Excellent paint over stucco. Repair holes/cracks prior to painting. Of the two methods of applying the product, rolling has worked best for me. Spraying does not put enough paint on the wall. Stucco expands and contracts in the sun. In doing so, stucco then cracks-to include synthetic stucco. Cracks. Paint with elastomeric expands and contracts in serious summer heat. Leaving no cracks. Cost? One quarter the amount it takes to restucco a home again. This should be a no brainer, but believe me, there are people out who must restucco, mostly because it's more expensive. So the more $$$ spent, the better the job? Not only no, but hell no!!!
Pogey Bait I was told by a competitor that spraying would get deeper into the stucco but that I would need a special paint sprayer due to the thicker consistency flex paint. A roller sounds better than buying a paint sprayer but then I suspect that I will need much more paint then. Who is right? Thank you in advance for any advice you may offer.
Kevin Richards hi. It was an employee at Benjamin Moore paints that told me their 'special' paint for stucco should be sprayed on. She said that I would need a special and expensive unit to spray it on with. Led me to believe it should be applied by someone who already had the equipment. I am looking for a paint that will flex with our climate changes here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Thus my enquiry here. :)
@Kevin Richards 10 year painter in Central Oregon here - I have sprayed a ton of this paint on stucco and concrete, including Benjamin More and Rhodda's elastomeric products as well. Just be sure to use a medium to high end airless paint sprayer ( I am a big fan of Airlessco, but Greco's upper line sprayer's are pretty solid as well. Avoid Wagner) The paint is super thick and your paint sprayer will need to be able to handle the product with consistent pressure and coverage. Make sure your paint gun is nice and clean with a new filter and use a wide tip like a 515. Lastly, I would back roll the paint after you spray it to make sure the product gets into all crack and porous surfaces nice and evenly. Hopefully Gypsy Soul see's this too. Best of luck!
You dont need a special spray guy. But you do need a 695 or up to spray. Mi d you I sprayed it in my 490. Lol. But I pulled all my filters first. Plus I wouldn't do that again.
On some rougher, more absorbent surfaces, spraying does not penetrate the way a roller or brush can. So the paint may sit on the surface and not look as nice or consistent as rolling and brushing. Is it still as protected? That is for science to say. But if I were doing my home, and rolling looked better and penetrated deeper, I would brush and roll. If not, spraying is always the way to go. (30 year painter)
I just bought Elastomeric paint from Sherwin-Williams and It looks as if I didn't do enough research. I also bought an KRAUSE & BECKER Airless Paint Sprayer from Harbor freight as well after reading the reviews. It sounds like the Elastomeric paint will be too thick from what I'm reading. I guess I should take the sprayer back since i won't be able to take the paint back. Can someone please help or give their recommendations please? I don't really wan to roll the whole house.
I'm in the exact same situation except I was planning to buy a Graco Magnum ProX21 sprayer and now I'm being told it won't be powerful enough to spray elastomeric paint and the cheapest Graco sprayer that will work is over $3K. What did you end up doing?
