Show stucco houses are beautified by paint stucco howes homes should bo be painted to retain beauty and usefulness over a long period of years tile the advantages of painting stucco ore are so defined that painting Is becoming common practice where stucco construction la Is favored Mol and dirt can call do as much damage to stucco houses as to unpainted wooden dwellings the rough and exceedingly porous surface of on unpainted stucco catches dirt und and soot A drab discolored exterior Is the result water cannot cleanse tills this surface but remains in tile the pores as moisture dampness stained and chipped spots follow in some cases freezing moisture may cause disintegration of the stucco coating painting with oil paints containing substantial proportions of zinc ments closes tile pores of stucco to moisture and dirt A smooth zinc pit pig ment paint film represents the once between lin attractively clean nn annl 1 dry house nd it dalip spoiled ono one water canno tenter but it can call cleanse it becomes nix an ally intend of a foe file |