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 ...

Unpainted stucco or virtually any masonry material is well suited to paint. The rough texture of stucco, brick, concrete block and even stone provides lots of nooks and crannies that the paint can ...

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 ...