First time post. We recently purchased a 1918 Tudor revival house that has the original 3 coat stucco which is in good condition aside from some areas that have bowed and will need to be cut out and replaced. The stucco has stones imbedded in it as was typical at the time and has also been painted several time and caulked as when cracks developed. My question: is it possible to prep/clean the existing surface and apply a fresh new top coat over the stones to give it a fresh clean look that will also last a long time? Stucco isn’t common in this part of the world (Halifax NS Canada) so finding a professional that knows 3 coat isn’t easy. I have attached some pics as well as the original section detail. Looking forward to your feedback. Thanks all.
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Pressure wash and then paint. It's a good opportunity to change colors if you would like. If you spray paint then make sure to backroll to give a good bond.
I have 10 years of good bonded Benjamin Moore paint to my 111 year old stucco house. I will probably get another 3-5 years before it needs a re-coat,
Thanks @sawdust_steve for the feedback. While painting would be ok I would like to add a layer of “parge” over the existing coat after repairing any bad spots. I want to give it a clean smooth finish.
Just do the patch and repair to the bad spots to match surrounding areas and them paint over everything to blend in. Why would you want to re-coat an entire house ?
My thought behind the overcoat is that we'd want a smooth finish. At the moment is is original pebble dash (3/4 stone). Aside from not being too fond of it, it is also hard to replicate where new stucco (patching) is introduced. I know that might seem ridiculous but I'm a stickler for details apparently ;)
You need to sand blast the whole thing, and knock (or grind) off the rocks. You can the recolorcoat. Hopefully the rocks will come off fairly cleanly. If not some patching will be in order. If you have no cracks this will last a life time. Cracks can be patched with mesh tape and stucco. The hard part will be finding someone who can do this in your area. Can't help you there.
Thanks for your feedback and advice. You are right - finding an expert here is not easy.
You'd be looking in the $50k range to get that done. Patch and squint.
there are probably a lot of plasterers who. would travel from Calif. for $50k
At this point I would go for that deal ;)
Another question. If the current stucco has been painted with oil based paint short of removing it how would you recommend we prep it to be able to add a skim coat over it? Thanks again !
Sand blasting is best, but I've had a plasterer roll on a coat of concrete glue before recoloring. This should work if the paint is adhering well.
Thanks for your feedback. My hope is to add a skim coat over the existing. I see there are products out there such as Larsen Weld-Crete which seem to be applied over potentially incompatible substrates like oil paint over existing stucco. From what I can tell this would work for what I am hoping to do - but again, there isn't much info out there on the application I am hoping for.