Materials for Stucco Dome?

[WaWaZat]

Re: Materials for Stucco Dome?

Well Wawa, your oven is on my list of the coolest looking ovens on this forum, well done.
About to render my dome but I think I'm gunna be boring and lay stone over it......maybe......yours looks pretty cool, did I already say that?
LoL
Paul

Why thx Paul... that's quite a compliment! Done right, stone doesn't have to be boring. I have an image in my mind of a cool indoor oven done in stone. Maybe in my next house.... or I have a friend that has shone interest once she saw mine. She has a real hiply decorated, modern city pad. I told her I'm envisioning a WFO just off her kitchen done in large stone.

[paulyboy]

Re: Materials for Stucco Dome?

Well Wawa, your oven is on my list of the coolest looking ovens on this forum, well done.
About to render my dome but I think I'm gunna be boring and lay stone over it......maybe......yours looks pretty cool, did I already say that?
LoL
Paul

[WaWaZat]

Re: Materials for Stucco Dome?

thats why I want to put another coat, the color is ok, but I wanted more red

The Quikrete red is really red... especially if you use the max dose. It was like a deep brick red. But it just wasn't for me.

[ThisOldGarageNJ]

Re: Materials for Stucco Dome?

Quikrete makes a concrete cleaner/prep

thanks, i will definitely look into that....

The color is Chromix "Sorrento Red" by Scofield Systems

thats why I want to put another coat, the color is ok, but I wanted more red,,

I think it was you that was boasting about the Qwikrete Surface Bonding Cement and you were right! SO easy to work with

Probably was me.. Love that stuff, so easy and so good......

Thanks
Mark

[fxpose]

Re: Materials for Stucco Dome?

I love that pine needle finish on the stucco. Nicely done!
We get so much pine needles on our roof and yard this may be the perfect finishing design for our oven too.

[WaWaZat]

Re: Materials for Stucco Dome?

hey wawa,
Just saw your final pics... Love the way you finished it, Im now consediering throwing on another coatt of SBC in the spring and re finishing like you did... Thanks and hope you dont mind.. I would also like to make my color a little darker as well...
Cheers
Mark

Yes, no prob... as long as you send pix! I'm glad to have been an inspiration! Quikrete makes a concrete cleaner/prep that I would consider using if I was applying another coat after my shell had sat outside for a while.

I experimented with the Quikrete red but didn't like it. I ended up scrambling at the last minute to get hold of the burnt orange that I used. A large concrete outfit near me was nice enough to sell me only what I needed. The color is Chromix "Sorrento Red" by Scofield Systems. There is 24 colors on the chart I have. I am EXTREMELY happy with the color and the way it turned out! Everything I envisioned, and with the last minute pattern, even more!

I think it was you that was boasting about the Qwikrete Surface Bonding Cement and you were right! SO easy to work with. I was a little nervous being my 1st ever concrete job. And with all the claims of strength, resistance to cracking & weather endurance, I can't imagine anything better.

[ThisOldGarageNJ]

Re: Materials for Stucco Dome?

hey wawa,
Just saw your final pics... Love the way you finished it, Im now consediering throwing on another coatt of SBC in the spring and re finishing like you did... Thanks and hope you dont mind.. I would also like to make my color a little darker as well...
Cheers
Mark

[WaWaZat]

Re: Materials for Stucco Dome?

Thx! The pattern was done with the edge of a small, triangular concrete trowel. Most of it was done in the dark w/a shop light, believe it or not. Took longer than expected to get the final coat on and ran out of daylight!

[paulyboy]

Re: Materials for Stucco Dome?

Cool looking! How did you do the pattern?
Paul

[WaWaZat]

Re: Materials for Stucco Dome?

No need to shave... the hairs pretty much lay down when smoothing the final coat with a trowel.

...tutti hanno finitoo!! Check out the pix

[Roadkyng]

Re: Materials for Stucco Dome?

Thought about burning them off if necessary, but afraid that might leave a burn mark on the colored finish. The next choice might be a tedious once-over w/a sharp exacto.

you could always break out your trusty Norelco....just make sure you post a pic of you giving your dome a shave.

[WaWaZat]

Re: Materials for Stucco Dome?

The fibers are actually polypropylene. Glass fibers react with the alkalinity in cement, so they have not been used for many years for stucco or concrete, although they may be used in refractory applications. If it looks hairy, you can burn them off with no problem.

Thought about burning them off if necessary, but afraid that might leave a burn mark on the colored finish. The next choice might be a tedious once-over w/a sharp exacto.

[Tscarborough]

Re: Materials for Stucco Dome?

The fibers are actually polypropylene. Glass fibers react with the alkalinity in cement, so they have not been used for many years for stucco or concrete, although they may be used in refractory applications. If it looks hairy, you can burn them off with no problem.

[WaWaZat]

Re: Materials for Stucco Dome?

I found that sponging the surface of the SBC *did* bring the hairs to the surface, but once it dried, most of them brushed off. I had to hand pick a few others off. In general, this wasn't a big deal and well worth the added structural benefit.

That's good to know. There were fiberglass fibers in my refractory casted oven dome. If you would have run your hand across it, you'd cut up your hand pretty good.

[sjmeff]

Re: Materials for Stucco Dome?

did the fiberglass fibers in the SBC bother you for using as the finish coat

I found that sponging the surface of the SBC *did* bring the hairs to the surface, but once it dried, most of them brushed off. I had to hand pick a few others off. In general, this wasn't a big deal and well worth the added structural benefit.