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DIY Stucco Painting: Full Guide with Tools, Paint & Prep

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Begin by selecting the appropriate paint for your stucco. The video highly recommends using flat paint for stucco surfaces. Examples of suitable flat paints include Benjamin Moore Aura Flat, Behr Dynasty Flat, and Sherwin Williams Duration Flat. The presenter notes that Sherwin Williams Emerald Rain Refresh, while having a slight sheen, is also effective, likely due to its self-cleaning properties that allow dirt to wash off easily. Always choose a high-end, lifetime warranty coating for durability.

Goal: Choose the correct type and quality of paint for stucco

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right. Today we're going to be talking about painting stucco. I have some stucco in front of me that um I'm going to be painting. I'm going to give you some tips and tricks, you know, painting stucco. And do start off with. I'll just talk about what I typically paint stucco with is flat paint. So, whatever I'm putting on the house is typically um you know, and I typically paint the house, the body of the house in satin, the trim is in satin, the doors are in satin. I'm using Emerald Rain Refresh. The um Rain Refresh has a little bit of a sheen to it, probably because um it's given it that ability to rain or water to wash off any dirt easily. You know, typically the paints I use are a little bit more flat, but this actually looks pretty dang cool. Um, if if you're using anything else, I like Benjamin Moore Aura, I would use flat. Uh, Bear Dynasty would be flat. Um, Sheran Williams Duration, it would be flat. Whatever I'd use. I always use a high-end paint. So, I'm always using a lifetime warranty coating and I'm going to do choose flat.

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