and when they get wet they do not darken as they don’t absorb water
(at least not for about 25 years and even then only a bit.) I usually recommend acrylics on hilltop homes where the winds and the rains are brutal, (usually about
50 to100 miles an hour) the rain mixed with high wind, will add movement to any home.
You will however pay more for the acrylics, do the benefits outweighs the costs I believe so in certain situations they do.
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Maintenance free Acrylic Dryvit stucco finish