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Applying stucco finishes instead of repainting

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Applying stucco finishes instead of repainting.

Jason and I are frequently asked, can I repair my stucco imperfections with new stucco, or do I have only one option of repainting?
New stucco, no matter who you hire, is the ticket.

The original DIY network of plastering and stucco.

Below are all the basic tools we use and recommend on Amazon’s website.
Jason did the research, so you don’t have to. Instead, find the right tools at the best cost.
https://www.stuccoplastering.com/tools/
Kirk and Jason Giordano Plastering Inc.

Hello folks, Jason and I start all our videos by explaining what we’re going to do and how we, as professional installers and applicators of exterior Plaster and stucco or interior plastering.
Our mission is to offer different methods of applications for completing our or your task.
Remember, there are many ways to skin a cat.
Our method used to achieve our goals come from over 40 years of applied experience.
Subscribers and visitors can depend on us for sound advice, no matter how much I may ramble about my past experiences.
Welcome to the university of stucco tutorials.

COLOR COATS
Instead of calling a painting contractor, call a plastering company and ask for a new stucco finish The advantages and benefits of spreading a stucco finish coat color.
They are fifty to seventy times thicker than paint.
This is why stucco medium or heavy sand finishes cover and hide imperfections in existing stucco finishes and why painting enhances these flaws.

Below are a few videos explaining the entire stucco finishing process in detail.
Please, be our guest view, and enjoy
https://youtu.be/xPvm5BUm5-8/. Learn how to repair bad stucco patches by applying new plaster applications.
https://youtu.be/c0z-kGK8cbQ/ How to transform a wood house into a modern-looking stucco home
https://youtu.be/v4_3Z_a-nmA/ Transform a home with new stucco and skim coat block chimney.
https://youtu.be/chU9So3vy9s/ How to spread Integrated stucco color finishes, moss.
https://youtu.be/OqbQbdEySSI/ Spread or render smooth stucco over rough stucco.
https://youtu.be/M-5yPXuIuJk/ Transform heavy or rough stucco into smooth finishes.
https://youtu.be/2pPeOCb0bIs/ Spreading a Skip trowel texture with the base coat.

FYI, I explain what we’re doing in easy-to-understand terminology so that even my dear old grand-daddy can understand what I’m talking about. If ole pops can, surely you can too.

Special tip only from the minds of the DIY network designed to teach young and old, inexperienced, to master craftsman alternatives and traditional methods used in applying our goals of spreading any interior or exterior Plaster.

Anyone who has questions on stucco or plastering, type your question into our channel, and like magic, a video will appear to explain how it’s done.
This feature is lightyears ahead of any plastering forum and is over twelve years in the making.

Folks, we perform the rough, hard, dirty, dusty, and sometimes dangerous work of the world as it’s easier with the right mindset.
What is the right mindset?
Habit, what habit?
The habit of training our minds and thinking, wow, I’m getting paid to work out and play outside, plus I’m able to keep food on the table with lights on to see what we’re eating.

Together our family and I have unconsciously created and contributed the most comprehensive encyclopedia of Stucco and Plastering videos ever produced online globally for your inspiration, entertainment, and education.

https://www.StuccoPlastering.com/ Kirk’s website and contact information.
https://www.GiordanoPlastering.com/ Jason’s Website or contact info.

Thank you all for watching. Have a wonderful and exciting day!

Transform your traditional brick fireplace using an interior lime base, then apply USG Lime finish.

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Transform your traditional brick fireplace using an interior lime base, then apply USG Lime finish

As a. rule, Ole Kirk “won’t” spread or apply this Ekoplast 50 WITHOUT the Calcium Formate added or used as an accelerator, as ole Kirk does not have the patients to watch paint dry, either.
I wait for no plaster or stucco to set. Thus, I dictate the dry time.
But I suggest the average person apply a basecoat, then apply a finish coat on a separate or later day.

Ekoplast 50 is Heat-insulating Plaster, Lightweight/Micro-glass Polymer Modified, Mold and Mildew Resistant, Silica free, Class 1 Fireproof, Exterior or Interior, Sound Dampening, and a few other benefits. However, it’s produced and used primarily in Europe, thus may cost more as it has to be shipped to the USA.

