Stucco Patching & Painting
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Six Types of Exterior Stucco
AA Brite 24/7 is located in Tucson Arizona, and we put local exterior stucco into one of six categories:
| Stucco Type | Advantages | Disadvantages | |
| A) Smooth | Considered the most elegant looking by many people | The walls can end up wavey if no skilled labor was used to build them. Cracks are difficult to repair and highly visable. |  |
| B) Sanded | Considered elegant looking and gives the home a soft feel. | If there are air voids or the texture came out sharp it is difficult to patch. |  |
| C) Sprayed Cement | Applies fast. Can be used to blend in new and old construction. | Sharp texture. Texture varies in height and density over the building. Some patches are easy and some are difficult depending on the texture. Frequently has alot of air bubbles. |  |
| D) Spanish Lace | Cracks less than all other kinds. Is the best for hiding defects. Seems to be stronger than other types. A popular stucco for new construction. | Not many other than it is not considered to be as elegant looking as sanded or smooth. |  |
| E) Tex Coating | Applies fast. Can be sprayed on over wood and pipes. | To my knowledge it hasn't been used in the past 20 years. It flakes off on large chunks. New patches could eventually fall off since the material its applied to was not intened to be stuccoed. |  |
| F) Synthetic Sprayed | Looks great and goes on fast. Is newer method. | The very few that I've seen have lots of air bubbles when looked at closely, and when patched have to be painted twice. This is a close up view. From a distance it looks great and non-contractors wouldn't normally notice the bubbles. |  |
Within each of these categories there will be quite a bit of variation in workmanship, which affects the look and also the likelihood that patches can be applied without looking like patches. As my friend and fellow painter Keith Black says "Great original stucco workmanship is easy to patch and paint, poor workmanship is a pain forever more."
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