Walter R. wrote:

People do not realize that, once they paint stucco, they have to continue
painting it. Actually, stucco, that has never been painted, should be
"washed" with a thin coat of cement based slurry of the same color as the
original. Makes the stucco look like new, hides cracks, costs almost
nothing, very little effort.



It would match the mildewy sidewalk if we did this in Florida.
Different animals here ) The paint
also helps keep the rain out when hurricanes blow by - lots of folks
here had water intrusion
THROUGH walls. Older homes, with fewer coats of paint, were less
likely to suffer.