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I am restuccoing a house in Los Angeles — the old stucco has been pressure washed, then ground down to clean material. All cracks have been patched. Some areas have new lath, scratch and brown coat.
The area to be color coated is wet down, and rolled with latex concrete adhesive, then the color coat is applied ~3/16″ thick.
The problem: when dry, tiny hairline fissures appear in the color coat, the kind of fissures that cover a dry lake bed. These aren’t structural-failure cracks, but cracks like those that appear in dry mud. What’s the problem? How do I solve it? The product is La Habra brand stucco color coat #100, which is an extremely common line of stucco here in the Los Angeles area. It’s mixed with one box of La Habra stucco color per 90# bag, and clean water, all per manufacturer’s instructions.
HELP!
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I am restuccoing a house in Los Angeles -- the old stucco has been pressure washed, then ground down to clean material. All cracks have been patched. Some areas have new lath, scratch and brown coat.
The area to be color coated is wet down, and rolled with latex concrete adhesive, then the color coat is applied ~3/16" thick.
The problem: when dry, tiny hairline fissures appear in the color coat, the kind of fissures that cover a dry lake bed. These aren't structural-failure cracks, but cracks like those that appear in dry mud. What's the problem? How do I solve it? The product is La Habra brand stucco color coat #100, which is an extremely common line of stucco here in the Los Angeles area. It's mixed with one box of La Habra stucco color per 90# bag, and clean water, all per manufacturer's instructions.
HELP!