Stucco

Stucco or render is a <a href="/facts/Construction/58eqDhy9">construction</a> material made of <a href="/facts/Construction_aggregate/K7XM0BAg">aggregates</a>, a <a href="/facts/Binder_(material)/GBxjQF0U">binder</a>, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture. Stucco can be applied on construction materials such as <a href="/facts/Metal/PT8hNX6R">metal</a>, <a href="/facts/Expanded_metal/YPLoVWHt">expanded metal lath</a>, <a href="/facts/Concrete/K6whGVNx">concrete</a>, <a href="/facts/Cinder_block/kpnN48EV">cinder block</a>, or clay <a href="/facts/Brick/2CBPgDIK">brick</a> and <a href="/facts/Adobe/JADhebUw">adobe</a> for decorative and structural purposes.
In English, "stucco" sometimes refers to a coating for the outside of a building and "<a href="/facts/Plaster/GG73HRD7">plaster</a>" to a coating for interiors. As described below, however, the materials themselves often have little or no difference. Other European languages, notably Italian, do not have the same distinction: stucco means plaster in Italian and serves for both.

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Stucco