![]() Kirk & Jason Giordano’s worldwide online free teaching stucco channel. It’s not only good karma, but It also makes you feel warm and fuzzy all over.įeel free to check out our recommended tools on our Amazon website below. Oh yeah, don’t forget to save the world, like and subscribe. Next, kick back, relax, and enjoy the video! Instead, I’m here to share facts with all who want sound advice, and it’s free. I don’t wish to inform homeowners of cruel facts that destroy their beliefs in intelligent plastering contractors. a law or great truth about bonding agents.įolks, part of who I am is to educate and teach the lessons I learned from 40 years in the plastering trade which I love doing. See this video to learn a fact the easy way instead of losing your ass off in cost as you didn’t know. Too heavy or too blue, you may have issues. The important part is to not miss any areas. In fact, if it is to plaster over it, it would be too heavy, and the new finish will spider crack. Usually, an inch and a half save a ton of time.ĭon’t worry about it being solid in color. ![]() Note folks, it’s faster to roll it on than try and spay it on. You must roll out the house after its pressure is washed well. This is true but has nothing to do with stucco!ĭon’t be confused thinking I’ll save time and labor by not rolling out the house with a bonding agent. In fact, Sika says you can add their admixture instead of water for mixing tile grout to give the grout more stick em to attach to glassy surfaces. Can you tell me why?ĭon’t be a victim to not understanding bonding agents. I’ve had at least 50 people call me in the last 40 years and say the folks I hired applied the new finish did so. But, again, you’re misreading it, never add a bonding agent to a mixer full of finished coat materials, or the mix will dilute the bonding agent to uselessness. One must apply a bonding agent to any painted stucco for a new stucco finish to adhere.Īpply the finish to the wall never in the mix, even if you have a white bonding agent and the can or bottles say’s you can. Howdy ambitious subscribers, we’re sharing some learned knowledge about how and why to apply a Weld-Crete bonding agent or liquid lath before a new stucco finishing. Note Home Depot, and Lowes also sells Quikrete bonding agent, which works well for adhering stucco finishes to painted surfaces and has other purposes. Hopefully someone else here will have hands on advice for you.Ĭlick to expand.I cannot say how it works for your application, but I can tell you about what I am familiar with.Weld Crete or a similar bonding agent are necessary if you’re re-finish over a painted stucco. The idea behind these products, as far as I have read, is that they are basically glue that dries after you roll it on, then re-wets when you apply spackling compound or plaster, causing whatever you are applying to glue onto the re-wetted Plaster Weld.Īs to whether Plaster Weld would be indicated for Italian lime plaster, I would check Youtube for both and also check to see what Kirk Giordano of Kirk Giordano Plastering to see what he has to say about all of this: Plaster Weld is pink, so you definitely know where you have rolled it. USG, which is headquartered here in Chicago, also makes a similar product that is white and cheaper, but is not available in the Chicao area for some reason. Bonding the plaster is much easier with this product and if you follow the manufacturers. I convinced him to let me get some and that is what he uses now. The directions on the can are very clear and easy to follow. I decided to do a little research and came up with Plaster Weld by Larsen. A couple of units ago he started to have problems with the Easy Sand sticking to the surfaces, so he told me to get a gallon of Elmers Glue, mix it with a gallon of water and roll it onto all the walls and ceilings. My GC does the skim coating using Easy Sand from USG. ![]() The ceilings and original walls are all concrete with plaster and all with a heavy orange peel finish that no one seems to want anymore - they want it all flat, flat, flat. I paint for a GC at twin hi rises in Chicago that were built in the early 1960s. I cannot say how it works for your application, but I can tell you about what I am familiar with.
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