Not really causing any problems as the area is sheltered from the
weather....but I would like to make it more invisible....can anyone
offer any advice? I don't think anything is still moving because the
crack has been there for 10 years and is almost impossible to see
except for the fact that everything else is perfect.....I think some
sort of stucco repair would certainly be better than a caulk job, but
am unclear as how to proceed....

wrote:
Not really causing any problems as the area is sheltered from the
weather....but I would like to make it more invisible....can anyone
offer any advice? I don't think anything is still moving because the
crack has been there for 10 years and is almost impossible to see
except for the fact that everything else is perfect.....I think some
sort of stucco repair would certainly be better than a caulk job, but
am unclear as how to proceed....

All stucco cracks. In the newer houses they are putting in control
strips to minimize the cracking, but it still happens. If it isn't
moving, your fine.

All stucco cracks. In the newer houses they are putting in control
strips to minimize the cracking, but it still happens. If it isn't
moving, your fine.

Absolutely true.

However, if the stucco is painted or sealed, you can buy an elastomeric
masonry paint that is made to cover just that. Have it tinted to match
and you are on your way.

Robert

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All stucco cracks. In the newer houses they are putting in control
strips to minimize the cracking, but it still happens. If it isn't
moving, your fine.

Absolutely true.

However, if the stucco is painted or sealed, you can buy an elastomeric
masonry paint that is made to cover just that. Have it tinted to match
and you are on your way.

Robert


Or caulk using latex caulk and then paint over that. A painter frend of
mine told me to put some Alex Plus caulk on a wet rag and rub the area to
fill hairline cracks then you can paint over that. Latex caulk can actually
be thinned that way

Stucco patch will not work unless the crack is big enough to hold enough
material.

PipeDown wrote:
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All stucco cracks. In the newer houses they are putting in control
strips to minimize the cracking, but it still happens. If it isn't
moving, your fine.

Absolutely true.

However, if the stucco is painted or sealed, you can buy an
elastomeric masonry paint that is made to cover just that. Have it
tinted to match and you are on your way.

Robert


Or caulk using latex caulk and then paint over that. A painter frend
of mine told me to put some Alex Plus caulk on a wet rag and rub the
area to fill hairline cracks then you can paint over that.

That's what I do. Works well.

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wrote:
All stucco cracks. In the newer houses they are putting in control
strips to minimize the cracking, but it still happens. If it isn't
moving, your fine.


Absolutely true.

However, if the stucco is painted or sealed, you can buy an elastomeric
masonry paint that is made to cover just that. Have it tinted to match
and you are on your way.

Robert

Our stucco on concrete block was painted over 5 years ago, and the
contractor used brushable caulk on the many fine hairline cracks. None
of them have reappeared, and the caulk doesn't show through the paint.
There is also a latex stucco patch that works very nicely on larger
defects, comes textured and plain.