Thanks! I kind of figured the base coats wouldn't be a problem. The
house, which I'm trying to match, has a texture that I think I'll try to
avoid duplicating. I worry as well whether someone would want to come in
and just do a finish coat. Seems to me, as you found out, they'd prefer to
do the entire job, not just the finish coat.

Heck, it might be nice for once to watch someone else working in the 100
degree heat so I think I'll just farm that portion out.
Cheers,
cc

"Rudy" wrote in message
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I would be going with the standard 3 coat application (scratch,
brown, finish) if that means anything.

Its not a problem doing the first two coats. I bought sacks of 'ready to
use' stucco at H/D and it went on my concrete block courtyard wall nicely.
Where the problem comes in for a newbie is the texture of the finish coat
and getting it uniform across the wall. I tried to get one of the stucco
finishers that did our home or one of the neighbors' but they couldn't get
excited about such a small job. I waited for 2 months, then finally did
it myself.

R