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Blend Caulking with Sponge

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Repair Stucco Crack Cheap & Easy

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What happens here

Immediately after applying and pressing the caulk into the crack, take a wet sponge, preferably one with a brillo pad, and dab the caulked area. Keep a bucket of water nearby to keep the sponge continuously wet and clean. The dabbing action with the brillo pad helps push the caulk into the stucco's texture, ensuring it blends seamlessly and prevents a smooth, unsightly patch. This process creates a textured finish that mimics the surrounding stucco, making the repair virtually invisible once painted.

Goal: Achieve a seamless, textured finish for the repaired stucco crack.

Tools and materials

  • Bucket of Water — Keeping the sponge wet and clean
  • Sponge with Brillo Pad — Dabbing and texturing the applied caulking
  • Elastomeric Masonry Caulking — The applied caulking to be textured

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take my sponge it's wet I keep a bucket of water right here cuz I keep that sponge wet and cleaned out all the time now I'm just gonna take and dab that in sometimes I'll just rub my finger over it to push it into that crack a little bit better now I'm gonna just begin dabbing it with the beat-up brillo part right here and that's gonna push that in around that stucco get it to blend in really really well that way you won't have a smooth spot where that crack is because if you don't take the time spend the time to do it really well after you've sprayed the stucco where you filled it the smooth spot will show up just as bad or worse than the crack itself but yes the crack will be filled won't get water in it won't continue to crack and get worse but it'll look very unsightly so take time do it right use the proper caulking using an elastomeric masonry caulking one that's gonna bond really really well and one that's typically sanded it's got some type of texture through the coffee so once again got my 45-degree angle on my caulking tube flat on the stucco so I'm just gonna work right along this crack just taking my time just slowly pumping just a little bead of caulking in there you could take and just hit it with my finger to help push it down into that crack now I'm gonna start dabbing it with my sponge now I like to sponge the beo fairly wet so it

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