DIYbanter - View Single Post - Contractor skipped second of three stucco coats.

(m Ransley) wrote in message ...
Why do you need a bonding agent

The contractor noted that the scratch coat was up since last November,
thus close to seven months old. He said dirt, grime, and all other
big city polution stuff could have affected the "sticking power" of
last Friday's application. The sub, as you know, didn't use a bonding
agent..

I don't want to rip this all down and start over, so if the bonding
agent is not needed, score one for diplomacy between me and the
contractor.

And if a third coat can go up on top of the Penn Crete finish coat,
which looks really lumpy (because they skipped the brown coat), we
could all win. Do you think it might be possible to score or scrape
some "keys" or ruts in the erroneous second coat to make it a good
surface to put up the third and final coat? Would Penn Crete brand
finish coat thusly scribed be OK as a brown coat?

Thanks all so much.

Fran