Who else is still doin it outside?

[Jace]

started my last outside job today, well i say my i mean a mate i sub off render a large house all round got to be done by saturday hopefully by tomorow it will almost be done and i can go back indoors again

 

[Rigsby]

Yes mate I'll often up the lime to make the gear more workable as much as anything when making it weaker.
If you make sure that an 8:1:1 ratio cures properly it'll be plenty hard enough to paint and still look great thirty years down the line.
I always use fibres in both coats with S&C and even then still put stress patches in, and that's even on dense blocks. Now I'm starting to use the Parex gear I'll always fully mesh as I can't put fibres in.

Sound advice. If it does crack then you can prove it is not down to you.