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   rez | Nov 22, 2007 12:01am | #1

   Greetings jvl,

   This post, in response to your question, will bump the thread through the 'recent discussion' listing again which will increase it's viewing.

   Perhaps it will catch someone's attention that can help you with advice.

   Cheers

    

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   sungod | Nov 23, 2007 08:26am | #2

   Your questions are a little unclear. I will give an answer that might miss the mark, but it will be informative.
   Exterior stucco patches look very bad, but professionally done, you will not even notice it.
   If the patcher does not has a red rubber sponge float, he will not be able to float the sandy texture that is normally done.
   If the patcher does not pre-wet the old stucco, it will crack where the new and old meets.
   If the stucco is painted, the paint color can be matched. If it is colored stucco, not painted, the color can be matched with the original mfg. fog coat or brush coat.
   Fog coat is colored stucco without the sand, its the plasters secret weapon.

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   jvl | Nov 23, 2007 04:21pm | #3

   tell me more about this fog coat,any books or information sources available.it seems to me that maybe not using the sand or are there different sizes of sand to match the texture of the prexisting stucco.i have used a rubber float. thanks jvl

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   sungod | Nov 24, 2007 03:21am | #4

   Fog Coat or Brush Coathttp://www.lahabrastucco.com/stucco_products/fog_coat.htm
   All the old time plasters know about this. Typically, a plaster who colorcoat a whole large wall ends up with an uneven colored wall. He will order a $15 25# bag of the same color. A hand full goes into a small Hudson sprayer. He mist or Fog the whole wall with this watery colored mixture. Cheap to do and will not peel like paint. In the right applications, it is 10 times cheaper than paint.

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   jvl | Nov 24, 2007 05:02am | #5

   would you also use this in repairing cracks on exterior walls as a filler and texture coating thanks jvl reason why i ask is that ive done several house painting jobs and the exterior walls had cracks and larger repair work.i did a credible job but i am a perfectionist always trying to inprove.thanks for your time.jvl

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   sungod | Nov 24, 2007 06:35pm | #6

   You would only use this on colored stucco that was never painted before. It is a good economical way to colo the whole wall.

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   jrnbj | Nov 25, 2007 02:26am | #7

   Since you seem to be edumacated in stucco, would you be able to tell us the right way to do the old time pebble dash type........?

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   sungod | Nov 25, 2007 06:52am | #8

   I'm in Southern California, I have never seen it around here. I saw it once in Toronto. Is it the one where the finish is uncolored sand?