I found this picture of a
swami from a web search
using the keyword "swami". When I saw this guy I knew he was my main
man.
I put the sunburst in the background (swamis live in the desert)
and Swami
Stucco on his meditation
rock and Swami was ready.
Except for the sunglasses, Swami was ready.
I put sunglasses on Swami for 2 reasons:
1. Swami is cool, and
on the web, sunglasses represent cool.
2. To disguise Swami
so nobody would recognize him. I figure
every Swami probably has Swami followers.
These Swami followers may take great offense
in someone desecrating
their Swami talking about stucco.
I had a fear of answering the door one night, and being attacked
by a
group of Swami followers, with curved swords, like in Indiana
Jones.
All I need after a hard day plastering ceilings.
July 2001 -Decorative bands-(without foam)
Q&A- Leaking dormer
Fog coat (cement paint for stucco)
OSB shrinkage causing cracks ?
August 2001- Stucco chimneys (Must read)
including flashing, caps, etc.
Q&A - Expansion joints
Re-color coat or paint
EIFS house rots, owners lose everything
September 2001-Ornamental plaster by Harry Davenport
Tyvek cracks stucco(very good)
White wash
EIFS gets hot
Masonite-more fake stucco
October 2001-Patch and match
More about tyvek
Bag finishes
Stucco floors
November 2001-Stucco wrap test (Stucco wrap fails)
Weld crete fails-bonding agent failure
Stucco on old blocks
One coat "stucco"
January 2002-Tribute to Don Miles
Milestone workshop in Seattle
Stains on stucco on a new house
major cracking in stucco
Is it stucco or fake?
February 2002- More tribute to Don Miles
Cleaning stucco
Cracks in stucco
Whitewash
March 2002-Pictures of stucco in the Washington area
Removing frozen stucco (mortar)
How much of a gap do I leave at the bottom?
How long to let stucco cure
before painting
April 2002-Swami debuts- 12 point list of crack prevention
spacing plywood (or OSB)
wives' tales
estimating windows
Don't get suckered into synthetic stucco
cleaning stucco
May 2002-Point two-Tear off tyvek
Flashing roofs (must read)
Bonding agent failure
synthetic "stucco" EIFS garbage
June 2002- Reggie's retaining walls (must read)
Specifications for stucco (important)
About one coat "stucco"
August 2002- Old method of bonding mortar to
concrete
Covering over textured finishes
One coat "stucco" is EIFS
September 2002- Sandblasting bumpy stucco
Accelerator for stucco moldings
All styrofoam isn't garbage
November 2002- Cool fireplaces
Furring Lath
More about control joints
Toll Brothers- consumer fraud
January 2003 How to kill the block joints
Bonding stucco to concrete
Do foam details rot my house ?
April 2003 Can I do this myself ?
Stucco over cedar siding
Consumer fraud: Is it stucco or fake?
December 2003 Bonding agent failure
Stucco on block
Its not traditional and its not stucco
March 2004 Crooked lines camoflage patches
Cracks in squares
Three good questions
May 2004 New Orleans finish
Gaps around windows ?
Western One-Coat
September '04 How do you get wall straight
using dots and screeds ?
Bonding stucco to concrete using
portland cement paste
Bonding stucco using Acrylics
February '05 Slate roof,what to do?
attaching a ledger board
Diamond mesh lath upside
down?
August '05 Stucco over fake brick(cast concrete)
Metal lath and foam board to concrete
Water runs downhill
August 2006 King's dominion
Stucco over painted block or brick
Color coat peeling off (lack of bond)
Walking on spanish tile roofs
February 2007 Stucc on Steel rebuilds Sri Lanka
putting metal lath on a ceiling
"conrol joint" or expansion joint"?
Cracks in brown coat
Re-coating chimney caps