This coat should be about 1 8 inch thick.
Stucco concrete retaining wall.
How to apply stucco to a block wall.
Step 12 cure the scratch coat for 24 to 48 hours.
Step 11 scratch 1 8 inch deep horizontal grooves into the base coat with a raking tool once the stucco has become thumb print hard.
Nothing at all unless the builder installs it squarely at the forefront of your property and doesn t bother to apply a stacked stone facade or apply a nice thick coat of stucco to snaz it up so it doesn t have an institutional look to it.
Screed the stucco to a uniform depth of 3 8 inch using a straight edge.
Now that your walls are prepped and bonding agent is drying you need to start mixing your stucco.
The scratch coat should be between 1 4 and 1 2 inch thick.
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You can opt for a custom mixed stucco for the first coat which consists of 1 part portland cement and 4 parts fine sand.
The mixing ratio may vary depending on who you ask.
For our walls we used three parts sand one part lime and one part portland cement.
Use the flat finishing trowel to spread the stucco evenly across the surface.
This first coat is known as the scratch coat this coat helps the final coat bond properly to the wall.
Alternatively you can use the trowel to create circular patterns in the stucco s surface.
Step 13 mix and apply another 3 8 inch layer of base coat stucco directly to the scratch coat.
Apply a thin third layer of stucco over the concrete retaining wall.
Step 2 mixing stucco.
What is so especially dumb about concrete retaining walls.
With the coats you get a durable and lasting finish which is also an attractive and cost effective solution.
After applying add texture to the wall by dragging a piece of scrap wood across the surface of the wall.
Allow the scratch coat to harden slightly.
Portland cement sand lime and water.
Stucco is basically a custom mixed or a factory prepared cement plaster.