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            Jobs in progress-updated December 22, 2009
               Almost 11 years of jobs in progress, update # 109 !
Greetings from Virginia, internet capital of the world. All finishes you see are REAL portland cement and
REAL sand and not the toxic synthetic (fake) junk that comes out of a bucket.
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**Tom's retaining wall**

Tom made this nice copper plaque which we embedded in the stucco. It was really 2009 and not 2008, in case you're wondering.. Please click here or on the pictures for more.	Paint is chipped off brick and old concrete. Crumbly old sand brick are crumbled down to where they are pretty solid. We fill inthis area with some high strength stuff to hold it all together. Please click here or on the pictures for more.

Look any better ? Wall finished with REAL portland cement and REAL sand. Color is stucco color from Expo stucco. Please click here or on the pictures for more.	Top of chimney is redone,and color matches retaining wall. Please click here or on the pictures for more.

**Pebble dash kings**
**our second color pebble dash project.**

Finished wall. Usually our pebble dash jobs are done with grey portland cement and are painted afterward. The reason we haven't done any color pebble dash, is that color work requires white portland cement, which sets a lot faster, not giving us much time to finish the wall. Now we have a little more confidence, we plan to do more in the future. Please click here or on the pictures for more.	A color sand mix is trowel on and then the color pebble mix is thrown on. Here, Mynor cuts in a drip groove below the window sill. Please click here or on the pictures for more.
	Old stucco was done just less than 20 years ago and was falling apart. Please click here or on the picture to see how we tore the old stucco off to re-do it.

**Old stucco repaired and resurfaced**
**Silver Spring, MD**

Finished house looks new again. Finish is REAL portland cement and REAL sand. Color is from Expo Stucco in San Diego. Please click here or on the pictures for more.	Old stucco is chipped using an electric chipping hammer. This allows new mortar to key on the old basecoat. To the right of the arch opening, you can see our bonding coat applied. This is a mixture of portland cement and sand with plenty of acrylic in the mortar for a permanant adhesion. Please click here or on the pictures for more.
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Bonding coat is applied on the old stucco and the surface is left rough for the finish coat to bond well. Please click here or on the pictures for more.	Susan B Anthony dollars are embedded in the mortar on top of the chimney cap. One day, someone will climb up here and see them. Please click here or on the pictures for more.

**Stucco addition**
**Arlington, VA**

We stuccoed the side wall on this house in 2001. Click here to see what we did then	We screened the pebbles to match the original.

We have finished other jobs, but I'll save them for next time. We are working on some cool stuff now,
so please check back to see more. Here i wanted to show mainly resurfacing old stucco, and our
favorite,pebble dash stucco.
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