Does your house look something like this?
Posted on 06/28/2018 11:03:03 PM PDT by OneVike
Lol. It took me a few, but I got it.
You is bad, Mr. Rhett.
What depressive Cure? Love the dark stuff.
It made me think of snogging which is actually making out English slang..I think
i don’t understand why fogging woudl be a one time only- it’s basically spray painting with added sand- if you were to solely spray paint without the sand- you could spray again later-
I like the Cure...some 80s music is nice.....but the early stuff is dark cause I think Robert Smith had no woman
I prefer pre 80s wave....stuff like Joy Divison which without there would be no Cure or Psychedelic Furs or Depeche Mode
Of course purists would say with no Kraftwerk there would be no Joy Divison
Joy Divison which is basically New Order with the original founder singer is a poignant story
On the cusp of ...as in night before they were supposed to fly to the USA to a receptive tour the singer who suffered from profound epilepsy including while performing was so afraid to travel and his almost daily tonic clonic seizures he took his own life
His personality was the stage band no question.....he just couldn’t handle the fear of his own illness
Sad to me...
I know freepers love to scold so I prolly shouldn’t share but his music is haunting ....it takes quite a guy at that young age 23 to weather
Spray it with regular paint — same thing for both siding and stucco.
If you wish to do it yourself, buy an inexpensive (under $100) airless sprayer at HD or Lowes.
If not, hire a painter.
If the stucco has never been painted, you might be best off leaving it so. Just as with brick or stone, those surfaces are best left unpainted. Stucco or brick “breathes” in that it absorbs and releases moisture. A layer of paint will create a vapor barrier that could cause the paint to trap moisture and ultimately case the paint to peel.
If the stucco surface is dirty, there are gentle house washes available you can apply using a garden hose. Not at all caustic or harsh smelling. You can buy the house wash at places like Home Depot.
Stucco is a mix of sand, Portland cement, lime and water, as well as additives including fibers and synthetic acrylics.
I have never in my life seen a stucco house that was not painted.
Does your house look something like this?
Paint. Fog coat looks like a mess to clean up.
I have never in my life seen a stucco house that was not painted
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It may be dye added to the stucco mixture when originally applied. A paint layer would be different in that it is likely latex acrylic and would form a plastic film on the surface. The dye permeates the stucco.
We painted ours and it looks the nicest on the street. I would paint it again. Worked out very well. I was sure to match the paint to the exact color of the stucco. I think that helped with the look.
My neighbor down the street did the same and his looks real good also.
It takes lots of paint. Those stucco walls soak it up like you can’t believe.
Pay a pro
Never heard of this "fogging" term you speak of. Please explain what you mean.
Spray painting is best for rough stucco where there are many indentations and hidden pockets or crevices caused by the stucco trowel.
If the stucco has a smoother sand finish, then rolling or brushing the paint on is adequate as long as you use a thick-nap roller.
But "fogging"? Never heard of it.
That whiskey colored antiseptic mouthwash is cheaper. We use a cap full in paint to cover pruned limbs on trees. Kills bacteria.
Scrape it and replace it with siding.....
Painting not recommended. It has the ability to trap any moisture in the stucco.
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/4245904/changing-the-color-of-stucco
Whatever is decided; Careful, no overheating yourself in the heat of the summer!
Good luck. Don’t break a leg! :-)
LOL!
Siding. Vinyl is Final.
Paint with elastomeric
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