Cracks, Why?

[Dion Battles]

I would like to know why I had these cracks appear. I sprayed the scratch coat with water, it is not very thick, and it is the TruPac mix. I am looking forward to hearing what you have to say and any ideas that you guys have to fix it. Is there a slurry or cream that I can mix the will fill them without affecting the texture? Thank you everyone for your responce.

[Chris Lloyd]

Something Better Co. Inc. makes an overlay specifically for this. You can overlay cabinets doors and all kinds of wood projects. they are located in Arizona. I have used a few of his products and they make some good stuff... Hope this helps

Lee Woolsey said:

Concrete Coatings Inc makes a stampable overlay in both white and gray mixes (http://concretecoatingsinc.com/stamp_tek_stampable_overlay.html). It has fiber in the mix and feels kind of granular, but it holds texture well and works pretty well in shower applications. We made a great barn-wood sample for our last home show display with it. (You have to use a VAE primer or it'll delaminate -- http://concretecoatingsinc.com/duraset-vae.html )

 

All the other showers I do, have either used their G-100 grout & modifier or Tru-Pak.

[jeff kirt/ kirtbag Carving mix]

Hey dion, look on concrete solutions web site and look into polymer overlay specs. It gives you overlay recipes. I believe they are for horizontal, but with adding less water the will prob work well. They take stamps well. Also like Chris said, sbc mix is 1 part cement and 1 part #60 silica sand, and 1 part #90 silica sand and polymer. Thats all thats in bryans mix. Works great. Fly ash would help to slow it down and make it stickier. Just my opinion.

[Chris Lloyd]

thanks Jeff for the recipe. going to give it a try tomorrow. damn, the things you learn on this forum,

I LOVE IT!!!!!

[Kyle Nicholson]

Jeff, Is this recipe what you use? And Chris, how did it work out for you?

jeff kirt said:

Hey dion, look on concrete solutions web site and look into polymer overlay specs. It gives you overlay recipes. I believe they are for horizontal, but with adding less water the will prob work well. They take stamps well. Also like Chris said, sbc mix is 1 part cement and 1 part #60 silica sand, and 1 part #90 silica sand and polymer. Thats all thats in bryans mix. Works great. Fly ash would help to slow it down and make it stickier. Just my opinion.

[jeff kirt/ kirtbag Carving mix]

Hey kyle, this mix is really just for thin overlay applications. I have a mix im putting out i can send you a couple bags to practice with. Let me know if your interested.