Apply Highlight Color to Stucco Band

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Painting Stucco. Adding accent colors to stucco trim.

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What happens here

With the highlight band masked and repaired, apply the lighter highlight color. Use an airless sprayer, such as a Graco Contractor II gun, fitted with a Rack X 310 tip for finer control. To protect the unmasked lower edge of the highlight band (e.g., where it meets stone or rock work), use a cardboard shield. Hold the shield firmly against the surface to create a clean line and prevent overspray onto the adjacent material. The presenter uses Sherwin-Williams SuperPaint Flat to ensure the highlight paint matches the texture and sheen of the stucco. For safety, always wear a respirator when spray painting, though the presenter omits it for clarity in the video.

Goal: Apply the lighter highlight color to the prepared stucco band, ensuring crisp lines and proper coverage.

Tools and materials

Cardboard Shield — Protecting adjacent surfaces (like stone/rock) from overspray
Graco Contractor II Gun Graco — Delivering the highlight paint with fine control
Rack X 310 Tip Graco — Providing a narrow fan pattern suitable for detail work and lines
Respirator — Protecting the user from inhaling paint fumes and particles
Exterior Flat Paint Sherwin-Williams — The lighter highlight color for the stucco band

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Now, we've got our Stuckco masked off, our band here that we're going to be spraying our highlight color. And I'm going to be using a cardboard shield. I've got my Graco Contractor 2 gun with a Rack X 310 tip in it. I'm just going to be shielding the bottom and the top We're spraying our stucco with a super paint. Sure whims super paint flat so it looks just like stucco when it's done. We don't want to use a satin cuz we don't want our stucco shiny. For the sake of the video, I'm not wearing a respirator, but when you're actually spraying with an airless, it's a good idea if you wear a respirator while you're spraying. It's a little bit hard for me to talk for the video and use a respirator at the same time. Now we got this whole band sprayed. And while the paint's still wet, we're going to go ahead and start pulling off our mask. Got our masking all off. And now those are drying. By masking it and spraying it, it's going to give you a nice crisp, clean line on your stuckco. Here we're using a cardboard shield instead of masking off the rock on the bottom. We've got a masking 9-in paper masking on top and tape to create a nice crisp line. And then we're using a cardboard shield along the bottom to keep it off the rock. There's a nice good lip underneath to get the cardboard shield tucked under. some stuckco highlights here that we're working on. It's a second color and we don't have to mask to get crisp lines. We're just using a cardboard shield cuz it overhangs.

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