Permastone stucco repaired
McLean, Virginia.
Stucco will not bond to painted block stucco gables are loose and are torn off and redone
Stucco will not bond to painted block. Sometimes
paint on bonding agents are used, but they fail over time. Loose stucco is pulled off and wall is chipped. A scratch coat is applied using an acrylic bonder in the mortar.		 The stucco gables are loose and are torn off and redone. BTW, the homeowner was my older sister's eighth grade science teacher. It is a small world.
Gables are finished with REAL portland cement and REAL sand. Color is from Expo stucco in California White portland and white sand is dry mixed in the mortar box with dry color.
We stuccoed the chimney on the house behind
We stuccoed the chimney on the house behind
this one the winter before last for Morris-Day.		 I plan to upload a picture of the chimney soon.
brown coat Stone joints are tooled in
A brown coat is put on and straightened to the thickness of the old brown coat. Stone joints are tooled in after mortar sets firm.
vertical joints are scored Permastone
After the horizontal joints are aligned with the old
joints, the vertical joints are scored. The butt end of an old putty knife works good for this.		 The stones are the put on using color mortar.
I used leftover La Habra 24 for the tan and brown stones and black paint colorant for the gray stones. There is a lot to be said for Permastone.
The method is out of style but it still remains as
a testimony to a durable and long lasting form of stucco.