I have to patch parts of the exterior stucco where I put in new windows.
I have never done stucco before, but I figure it can't be all that
different from everything else I do with trowels.

Given that I want to be able to by supplies incrementally from Home
Depot or Lowe's, what should I look for?

Some stucco advertises that they have fiberglass in it for extra
durability. Is that something I would want?
--
Uno

On Aug 21, 3:45*am, Uno wrote:
I have to patch parts of the exterior stucco where I put in new windows.
* I have never done stucco before, but I figure it can't be all that
different from everything else I do with trowels.

Given that I want to be able to by supplies incrementally from Home
Depot or Lowe's, what should I look for?

Some stucco advertises that they have fiberglass in it for extra
durability. *Is that something I would want?
--
Uno

Ive used mortar mix for the first coat on the wood, scratch it up
good, then get a bag of stucco mix, I dont know if HD has stucco pre
mix but call around.

On Aug 21, 4:45*am, Uno wrote:
I have to patch parts of the exterior stucco where I put in new windows.
* I have never done stucco before, but I figure it can't be all that
different from everything else I do with trowels.

Right. Everything is similar to something else.

Given that I want to be able to by supplies incrementally from Home
Depot or Lowe's, what should I look for?

Bags of stucco. But there are better places to go.

Some stucco advertises that they have fiberglass in it for extra
durability. *Is that something I would want?

I don't know. What do you think you want? Do you need it? I don't
know - don't know where you're located and the climate, don't know
what type of stucco you have on the house now, don't know whether the
house is painted and you'll be painting over the patches, don't know
if you'll be trying to match the existing stucco in color, etc.

R

On Sat, 21 Aug 2010 05:57:27 -0700 (PDT), RicodJour
wrote:

On Aug 21, 4:45*am, Uno wrote:
I have to patch parts of the exterior stucco where I put in new windows.
* I have never done stucco before, but I figure it can't be all that
different from everything else I do with trowels.

Finally, a stucco question. Hurry, notify the stucco corporation.

I don't know. What do you think you want? Do you need it? I don't
know - don't know where you're located and the climate, don't know
what type of stucco you have on the house now, don't know whether the
house is painted and you'll be painting over the patches, don't know
if you'll be trying to match the existing stucco in color, etc.

YOu don't know much, do you?


R

On Aug 22, 2:17*am, mm wrote:
On Sat, 21 Aug 2010 05:57:27 -0700 (PDT), RicodJour

wrote:
On Aug 21, 4:45*am, Uno wrote:
I have to patch parts of the exterior stucco where I put in new windows.
* I have never done stucco before, but I figure it can't be all that
different from everything else I do with trowels.

Finally, a stucco question. *Hurry, notify the stucco corporation.



I don't know. *What do you think you want? *Do you need it? *I don't
know - don't know where you're located and the climate, don't know
what type of stucco you have on the house now, don't know whether the
house is painted and you'll be painting over the patches, don't know
if you'll be trying to match the existing stucco in color, etc.

YOu don't know much, do you?

I know when people ask questions without enough information for a
meaningful response...and when people post and don't add any
information to the thread.

R

RicodJour wrote:
On Aug 21, 4:45 am, Uno wrote:
I have to patch parts of the exterior stucco where I put in new windows.
I have never done stucco before, but I figure it can't be all that
different from everything else I do with trowels.

Right. Everything is similar to something else.

Given that I want to be able to by supplies incrementally from Home
Depot or Lowe's, what should I look for?

Bags of stucco. But there are better places to go.

Some stucco advertises that they have fiberglass in it for extra
durability. Is that something I would want?

I don't know. What do you think you want? Do you need it? I don't
know - don't know where you're located and the climate, don't know
what type of stucco you have on the house now, don't know whether the
house is painted and you'll be painting over the patches, don't know
if you'll be trying to match the existing stucco in color, etc.

http://i35.tinypic.com/abh7b8.jpg

Do you have a reason to go with bagged as opposed to redi-mix?

The stucco is in abq, nm, where everything is stucco. People who re-do
it just put a skim coat over the entire existing thing. Fiberglass
sounds good since it sounds more resistant to cracking.

I'm gonna put a layer of brick around the top, as frequently happens in
updates like this. I'd also be searching for the best methods to do
that, but first things first.
--
Uno

On Sat, 21 Aug 2010 02:45:25 -0600, Uno wrote:

I have to patch parts of the exterior stucco where I put in new windows.

You don't mention how large or small the repairs are.

I have never done stucco before, but I figure it can't be all that
different from everything else I do with trowels.

Given that I want to be able to by supplies incrementally from Home
Depot or Lowe's, what should I look for?


For small repairs, HD sells a quart sized _PRE_MIXED STUCCO PATCH_.
I've used it and have been happy with the results.

Some stucco advertises that they have fiberglass in it for extra
durability. Is that something I would want?

The fibers will help reduce cracks in the stucco and is much stronger,
IIUC.