APPLICATION. Use on solid backing of Concrete, Cement Block, Brick, Drywall, Exterior/ Interior Plasterboard OSB, Steel Structures, and many other substrates.

First, If you’re going to do this, For the love of god, clean the bricks; note that no bonding agent, cement board, or even stucco netting or wiring is necessary; that would be counter-productive.
As nothing adheres longer or tighter than a natural mechanical bond.

That means the bricks are porous when a wet cementitious product is applied or spread it bonds instantly and permanently.

If interested in this Ekoplaster-50 plaster, call my pal Hickman at (760) 801-8239

Folks, we like to provide options if you can’t find this material or feel it drys or sets too slowly for you. And If you don’t know how to add the accelerator, you can also use Home Depots Greencore USA as the base coat, as it is also a lime plaster.

View this video as another alternative.
Transform bricks or concrete blocks into stucco walls with Home depot’s Greencore USA.
https://youtu.be/MbZHkJCJuZ8/

Another method of attaining the goal of a basecoat, We are demonstrating how to apply Portland stucco over block walls I this video; this system and the ones below can also be used to apply a basecoat to any fireplace. https://youtu.be/dw34VLYFC1Y/

https://youtu.be/2Fk6Bs0783Y/ How to plaster an interior fireplace with Structo-lite.
Plus, spreading colored stucco over Structo-Lite Base-Coat.

https://youtu.be/KldxODNprP0/ Spread or apply USG’s lime interior plaster.

Please, check out or review our recommended tools on the Amazon website below.
https://www.stuccoplastering.com/tools/
Kirk Giordano Plastering Inc.

Our unique stucco crash course tip: all subscribers or anyone who stumbles on our channel with a question, type your question into our channel, and like magic, a video will appear to explain how it’s done. This feature is miles ahead of any plastering forum.

https://www.StuccoPlastering.com/ Kirk’s website and contact information.
https://www.GiordanoPlastering.com/ Jason’s Website.
The original DIY network of plastering and stucco.

Thank you all for watching, and wishing all a great day!

EKOPLAST 50 – Kemset
https://kemset.com  ekoplast-50

Repair cracks in textured stucco with Mor-flexx caulking the easy way

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epair cracks in textured stucco with Mor-flexx caulking the easy way.

Caulking on the fly.
Jay must have rubbed his camera in some Dog dodo for entertainment value to attract that curious fly. 😉

Caulking
The best video online about caulking stucco is below; how do I know?
I created it for this purpose. Structural or large cracking on stucco walls, no problem.
https://youtu.be/2eIkdeIBbMs/
The common sense truth of why all new stucco walls crack! https://youtu.be/C3Jqe6sQt2s/.

https://youtu.be/chU9So3vy9s/ Stucco color finishes fix cracking.
https://youtu.be/2eIkdeIBbMs/ Is cracking on stucco walls.
https://youtu.be/9e4RVfbNBsA/ Explaining plaster wall cracking.
https://youtu.be/2sBHTy-v9ic/ Horizontal is cracking in stucco walls.

Hi, guys; on our channel, type in whatever you want to see how it’s done.
Then like magic, a video will appear to answer your question,
I’ve already covered every aspect of plastering known to man.

Cracks in stucco should be repaired as soon as possible to prevent the crack from growing and water from entering and getting behind the wall.

Stucco cracks are common due to the normal movement and expansion in the ground and around homes.
Stucco can also crack for other reasons;
Crack’s in stucco are like o to Superman, not good, so caulk any and all cracks.
Best caulking sealants for stucco wall cracks.
Repair cracks in textured stucco with Mor-Flexx caulking the easy way!

Below are all the basic tools we use and recommend on Amazon’s website. Jason did the research, so you don’t have to. Instead, find the right tools at the best cost.
https://www.stuccoplastering.com/tools/
Kirk and Jason Giordano Plastering Inc

https://www.StuccoPlastering.com/ Kirk’s website and contact information.
https://www.GiordanoPlastering.com/ Jason’s Website or contact info.

Thank you all for watching, have a wonderful and exciting day!

