crack-resistance | Walls & Ceilings

Strait-Flex Crack-Tape

September 7, 2022

Strait-Flex Crack-Tape repairs difficult stress cracks on flat surfaces and corners. Tested to be two times stronger than paper or mesh tapes, Crack-Tape repairs stress cracks and cracks due to truss uplift. Crack-Tape resists blisters, tears, shrinkage, wrinkles and cuts easily with a scissors or utility knife.

Hydroment Vivid

Bostik Inc.

December 1, 2016

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Bostik, Inc. introduces Hydroment Vivid, a rapid curing, premium grade, cement-based grout for the most demanding kitchen and bath projects.

Improving Longevity of Stuco

Michael A DeLaura

November 1, 2014

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Improving the longevity of stucco.

Preventing Ceiling Cracking with Resilient Channels

How to install resilient channels to avoid ceiling cracks

Matt Lamb

October 1, 2014

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Minimize ridging and cracking with proper installation of resilient channel.

Stucco Stop

How to Avoid Issues When Applying Stucco

Good Stucco Gone Bad

October 1, 2014

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Issues that can arise when applying stucco and how to avoid them.

Fiber Base Coat—Stucco Delivers Performance

SPEC MIX

September 1, 2014

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The company’s FIBER BASE COAT is dry, premixed cement-based stucco engineered using a proprietary formula that’s computer batched for consistency and performance superior to field mixed stucco.

STUCCO STOP

Preventing Cracks in Stucco

Controlling the Cracks

May 1, 2014

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What it takes to prevent cracking in stucco.

Bestcoat Masonry Coatings—Looks Like Stucco, Applies Like Paint

FORMULATED SOLUTIONS

February 1, 2014

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Bestcoat Masonry Coatings are high-build acrylic weatherproof coatings that economically hide surface irregularities and imperfections on masonry walls.

Walls and Ceilings Celebrates 75 Years of Lath and Plaster

A look back to what life was like when this magazine first hit the streets.

Mark Fowler

September 1, 2013

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Walls & Ceilings has been going since 1938. A lot has changed since then.

Acrylic Finishes

Merlex Stucco

May 9, 2012

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The company now has an acrylic finish product line to offer customers. MX Acrylic Finish offers the contractor a user-friendly, competitively priced acrylic finish product, to go with the company’s color matching and technical support.