Due to its texture, a stucco finish has a much greater overall surface area than a flat wall, so you’ll need more paint than ...

Synthetic stucco, which has an acrylic finish with fiberglass mesh and a layering of foam, accounts for 25 percent of the marketplace. Cement-based stucco comprises the rest.

Textured wall paint can add character or cover flaws or unevenness. Learn about different types of textured paint and how to texture a wall.

Avoid premixed stucco because often it’s just not the right texture. It tends to shrink, crack and leave an uneven appearance. Instead, buy a large bag of stucco (less than $15) and mix it with ...

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 ...

QUESTION: I am painting the outside of my house in Sierra Vista. My problem is that there are a lot of minor cracks in the textured stucco on my walls. When I caulk them and paint over them, I ...

For exterior stucco, the traditional application includes up to 4 layers — the dash (base) coat, scratch coat, brown coat, and finish coat — although newer methods require only 1 or 2 coats ...

Stucco is a particularly popular exterior finish for homes in the Southwest, but it can also be found texturing inter ...