How to spread or throw on dash finish for your stucco patches

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Ops, I should have shown the finished repair before we left the job; it matches the existing one.
I was working with my brother, who filmed another with his iPhone, another big op; the lawn mower was just too much noise for us at this stage of making videos. My bad.
How to spread or throw on dash finish for your stucco patches.

Have you ever wondered how to finish your stucco patches or apply or throw on heavy stucco finishes? Here’s what know as a “stucco dash finish.”
A tip, guys, on your own jobs, cut the branches that might hinder your applications, as this tree branch hand-cuffed me.

Remember, on your home repairs, you are welcome to attach or put up the lath, waterproof your work, and even apply the base coat as this homeowner has.
If you are not certain how to apply or, in this case, throw on a stucco finish, e-mail either of us on our sites below a picture.
We will finish the stucco repairs no matter what stage you’re at.

Below are all the basic tools we use and recommend on Amazon’s website. We did the research, so you don’t have to. Instead, find the right tools at the best cost.
https://www.stuccoplastering.com/tools/
Kirk and Jason Giordano Plastering Inc.

A special Giordano tip if anyone who has questions on stucco or plastering.
Please type your question into our channel; like magic, a video will appear to explain how it’s done.
This feature is lightyears ahead of any plastering forum and is over twelve years in the making.

More dash finishes are below. Enjoy
https://youtu.be/Ehjtf2CyB10/ Stucco knockdown dash finish or texture yellow.
https://youtu.be/gLPrQ4EsGS4/ Plastering a pebble Dash finish for a stucco turret.
https://youtu.be/UqPCkmbvyk0/ Stucco Dash brush for wall textures.
https://youtu.be/4HqT09ciu80/ Stucco tunnel dash stucco finish.

https://www.StuccoPlastering.com/ Kirk’s website and contact information.
https://www.GiordanoPlastering.com/ Jason’s Website or contact info.

Thank you all for watching. Now you know, have a wonderful and exciting day!

Demonstrating how to apply a unique texture into the second coat of stucco

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Demonstrating how to apply a unique texture into the second coat of stucco
More unique or freestyle stucco textures are below.
https://youtu.be/T5kA6KdfAE8/ How to match all block walls with stucco.
https://youtu.be/lpWJP3MTYK4/ learn to match unique or freestyle stucco textures.
https://youtu.be/Boe24s3BGn8/ How to match swirl or sweep stucco texture
https://youtu.be/6nEIzmy1LcY/ Matching Concrete Block Patches
https://youtu.be/ig28RGggShA/ Match difficult or unusual interior plaster finishes.

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In this video, we explain while showing how to apply a second coat of stucco with a bit of class for imagination.
These folks thought outside the box and wished for a cementitious finish that was unique and different from their neighbors.
They wanted one which would blend too differs substrates into one.
Like most of you, they started with minor termite or wood damage. But, then, the removal escalated as, with older homes, unfortunately, many have parapets that don’t protect the wall from the winter rains.

Half of the home was previously tex-coat many years ago.
When the existing stucco was removed and repaired with the needed carpentry, we advised a solution to transform the new work into the existing tex coat.
We removed some of the failing or beat-up tex-coat by pressure washing and a lot of elbow grease. Thus after the scratch coat, we applied the second coat, or the brown coat, and applied the fish they chose out of many samples we applied elsewhere.

Enjoy and welcome stucco options to make your home special and unique.

Yea, we perform the rough, dusty, and sometimes dangerous work of the world with stucco and common sense and labor, and we love it.

Below are all the basic tools we use and recommend on Amazon’s website.
Jason did the research, so you don’t have to. Instead, find the right tools at the best cost.
https://www.stuccoplastering.com/tools/
Kirk and Jason Giordano Plastering Inc.

Special tip, anyone who has questions on stucco or plastering, type your question into our channel, and like magic, a video will appear to explain how it’s done.
This feature is lightyears ahead of any plastering forum and is over twelve years in the making.

Together our family and I have unconsciously created and contributed the most comprehensive encyclopedia of Stucco and Plastering videos ever produced online globally for your inspiration, entertainment, and education.

https://www.StuccoPlastering.com/ Kirk’s website and contact information.
https://www.GiordanoPlastering.com/ Jason’s Website or contact info.

Thank you all for watching, have a wonderful and exciting day!