ROUGHCASTING

[STUART SIMPSON]

Hi

i recently got the outside of my house roughcasted with beige pebbledash, the external staircase wasnt done and so the brickwork is still exposed.

i have bags of the same roughcast/ pebbledash to do the job and feel quite confident enough to do it.

my question is how to i prepare the brick, do i mix a cement mix and scratch it and allow it to dry then apply another coat and then throw the pebbles at it before it goes dry? Also i wouldnt want the other coat to be grey cement colour as the pebble dash/ roughcast is beige and this would probably show through.

any help appreciated

thanks

stuart

 

[Alastairreid]

You will need the same background as the rest of the building, is it sand and cement with a colour through it or a polymer thru colour that has been used.