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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.

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.
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.

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.
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 this DIY network designed to teach young and old, the inexperienced, to master modern craftsman alternatives and/or traditional methods used in applying our goals of spreading any interior or exterior plaster.

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

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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.

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

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

Repair cracks in stucco with sandy caulking best match

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Repair cracks in stucco with sandy caulking best match.
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.
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 a dash finish on stucco patches

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How to spread a dash finish on stucco patches.

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.

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.

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.

Special tip only from the minds of this DIY network designed to teach young and old, the inexperienced, to master modern craftsman alternatives and or traditional methods used in applying our goals of spreading any interior or exterior plaster.
The original Home improvement or DIY network of plastering and stucco videos.
Thus, whatchawannano about stucco or plastering?

More dash finishes are below. Enjoy
https://youtu.be/Ehjtf2CyB10/ Plaster knockdown dash finish or texture yellow.
https://youtu.be/gLPrQ4EsGS4/ Plastering a pebble Dash finish for a stucco turret.
https://youtu.be/UqPCkmbvyk0/ Cement dash brush for wall textures.
https://youtu.be/4HqT09ciu80/ Heavy 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, have a wonderful and exciting day!

Apply a texture with the second coat of stucco mud

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Apply a texture with the second coat of stucco mud.

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.

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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This video explains 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.

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

Special tip, 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.

https://www.StuccoPlastering.com/ Kirk’s website and contact information.
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Thank you all for watching, have a wonderful and exciting day!