Moving Pictures to Flikr

 I have decided to move all my images to Flikr.  They are not as easy to upload to as my .Mac gallery, but I think it will be a little bit faster to view for you all.   I am going to change the links from the previous articles to match the corresponding Flikr set.  To see an index of all the pictures I have added on for my blog, click here.

Monolithic Stucco Goes Green

We had an interesting project last month that I thought would be fun to share.  Monolithic has been developing a new way to coat the airform using a concrete stucco that we call “Monolithic Stucco”.

The Monolithic Stucco we use today is a heavy mix of concrete, MC-76 (a chemical used to make lots of stucco base materials), polystyrene beads and colorant if desired.  Here is a list of the steps we take to spray Monolithic Stucco:

1. We first spray a coat of the Monoform Primer.  The Primer is sprayed with a standard airless paint sprayer.
2. Then we start to mix the Monolithic Stucco using: concrete sand, cement, MC-76, polystyrene beads, and the green colorant.
3. We then used our GHP 2500 to spray the stucco on the outside of the Monolithic Dome.

The polystyrene beads help keep the expansion and contraction of the concrete at bay, while a combination of the monolithic primer and the natural mechanical adhesion of concrete keep the stucco on the dome.

Coloring the concrete is optional and we have sprayed a lot of the domes with gray concrete and then coat them with Sil-Shield.

To see more pictures of the stucco process click here.