I’ve replaced all of the windows in my house and done a few other things. My house basically looks like a bunch of stucco patches and I would like to do something about it.
Can stucco be sandblasted and a new top coat applied? I would also like to have it textured like a plaster (a troweled look) and have it built up so that the windows are recessed.
Is this a standard practice?
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thanks for all the replies. A Santa Barbara finish is exaclty what I am looking for. My home is a 1959 structure and the existing stucco reflects the era, it was probably sack rubbed. I did all the window and door replacements and while my weather proofing reflects best practices, my stucco work reflects how much I dislike doing stucco work. :)The work is good from a performance standpoint, I just want it to look more refined and go with a color coat so I never have to paint my house again. With the info from this thread I can call around to a couple of contractors and get some bids. Thanks.
If you stucco patching texture matches, then you can fogcoat.
If the colored stucco has never been painted, then you can fog coat.
Fog coat is colored stucco without the sand.
Fogcoat is used when plasters want to restore stucco's color or even out the color of a large wall.
Google "Fogcoat"
thanks, my house is painted hence my question about sandblasting to get down to a topcoat that could be resurfaced.
Another option that has not been discussed yet is you could re-lathe the outside and go with a one-coat system like Western (which is really a two coat system, go figure).That way you get your build-up, the paint is irrelevant, and everything is like new.It's not that hard to do. Nailing the wire on is a little tedious, but not bad.
Yes, you can have a new color coat put on. There may be more work, such as an extra prep coat, if you want a smooth finish or a Santa Barbara finish which show no sand. I believe this is what you are describing as a plaster finish.
Not sure how you could recess your windows at this point as you say they are already installed.
Did a stucco contractor install the window patches?
John
I think you can install an acrylic finish coat over good paint with a bonderizer.
You can install fat rectangular foam trim around the windows and texture everything to match.
My house basically looks like a bunch of stucco patches and I would like to do something about it.
Might help to snap a couple pics and post them here.
Can stucco be sandblasted and a new top coat applied?
Would not be my first choice. The color coat is generally close to 1/8" thick, and it really wants to all come off to make a proper job of it. That's a lot of sandblasting. It's a fair amount of grinding and scraping, which is a better answer than sandblasting, like as not.
I would also like to have it textured like a plaster (a troweled look) and have it built up so that the windows are recessed.
That's probably two different things. Depending on what sort of texture is already in place, a new finish coat can be put over the existing. The variable being in how much effort is required to take the old texture off.
Now, the way most stucco has been done, it is applied over the sheathing. This is about the same plane, if not the exact same plane, most windows are applied to. That makes getting a recessed look something requiring a bit of effort. If this wer new work, we might specify a layer (or layers) of foam sheeting over ther sheathing, upon which the stucco would then be placed. In commercial work, that's called EIFS, which has a veery bad rap in residential work due to some folks intalling it bady with worse flashing. But, in a remodel, you'd be looking at having to apply foam to entire wall planes, if not entire walls, to get it right. That would take knocking down existing texture, too.
Is this a standard practice?
Not exactly. Badly patching replacement windows on stucco walls, though, does seem to be far too "standard" sad to say.
Stripping stucco down and refinishing? That depend on how much stucco is done in your area. Stripping down stucco and furring it out with foam? Not a hugely common remodel, but not super-rare, either--back to how much stucco work is done in your region. (Building out with foam over existing stucco is not a job for "lowest bidder" either--the flashing details need to be super-right.)