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1. 
   BillBrennen | Jul 21, 2005 05:53am | #1

   VG,

   If you want a plain sand finish, you can stop at the brown coat, then wait a month before painting. 3rd coat gives you finer control over the surface texture, since you are only working a 1/8" layer of mud over a flat substrate. It also presents the option of color without painting, if you like that look.

   Bill

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   jagwah | Jul 21, 2005 05:54am | #2

    Check out page 44 of FHB's annual House issue. The product  is  called Earth Plaster. Their web site is http://www.americanclay.com. 

   I havent used the stuff but it looks interesting.

    

   
   

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   Edited 7/20/2005 10:55 pm ET by JAGWAH

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   dinothecarpenter | Jul 21, 2005 05:57am | #3

   Hello.

   Try the D-Stucco Mix.

   Apply the D-Mix heavy  on the walls with a stucco roller.

   Then you can do the skip trowel technique.

   Very-Very light.

   Do I say very,very, very light?

   You can do a search on the D-Mix. (Newer first by YCF Dino.)

   and use 3 times  the Plaster of paris (3 coffee cups)

   This is something that the less you try to make it look nice....

   The Better EZ it.

    

   Good Luck

   YCF EZ Dino

    

   Edit to include the link to the D-Mix. 59185.1

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   Edited 7/20/2005 11:00 pm ET by YCFriend

   
   

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   Edited 7/20/2005 11:05 pm ET by YCFriend

4. 
   JerBear | Jul 21, 2005 01:56pm | #4

   It seems the answers that you are being given here are for rolling or troweling out a stucco like product onto a substrate of drywall. I could be misreading it but anyhow I thought drywall is not what you wanted on the walls. If you are ok with drywall being hung on the studs and just want the look of stucco, then yes go ahead and trowel on a thin layer of texture paint or plaster to get the look. If you want a wall without hanging any type of gyp board (drywall), then you will have to hang the wire mesh and ready yourself for a lot of troweling, preferably three coats. Back up the mesh with 15 lb felt for both moisture and to retain the wet mud onto the wire during the first coat. I don't recommend plastering from scratch an entire room or cabin by yourself if you've never done this before. Get a mason or better a plasterer (hard to find), and work along with them. If however you know how to...then go to. There's no going to the gym while you're doing this, the mixing alone gives a good workout. Good luck.