Patent ID: 8349073

Claim:
A cementitious composition for use in a one coat or three coat stucco application, the composition comprising: a Portland cement meeting the requirements of ASTM C150 and having a C 3 A composition greater than about 7% by weight based upon the cement; a Plastic stucco cement meeting the requirements of ASTM C 1328; a sulfonated naphthalene formaldehyde condensate in an amount of from about 8 to about 10 ounces per hundredweight of cement; wherein the Portland cement and Plastic stucco cement are present in a ratio sufficient for the composition to have a C 3 A content greater than 7% by weight based upon the cement, an initial set time of from about 90 to about 150 minutes, an amount of air entrainment from about 8 to about 20 percent, and a surface area greater than about 5300 cm/g.