SWAMI STUCCO

Swami stucco answers stucco questions from all over the world.

Mystic secrets revealed !

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Questions:

Filling wide cracks before painting

 Filling cracks

Direction in 1830 stucco house

 1830's stucco house

Scratch coat, brown coat, corner beads

 Corner Beads

What happened to Surewall by W.R. Bonsal Company ?

What-happened-to-Sure-Wall-by-W.R.Bonsal ?

Surewall was an amazing materials popular in the 1980's. It was incredibly strong, bonded well to almost everything, and was used over dry laid blocks. It suddenly died about 40 years ago.

Follow this link for more about Sure wall from W. R. Bonsal Corporation:

 Formstone fans in Zippy the Pinhead

Formstone with Zippy the Pinhead. With permission from Bill Griffith.

My Book - Stucco and the blind man - Table of contents

Chapters one and two

Introduction; About windows and doors

Chapter three

Evil EIFS

Chapter four

All about lath for plaster and stucco

Chapter five

Mortar and sand

Chapter six

About interior plaster

Chapter seven

Bonding plaster and cement mortar

Chapter eight

Planning a stucco or plaster project

Chapter nine

Decorative features from a 24 year old website

Chapter ten

Glossary of plastering terms

Chapter eleven

About flashing for stucco

Chapter twelve

Chimneys

Chapter thirteen

Pay per leads.

Chapter fourteen

Stucco art

Chapter fifteen

History of materials

Addendums

January, 2024

Addendum to Bonding

May, 2025

Addendum to Windows and Doors

June 2025

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