We learned a few tough lessons while repainting our stucco home, so I followed up with questions for painting pros.

DEAR TIM: I purchased an older stucco home that’s never been painted. It’s got some cracks in the stucco. Most range in width from 1/4 to 3/8-inch wide. The cracks are not getting any bigger, and a ...

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, scrape ...

Q: Our house has a stucco exterior that needs to be painted for the fourth time in the past 20 years. In previous paint jobs, we have done much scraping, used primer coats and finish paints made ...

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