"dadiOH" wrote in message
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Billy Pilgrim wrote:

Almost all the stucco houses in NM have no eaves (flat roofs) and
the walls get soaked. Probably why painting them is such a bad I idea.

Flat roofs? Could you possibly be talking about adobe houses plastered
with adobe (mud)? If so, please note that adobe and stucco (portland
base) are *not* the same thing.

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you are absolutley right. I'm talking about your standard stucco house with
a flat roof.

here is a typical one:

http://www.drewowensllc.com/html/tierra_madre_rd_.html

this is right down the road from where I lived in Abq.

Beautiful...

You can bet this house will never be painted.