{"id":640,"date":"2009-06-21T10:04:41","date_gmt":"2009-06-21T17:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/?p=640"},"modified":"2014-08-06T14:11:54","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T21:11:54","slug":"the-slab-becomes-a-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/archives\/640","title":{"rendered":"The slab becomes a floor"},"content":{"rendered":"

As much as things went badly yesterday, today they went splendidly.<\/p>\n

We got up 5 again to stain, and today the weather was clear. We set out to the property and began work. I’ll let the pictures and movies tell the story. (One minor sidenote: The rain seems to have brought up some of the Quikrete. We had to scrape and wash down the slab *again*. So Quikrete wasn’t the perfect crack patcher either. Maybe there isn’t one. Anyway, it’s good enough.)<\/p>\n

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\nStaining the Slab<\/a>
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(The color on the movie is a bit dark and orange. This picture shows the actual color.)<\/p>\n

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More pictures are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We just love Soycrete. It was so easy to work with and gave beautiful results.<\/p>\n

We also did the final stucco coat on the greenhouse columns. This came out really nice too. For me, a lot of this was a practice run for the house. The color turned out really nice, and I would definitely use something similar for the house. (We will be going with a slightly different stucco, one that is plasticized, which we discovered since we bought this first batch, helps prevent cracking).<\/p>\n

I finished the stucco two different ways. The first was more of a rough finish. The second was smoother (achieved by misting and sponge troweling it pretty aggressively). While we liked both, I think we’ll probably go with the smoother look. We may do either a different texture or even color on the “architectural details.” (Those are the parts of the exterior walls that stick out a bit to look more interesting.)<\/p>\n

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