SIDEWALK REPAIRS

1. Widen crack with cold chisel to about  2" width and clean out broken masonry and dirt down to the bottem of the crack.
2. Wet the interior of the crack with water, or  better stilll, paint with a bonding chemical which will assure adherence.
3. Mix prepared cement and water thoroughty until batch is uniformly plastic. Then trowel into crack and press down.
4. Level off and let stand 30 minutes until surface is watery, then smooth with steel float. To roughen, use wood float.

FILLING HAIRLINE CRACKS IN STUCCO

1. Use a cold chisel to dig out all the loose cement; open the crack to about double its existing depth.Undercut the crack to provide a key or slot the new cement to hold.
2. Wet the crack thoroughty with a brush or cloth,or use a hose. Fill crack, using a putty knife,and overlap each side about 1", smooting cement into the exising surface.
3. If you stucco is colored, buy matching colored stucco, called sand-finish,and dab a wet sponge in the material. Dab the material over crack filler, applying in circular motion.
4. This isthe way the repaired crack should look. In 3 or 4 days the sand-finish will dry-it fades as much as 70% and should nearly match the old stucco finish.