# Eisenwall vs. standard 3-coat stucco

**URL:** <https://forum.4specs.com/t/eisenwall-vs-standard-3-coat-stucco/3685>\
**Category:** Archive - Product Discussions #6\
**Created:** [May 17, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.4specs.com/t/eisenwall-vs-standard-3-coat-stucco/3685 "2020-05-17T12:46:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Unregistered\_Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/74df32/32.png) [@Unregistered\_Guest](https://forum.4specs.com/u/Unregistered_Guest)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.4specs.com/t/eisenwall-vs-standard-3-coat-stucco/3685/1 "2020-05-17T12:46:11Z")

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Good morning. I recently specified a standard 3-coat exterior cement plaster system, and Eisenwall was submitted as a possible substitution (mostly for its rapid cure). I’ve never used this product before, but the literature makes it seem like an acceptable substitution. Have any of you used Eisenwall before, and if so has the experience been positive. Thanks for your feedback!

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**Author:** ![lazarcitec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@lazarcitec](https://forum.4specs.com/u/lazarcitec)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.4specs.com/t/eisenwall-vs-standard-3-coat-stucco/3685/2 "2020-05-17T13:38:01Z")

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Never specified this product for exterior plaster (stucco)in Florida, actually never new it existed until your query, curious to hear comments from other 4specs contributors.

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**Author:** ![michael\_chusid](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/forum.4specs.com/michael_chusid/32/211_2.png) [@michael\_chusid](https://forum.4specs.com/u/michael_chusid)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.4specs.com/t/eisenwall-vs-standard-3-coat-stucco/3685/3 "2020-05-17T18:55:16Z")

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I wrote about Eisenwall in a Construction Specifier article. See [https://www.constructionspecifier.com/publications/de/200909/?page=42](https://www.constructionspecifier.com/publications/de/200909/?page=42). The projects I examined performed well. I particularly like that it’s reduced shrinkage reduces the need for shrinkage joints. Have the contractor do a field sample and check it out for yourself.

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**Author:** ![jpotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@jpotter](https://forum.4specs.com/u/jpotter)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.4specs.com/t/eisenwall-vs-standard-3-coat-stucco/3685/4 "2020-05-19T14:16:22Z")

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Eisenwall is a two-coat plaster system. It is a good product. However, verify with your local building code that a three-coat stucco system is not required.

On school work in CA, we get substitutions for two-coat plaster systems all the time. We have to deny them because the CBC specifically lays out the requirements for a three-coat system.