Allegro Cement Coating provides an alternative to painting stucco in the repair and renovation market and can be used over a variety of textures, including Santa Barbara Mission Finish. Due to its ...

Stucco is a cement-type mixture made of Portland cement, lime, sand and water. It is a thin finish coat that goes on the outermost layer of residential and commercial constructions.

At Home Explore Failed cement stucco: Why it happens and how to prevent it June 11, 2021 at 1:00 pm Updated June 11, 2021 at 1:37 pm ...

This thin coating of cement stucco on a poured concrete wall has fallen off. Two simple techniques would have prevented it from happening. (Tim Carter/TNS) Perspective by Tim Carter My wife and I ...

News Home and garden Ask the Builder: Failed cement stucco – why it happened, and how to prevent it Sat., June 12, 2021 This thin coating of cement stucco on a poured concrete wall has fallen off.

Here’s how I’d repair your damaged stucco or the face of the concrete block. I prefer to make my own repair mix using just medium clean sand and pure Portland cement.

Apply the stucco repair mix over the cement paint. Make sure it’s no thicker than a half-inch. If the area to be repaired is deeper or thicker than that, you might have to apply two coats of stucco.

Make up a test batch of the stucco, pouring it on a plastic sheet in the garage and waiting 30 to 45 days to see what color it turns out to be. The last thing you want is to do all this work and ...