Stucco is typically a cement, sand and lime mixed with water. This can also be referred to as traditional stucco, 1 or 3 coat stucco, or straight cement plaster .
Normally, the term stucco refers to a durable exterior coating. Plaster is a more generic term for a plastic (wet) material that is used for coating and finishing a wall that will harden over time. This will have a base of cement but might also include clay earth, Gypsum papercrete or many other things.
Although the distinction is blurry, many people think of stucco as exterior render and plaster as an interior finish.
Application:
There are two ways to ”apply stucco”, these are;
- By hand with a hawk and trowel, or
- with a tool like a mortar sprayer.
When troweling by hand, the learning curve can slow things down and the labour involved is greater. Hand troweling also takes more time.
The beauty of a mortar sprayer is the ease of use, while saving time and labour. There is virtually no learning curve! You simply scoop and spray. The amount of square metre coverage can be compared to about 6 experienced plasterers with a hawk and trowel. This feature is really great for your bigger projects like a large house or a boundary fence.
A Mortar Sprayer can be used for applying plaster, shotcrete, papercrete, earthen mixes, plastering a stucco house, traditional one coat or three coat stucco, GFRC, stamped concrete, fences, organic sculptures, and more!
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