CaptainJack
New Member
Hi all,
I was attempting to install a Ring video doorbell (hooray -_- )....It required drilling into the stucco to create holes for anchors. As I was doing it for 2 screws at the desired height of the unit - the holes lined up with hairline cracks in my stucco - and as you all may guess - chunks of stucco fell (lol).
I'm by no means a construction dude but I have researched a tad bit. I realized I had to get some pre-mixed stucco (I got one by DAP) and its a little bit of a nightmare. I used a "scratch coat" aka 1st layer into this hole and applied it with my bare hands into this uneven looking hole.... (dont believe a trowel will work nicely for the hole). I then let it dry. I then applied a much more generous "brown" coat aka 2nd layer coat? And this one has been drying for almost 2 days...when I push on it however, it feels like....well..sort of like ...firm playdough. Not hard at all. And as I push on one area, another area sort of "bubbles" up and pushes out some more firm play-doughish stucco. It feels like a bit of a stucco bubble rising...it's not air...just feel like stucco to me that bulges out.
Did I mess up?
Not sure what the deal is (maybe I used too much for the 2nd layer) I would say 2nd layer was a solid inch deep of material across this 4 inch wide hole ....did I need to do more than 3 layers essentially to make it a faster process?
Rather annoyed they don't sell aluminate rapid-set premixed around me but I was too lazy to go to Home Depot 15 miles away
.
Anyways hope someone can help me and sort of demystify what went wrong.
I was attempting to install a Ring video doorbell (hooray -_- )....It required drilling into the stucco to create holes for anchors. As I was doing it for 2 screws at the desired height of the unit - the holes lined up with hairline cracks in my stucco - and as you all may guess - chunks of stucco fell (lol).
I'm by no means a construction dude but I have researched a tad bit. I realized I had to get some pre-mixed stucco (I got one by DAP) and its a little bit of a nightmare. I used a "scratch coat" aka 1st layer into this hole and applied it with my bare hands into this uneven looking hole.... (dont believe a trowel will work nicely for the hole). I then let it dry. I then applied a much more generous "brown" coat aka 2nd layer coat? And this one has been drying for almost 2 days...when I push on it however, it feels like....well..sort of like ...firm playdough. Not hard at all. And as I push on one area, another area sort of "bubbles" up and pushes out some more firm play-doughish stucco. It feels like a bit of a stucco bubble rising...it's not air...just feel like stucco to me that bulges out.
Did I mess up?
Not sure what the deal is (maybe I used too much for the 2nd layer) I would say 2nd layer was a solid inch deep of material across this 4 inch wide hole ....did I need to do more than 3 layers essentially to make it a faster process?
Rather annoyed they don't sell aluminate rapid-set premixed around me but I was too lazy to go to Home Depot 15 miles away
.Anyways hope someone can help me and sort of demystify what went wrong.
