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Show Stucco Houses Are Beautified by Paint Stucco homes should be painted to retain beauty and usefulness over a long period of years. The advantages of painting stucco are so defined that painting is becoming common practice where stucco construction is favored. Moisture and dirt can do as much damage to stucco houses as to un-painted un-painted wooden dwellings. The rough and exceedingly porous surface of un-painted un-painted stucco catches dirt and soot. A drab, discolored exterior is the result. re-sult. Water cannot cleanse this surface, sur-face, but remains In the pores as moisture. mois-ture. Dampness, stained and chipped spots follow. In some cases freezing moisture may cause disintegration of tlie stucco coating. fainting with oil paints containing ' substantial proportions of zinc pigments pig-ments closes the pores of stucco to moisture and dirt. A smooth zinc pig ment paint film represents the differ ence between an attractively clean and dry house and a damp, spotted one. Water cannot enter, but it can cleanse it becomes an ally instead of a foe. |