Step 2 mixing stucco.
Stucco concrete retaining wall.
You can opt for a custom mixed stucco for the first coat which consists of 1 part portland cement and 4 parts fine sand.
Portland cement sand lime and water.
For our walls we used three parts sand one part lime and one part portland cement.
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.
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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.
After applying add texture to the wall by dragging a piece of scrap wood across the surface of the wall.
What is so especially dumb about concrete retaining walls.
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.
Step 12 cure the scratch coat for 24 to 48 hours.
This coat should be about 1 8 inch thick.
Allow the scratch coat to harden slightly.
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Step 13 mix and apply another 3 8 inch layer of base coat stucco directly to the scratch coat.
Apply the first coat of stucco to the concrete surface.
Stucco is basically a custom mixed or a factory prepared cement plaster.
Apply a thin third layer of stucco over the concrete retaining wall.
Alternatively you can use the trowel to create circular patterns in the stucco s surface.
The scratch coat should be between 1 4 and 1 2 inch thick.
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Use the flat finishing trowel to spread the stucco evenly across the surface.
The mixing ratio may vary depending on who you ask.