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Default stucco cracking

On Jan 19, 9:14 am, "Tim" wrote:
I am adding some decorative masonry block to my stucco home. This is the
heavy troweled type stucco finish. I notice today that some of the work
done yesterday has a number of hairline cracks. iI this because of too much
water in the mix...or too little...or maybe something else.


I'm no stucco expert but the first thing I'd suspect is too heavy of a
coat which could cause uneven drying.

The same might be caused by the substrate sucking the moisture from
the mud too quickly.
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