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Q: We have a stucco bungalow that we painted with Towerthon elastomeric paint in the late 1980s, and it has endured our rainy climate well here in Vancouver, Canada.
Slapped-on paint won't last on stucco / Careful preparation imperative for job that will look good for decade or more. By Bill Burnett, Kevin Burnett Sep 23, 2006.
Q: In 2005, we painted our 1959 stucco house in the Washington Manor area of San Leandro with elastomeric paint. I was home and over the course of the week, I watched the contractor power wash ...
It may not stop traffic, but a fresh coat of paint can do wonders to transform a house finished in stucco. On a porous substance like stucco, the paint to use is acrylic, which will allow the ...
Here are more painting tips, this time about stucco, for which I get many, many questions. I turn, as usual, to Debbie Zimmer at the Dow Chemical Paint Quality Institute.
When you do paint, put a good primer on first; then apply the paint. That fresh paint will help your stucco shed water. After you paint the new areas, ...
QUESTION: My neighbours recently had their home re-stuccoed, but the stucco at the base of the house is breaking away. They’ve already moved the dirt away and stopped planting in that area of th ...
When your rough-textured walls fade, refresh their color. You can achieve a pro paint job by following these steps for how to paint stucco.