The process of applying acrylic stucco involves a multistage process, starting with the application of a water-resistant barrier on the surface to be treated. This is followed by the application of a water-resistant coating on the surface to be treated. The stucco can be applied directly to concrete, stone, or brick walls and does not require a frame or other support structure. It can also be tinted to achieve a desired color or finish.
Synthetic stucco is a system called Exterior Insulation and Finish System, which is made of a foam board applied to the surface while some wire mesh is applied over it. Coats of a polymer mixture are then applied. The installation process begins with the attachment of an expanded polystyrene insulating board to the building’s exterior wall. The acrylic stucco is then applied using a bonding agent.
- Clean your stucco by pressure washing it before starting the painting process.
- Repair any cracks by applying a base coat to the entire surface of the area you are siding. Trowel it on to a thickness of at least ½ inch.
- Allow the primer to dry for two hours, then wash the brush with water. Pour the acrylic base into the bucket and stir in the stucco texture using a wooden stir stick. Apply the stucco using the roller, moving slowly to avoid slinging bits of stucco onto other surfaces. Dip the roller often to ensure a full, even texture.
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Stucco acrylics applied. Acrylic stucco versus traditional. Acrylic plastering for flexibility. Folks, we are located in Oakland, CA.
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Apply acrylic stucco. Folks, we are located in Oakland, Ca. Hello, this video is packed with helpful information on avoiding color …
Lots of great info here. Recently applied an acrylic fine finish over a base/mesh coat. After a heavy rain, some water got behind a few areas on the home and it bubbled up. Adhesion between the acrylic coat and base coat seems poor overall, and can be scraped off even in the dry areas with a drywall knife. Any ideas? Does the entire acrylic coat need to be scraped off and redone? Base coat seems dry, smooth, and is new/in good shape. The walls were primed, 2+ coats. Thanks in advance
Love your articles Kirk. You can tell you love what you do, and I feel I’ve learned a lot. Question about an acrylic finish: if you choose to do a smooth steel trowel finish, is this as susceptible to cracking as a smooth santa barbara finish? Also, does a smooth acrylic finish also require two coats ?
I am a Wall and Floor tiler solid plasterer, I build pools for a living and have just retired my render business of 15 years. I have used pool trowels for there correct use which is mainly for pebble and marble interiors, a pool trowel is supposed to flex to give the user less grief when troweling a pool interior into coves etc. I have watched your articles for awhile now and don’t understand why you use a pool trowel, your walls would not be flat because of the flex of the trowel??? What’s the answer kirk?
UK here. I once finished a ceiling in an office block janitor’s store with just the light from the open door (no window). There was no lighting so conditions as given were miserable. When they switched the lights on it was awful. My mate who was running the job said, “aren’t you ashamed”? I said “no” and p*** myself laughing. “Thats what you get with no lighting”!
Hey Kirk I got a roughly 750 square foot house I am going to make an investment property and rent out. It needs quite a bit of work, including the stucco. The previous owner painted it and did a terrible prep job it appears. Cracks all over as well. My question is seeing as it’s peeling and cracked already would it be in my best interest to prep it properly and go with acrylic. Being a small house single story it might be worth while for an investment property. Extremes in temperatures also. Anywhere from -40 Celsius to +35 Celsius. Pardon my use of the metric system I am not quite familiar with Fahrenheit. Great articles by the way👍
Hey kirk a question . My dad has the idea always in his head that if you wet the walls they change color what do you think is it true . Cause we always spread dry and float with a plastic trowel the white one . And only use the green float in arcs . You have a lot of articles I’m trying to find all the acrylic .
A lot easier than how we do it in Western Australia. You guys seem to have Better systems over there. I’d never heard of stucco before. A lot of our stuff is yellow sand, cement and lime. And the acrylic stuff is tedious. You have to be right on top of it rubbing small circles with a plastic float. Love your work mate thanks for the articles.
Hey kirk I have a question, it does not pertain to this article, but it would be nice if you could help a fella out, if possible. My parents have an old house built in 1957. There was just a big rain storm and the concrete basement flooded, not the first time. It seems the footings and walls where poured before the ground was. There was so much water pressure, water came in between the small gaps in them. What kind of caulking would you recommend to seal that? Im a huge fan of you and would love to hear your opinion.
Hi Kirk, I recently coated a 12 metre high steel framed blueboard cladd lift shaft with this stuff using rope access equipment and no scaffolding. It was near 35 degree celcius on the sunny side of shaft most days and i found it extremely difficult to avoid getting dry joints due to the exposure to direct sun and heat on surface of cladding. I could only apply until about 10am in the morning on the sunny side of shaft. Looking back i wish i had used a polymer modified cement render such as the Australian manufactured Rokcote instead of an acrylic. I enjoyed your article and learned something from it. The way you sponged using the edges of the sponge instead of flat face made all the difference. Thanks Adam J Edgar Sydney Australia
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Hi Kirk, can you tell me what you think about Allegro coating for rejuvenation of 10 year old stucco that has a lot of spalling? I am having a contractor do this for my home in New Mexico. He has quoted me $10,000 for parapet repair and allegro coating of my 2400 square foot home. I am a single woman, no prior experience with this, sometimes I feel like contractors will take advantage. For comparison, he quoted $15,000 for a full restucco. Thanks so much! Love your articles.
HI Kirk, I like the article and your description of ” Maintenance free ” . I have not seen all your vids yet but, Have You ever talked about Hexavalent Chromium which is in Portland cement ? Some people are more sensitive than others and once you have been bitten it can be a nightmare. M.S.D.S. is the way I learned about it.
Hi Kirk, I’m very glad I watched this article. I had no idea I could change the color of my house with a “color” coat of stucco. I am in the midst of a large DIY remodeling project, and part of the job will be to remove the rough finish in the front and replace it with the same kind of finish which surrounds the rest of the house. My wife calls the front finish “chunk monkey”, and I know there’s an industry standard for it, but I don’t know what it is. Whatever it is, she doesn’t like it, and therefore, neither do I. I’m sure you understand my reasoning here. Be that as it may, my original plan was to strip the front of the house and re-stucco with a “knock down” finish, which is what is on the rest of the house. Then I was going to paint the whole house in a different color. However, there are a number of defects in the existing stucco, so if there is a way to repair those defects and apply a color coat with the color of our choosing, well, that is the best of all worlds. I get the idea that paint is not as long-lived as a color stucco finish. I was just unaware that you could apply a color coat over existing stucco. If you’re interested in what I am doing, please check out my blog at [email protected] Thanks, again, for your post!
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I have been perusal your articles for some time now, i find them fascinating and having plastered my whole house in the past year have some appreciation for the skill and artistry involved in what you guy’s do . It certainly helped me understand and learn some new techniques . But it’s bloody hard work, thanks for taking the time and effort to create these article’s they have been and continue to be a benefit to mankind & me cheer’s fella’s .Martin