Spatter dash

Description

An ornamental textured Stucco finish. Spatter dash is applied by throwing a stiff mixture of Portland cement and Sand against a wet finish coat (Bucher 1996). It is not the same as slab dash or slapdash.

Synonyms and Related Terms

roughcast; rough cast

Resources and Citations

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

• Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: "plaster." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2004. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. 17 Nov. 2004 .

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000