Stucco color finishing over base coats.
FYI, we are located in Oakland, Ca.

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Kirk Giordano Plastering Inc.

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Stucco color coating explained. Is your home built over an underground stream?
In this video, we explain how to apply a new stucco finish over a year-old existing wall and the best advice from your favorite stucco expert.

FYI, to wet or moist cure a color finish is a cardinal sin.
Water is necessary for the scratch and brown coat; however, to moist cure, a new color coat before 5 to 7 days is foolish as that will create ghosting or color bleaching.
It’s best to hydrate after at least 5 to 7 days as the finish coat has Portland cement which, when wet, gets stronger.

Some smooth finishes can spider crack because if they are never moist-cured or hydrated, the base coat when one applies the necessary water to apply the finish coat for the mechanical bond, will crack the base coat like an egg. Thus, any finish on it will also crack.
We have many videos on hydration, ghosting, and spider cracking in new smooth finishes.

You can also install a new stucco color finish over any new or existing base coat.
Note it does not matter if the base coat is two weeks old to one hundred years old the methods are the same.
For all folks who ask, Kirk, can I put new stucco over old stucco? Absolutely, see how here.

Homeowners, instead of painting, a better option would be requesting a new integrated colored stucco finish.
A colored stucco finish never needs painting, ever.
They are 50 to 70 times thicker than paint, depending on the necessary sand girt to accomplish what you want.
We used a La Habra color coat with a heavy sand finish or 16/20; the color was Souther Moss.
You would have to google “plastering yards near me” to buy bags of LaHabra, Western BMI, Carson’s, Dry-Vit, or Stucco-Flex finish bags; these are just a handful of companies that make and sell finish exterior stucco.

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   • Make rough stucco smooth   Make rough stucco smooth.
   • Make rough stucco smooth   Smooth out a heavy stucco finish.
   • Apply a skip trowel texture with base...   Spreading a skip trowel texture with the stucco base coat.