Old stucco was a victim of peeling paint.
Painting over old paint is just putting good on bad. The paint underneath will continue to peel.
Stucco recoated better than new in Chevy Chase
Here's how we did it:
The wood trim never had flashing.
We cut back the stucco and put on flashing on every horizontal tudor board.
The original welded wire lath was still in good shape.
Furring nails from 1927
The head of the nail was on one side allowing the lath to be hung without nailing the lath tight to the wall. A lot of the failure we see in stucco over the last 40 years is lath nailed to tight to the wall.
Stucco and lath is cut off back to the sheathing. New flashing is put on, the back side sealed with tape, and new metal lath put on.
The flashing is first patched in, then the whole wall is coated with plenty of flex-con in the mortar. The surface is left rough for a good bond for the finish.
Loose paint is scraped off.
Where the paint doesn't scrape off easily, wall is chipped with a chipping hammer.
The original texture was done using a burlap bag like this..
Paint tint is mixed in a garbage can, with a half and half mix of flex-con and water.
Each panel is done differently, adding movement and depth to the finished wall.
Another view of the finished wall. No, you can't read where the patches are.
My peace symbol, hidden in the texture.
