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Article: Stucco updates.
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- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- July 1, 2000
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COUNTRYSIDE: The article on stucco (March/ April, 2000) needs updating from its 1929 source. There are four updates to observe:
First: Old-time stucco mortar was one 94-pound bag of Portland (concrete) cement and two gallons of curd-like slaked lime. It was very strong, but slaked lime can create second- and third-degree burns on the skin. Today's stucco can more easily be made with one-half bag of Portland, one-half bag masonry (brickwork) cement, and about 16 shovelsful of sand, depending On the "sticky" consistency desired; The initial "scratch" or brown coat of stucco requires larger-particle concrete sand. The finish coat requires smaller-particle brick ...