Painting cracked stucco.

Please give a step by step plan to repair a ton of cracks and paint for a stucco house (14 yrs.) never been painted before. I don’t know if it needs to be cleaned and if it needs primer etc. I see elastomeric paint is best. I spoke to a painter,

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Elestomeric paint for ceiling with seasonal hairline cracks

Need to paint over large ceiling that has several stretchable caulked seasonal cracks. Can elastomeric paint be painted on to accommodate the seasonal contracting & expanding of the cracks without the paint flaking off due to the contracting phase?   The caulk itself is stretchable type. If not elastomeric, then what

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Painting interior t1-11.

Any tips on painting clear T1-11 interior siding, so it doesn’t look like a barn? Every wall in my 1980’s cabin in the woods, is covered with T1-11.  Although it certainly makes the walls maintenance free (it’s never been painted, cleaned or anything since day 1, and looks like ‘new’)

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Dark blue emulsion leaves marks.

Hi, I have a very dark blue Matt emulsion wall. If you touch the wall it leaves white powdery finger marks. I use to have a similar colour & therefore problem on my stairs which I over painted as I thought it was the paint – obviously not. What can

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Addressing rust spots on a stucco home

I own a home in San Francisco whose stucco is showing random rust spots. At first I thought that the stucco was not thick enough and/or the lath or fasteners were not of the proper type but now I am more inclined to believe that iron specs contaminated the sand

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Wood paneling

We have wood paneling in our 1960s home. Not the thinner, cheaper kind, but the heavy duty stuff! (sorry not sure what kind of wood) It is shiny so it obviously has some kind of seal/stain on it. Well we are updating and my husband doesn’t want to paint the

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Painting Options for Garage Floor

Hi, I am about to paint my garage floor and would like to know what paint and process you recommend. The garage floor is approx. 30 years old and the current paint was done by the prior owner (we are here 14 yrs).  The paint is missing in the typical

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