This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...it. LX. The foundation or wall offered to receive the stucco must be absolutely rigid, scrupulously clean of any oily or vegetable matter, and of ample roughness or construction to assure a strong bond between the mortar and the surface of the building. If applied to wood or metal lath, it should be well pushed through ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...it. LX. The foundation or wall offered to receive the stucco must be absolutely rigid, scrupulously clean of any oily or vegetable matter, and of ample roughness or construction to assure a strong bond between the mortar and the surface of the building. If applied to wood or metal lath, it should be well pushed through the interstices so as to form an adequate key. The first, or scratch coat, should be f-inch thick, thoroughly roughened with a saw-tooth paddle or other suitable device while the mortar is still wet; as soon as it has set sufficiently to support another coat, the finishing coat is applied f-inch thick. If three coats are employed, then the intermediate and final coats need only be iVinch thick each, and the intermediate coat is scratched the same as the first. X. The final coat should not be permitted to dry out too rapidly, or in advance of the foundation coat, and should be retarded if necessary by sprinkling or hanging wet burlap against the surface. Stucco should never be applied in a freezing temperature, nor where there is likelihood of settlement to the building. HYDRATED LIME Hydrated lime may be purchased in convenient packages in powder form from the manufacturers, and there is then no danger of unslaked lime entering the stucco. Hydrated lime never air slakes; it is lump lime slaked with water by a mechanical process and the moisture driven off, leaving it in the form of a fine, dry powder. It should be mixed dry with the cement--1 part lime to 10 parts cement. When ready for use, add 2 parts dry sand to-1 part lime-cement mixture; turn and rake until the mixture has a uniform appearance, when it may be used as required by adding sufficient water. If lime putty or paste is used, good, double-strength lime should be slaked in plenty...
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Very Good+ No Jacket. Reshelved from warehouse? Pictorial tan cloth. Lightly aged endpapers. Beautiful pictorial spine & cover signed "W.F.T." With 170+ photos & drawings. Index. No dust jacket. Collectible condition! 302 pgs.
