Our Guide To Painting Stucco:

We’re just going to briefly go over our process of painting of stucco on your Fort Worth home or business. It can be installed on your home or business and it’s relatively easy to paint and repair if you have the correct tools and products.

In our experience stucco has been installed on homes pretty much since the mid 90’s or so in Texas on a large scale. Obviously if you don’t live in Texas and you live in let’s say Arizona or Florida then it’s been used longer than that. We’ve seen entire homes covered in stucco and we’ve seen homes that were halfway covered in it. Much like you see with homes that were built in the 70’s and 80′ that were half brick and half siding. A lot of it depends on who the builder was. Stucco is a very hearty product that if maintained properly will last for years and years.

Stucco Repairs:

Quite a few contractors out there want to make it sound more difficult than it actually is to repair stucco. As a rule of thumb if you do have it on your home and you can stick a credit card in a crack it’s probably time for a repair. If it’s a hairline crack that is let’s say the thickness of a piece of paper you’re more than likely good with filling it with an elastomeric coating and then repaint. Just make sure you wipe off the excess before you proceed to paint. Now if you have the larger cracks you’re going to need to fill in the crack with the same elastomeric coating and then you’re going to need an acoustic hopper (Texture sprayer) yes, they sell them at Home Depot). Next you’ll need a sack of dry stucco , then mix it to a consistency that you can spray. Sometimes you can feather it out to match the adjacent surfaces and sometimes unfortunately you’ll need to spray the entire wall. Just have an eye for the repair you’re doing and it will lay out just fine.

The only caveat to that would be if it’s a large project they do sell and rent the equipment to do stucco on a large production project. In other words if you have a large home or commercial building more than likely if you have enough repairs to do it will encompass simply spraying all the walls and surfaces. The last thing we’ll add to that is covering all the surfaces that you DON’T want to get stucco on. Depending on the scope of the project there may be landscaping, light fixtures, rub rail, etc. You can cover these surfaces with tape and plastic, and of course drop cloths for ground areas.

Painting Stucco:

This part is not rocket science so let’s not make it more difficult than it is. This applies to either spraying or rolling. A good quality primer and paint is needed. Our rule of thumb is it doesn’t matter if the stucco has been previously painted or not, we ALWAYS use a high bonding primer before we paint. Can be Sherwin Williams or Benjamin Moore, just depends on your budget. Even kilz makes a high bond primer you can find at either Home Depot or Lowes.

What Kind Of Paint To Use On Stucco:

Lets move on to paint. If you’ve read through our website and our blog posts you’ll notice we reference Sherwin Williams and Benjamin Moore a lot. We typically stick with those brands because they have lots of stores and it’s good quality paint. When you offer a warranty like we do we like the ability to call a rep if something doesn’t perform like it should. With that said, what finish product you buy will be based on your budget. As you can tell a good quality exterior paint will make your painting project great. If you head to one of the stores we mentioned just ask the counter folks what they recommend, most of the time they’re pretty good at recommending what you’ll need.

Installation:

There’s two ways to do this, either you’re going to spray or roll it. If you choose to spray sometimes you will need to back roll it to achieve an even layout of your paint. Sometimes you won’t need to back roll it, what we’ll do is spray one wall without back rolling it first to determine if we’ll need to and then move on from there. Now of you’re going to roll it all, we can guarantee you’ll need to install at least two coats of paint on it even after the bonding primer.

Clean up: Well, that’s about it for stucco repair and painting. Once you’re done make sure when you remove all of your tape and paper/plastic you use a box knife to score all of your inside edges. If not we can guarantee you’ll remove some of your new stucco and paint. Good luck with your project, as always if you have questions please feel free to leave a comment or contact us, we’d be glad to help out.

Of course if you would like for someone else to tackle your project you can always contact us today!!

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