Text Box: 264 Nevarez     El Paso, Texas 79927              866-444-4160

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Text Box:           Unicoat Three Coat Exterior Wall Stucco System is an ideal exterior wall treatment for residential, commercial, institutional or industrial buildings.   Unicoat Three Coat Exterior Wall Stucco System is a pre-blended dry mixture of cement, fibers and cement modifiers to create a fiber reinforced conventional stucco base. Unicoat Three Coat t Exterior Wall Stucco System provides design flexibility, durability, water management and versatility. It can be finished in a variety of ways including premixed colored cement stucco finish coats, elastomeric coatings and paints.   Advantages   · Provides water management. · Fiber reinforcement increases flexural and tensile strengths, providing increase crack resistance. · Can be upgraded with reinforcing mesh. · Provides much greater consistency in mix proportions than jobsite mixed basecoats. · Ideal basecoat system for most of Unicoat ® Finishes. · Extremely Impact Resistance. · Impervious to termites, rot and fungus. · Two forms designated as Unicoat Three Coat Fiber Reinforced Stucco Sanded and Unicoat Three Coat Fiber Reinforced Stucco Concentrate. · Great workability for faster application time. · May be modified with Unicoat 2000 to increase crack resistance and flexural strengths and speed curing process.   Approved Substrates   · Exterior Gypsum Sheathing. · Plywood. · OSB Board. · Expanded and Extruded Polystyrene. · Cement Boards. · All types of masonry surfaces. · Open frame construction as per UBC code requirements.   Approved Finishes   · Unicoat Color Stucco · Unicoat Max Elastomeric · Unicoat Plus Elastomeric   Notes and Limitations   · Follow UBC or ICC requirements  for proper lath, substrate and assemblies for this system · Proper sand complying with ASTM C897 is critical to the performance of Unicoat Three Coat Stucco. · Use of control joints is recommended. These should be specified by the Architect on all architectural drawings and details. · No other admixtures are allowed except those specifically recommended by Somar Industries. · Apply only when ambient and surface temperatures will remain above 40°F for 48 hours following application.  Protect surfaces from uneven and excessive evaporation.  · Proper moist curing is very important to the overall integrity of the Three Coat stucco system.  · Inadequately cured basecoats will be more susceptible to cracks, softness, and finish coat color problems.  Moist cure a  minimum of 48 hrs after application. · Gap wood base sheathing 1/8” at all joints. · Mixing instructions for Unicoat Three Coat are printed on each bag.  Additional recommendations are available from Somar Industries upon request. · Water used for mixing must be potable and free from any deleterious materials. · Protect from uneven and excessive drying during hot, dry, and windy weather conditions.     Somar Industries, LTD 264 N. Nevarez Rd El Paso, Texas 79927 915-858-8080 915-858-8288 fax Info@somarindustries.com

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