The answer Considering how brutal Manitoba's winters can be, I can only imagine how dirty your white stucco house becomes. Painting stucco is ideal, as it can be very difficult to clean.

First things first There are two kinds of stucco on the market. Synthetic stucco, which has an acrylic finish with fiberglass mesh and a layering of foam, accounts for 25 percent of the marketplace.

Your repair job will look great if you keep two things in mind: Make the stucco patch look reasonably good, and match the paint exactly. Avoid premixed stucco because often it’s just not the ...

Don’t try to texture the repair material immediately, as it might take 10 or 15 minutes for the stucco material to stiffen. Tim Carter is a columnist for Tribune Content Agency.