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   Guest_ | Mar 27, 1999 12:23am | #1

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   Down here in Shakey City (LA), we just use California One Coat for the Scratch and Brown Coat, and Finish Coat after that.

   The stuff is great, and I use it for stucco, and plaster repair.

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   figuers | Mar 27, 1999 05:59am | #2

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   You will see virtually no difference between the two types of stucco systems as far as the degree of cracking you will have during a large earthquake, Stucco is a weather reistant coating over the exterior of the house. It is not a structural coating (ie: designed to transmit or withstand shear/lateral forces). You will have stucco cracking during a large earthquake.

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   john_biggins | Mar 27, 1999 05:59am | #3

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   >I am midway new construction of a house
   >in northern CA and getting bids for the
   >stucco job. One contractor has offered
   >me the choice of a traditional 3 coat
   >job (scratch/brown/finish) or a job
   >comprising a Monsanto foam product
   >followed by brown and finish coats for
   >the same price. I am nervous about
   >anything other than traditional stucco
   >knowing nothing about the other method.
   >I would welcome comments on the
   >Monsanto product because the contractor
   >claims he would do his own house this
   >way saying it holds up better to
   >cracking. This is a concern because we
   >are in a seismic area in