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Re-coating painted stucco in Washington, DC
Painted stucco is re-coated to look like new with REAL color cement stucco.
We have a permanent method of doing re-coating old walls.
Back in 1914 an ornate cast cement panel was put on. No, we didn't re-coat it.
Columns and decorative bands were re-coated.
You may have seen our method for re-surfacing painted stucco. We first chip the wall into the basecoat using electric chipping hammers.
The wall is chipped into the old basecoat about every three inches or so allowing a good bond with the new mortar.
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Wall is chipped up and the loose paint is scraped off.
A bonding coat is put on first using Flex-con, an acrylic admixture for adhesion. Flex-con not only makes mortar a stong adhesive, it more than doubles the strength of cement mortar. The surface is roughed up using a rubber float.
All our chimneys have a band at the top for a drip edge. The original chimney didn't, but we did it anyway. The drip edge extends the life of the chimney by preventing so much water from running down. Water wears a lot, look at the Grand Canyon for example.
All our chimneys have coins stuck in the top for a time capsule. Here is a Wisconsin quarter and a Quetzal, a coin from Guatemala.
Spanish tile roof is scaffolded by using sand bags. They are under the plastic, so take my word for it.If you walk on tile without sand bags they will break.
Follow this link to the mystic stucco secret of the sand bags.
Color cement finish is put on and rubbed with a float.
