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Iron fence painting.

August 2, 2010

I have cheep iron fencing around my sun deck and would like to give it a old worn out brownish, patina look to go with a Spanish house.

I just painted my daughters bedroom pink. We were painting over a blue/purple, so we had to use primer. On the very top of the wall by the ceiling, it appeared that we could still see hints of the purple – so I painted that area 4 or 5 times

Is it possible to paint rock stucco?

August 2, 2010

We live in a 1957 home with a rock dash stucco exterior. We would like to paint it but a builder told us that we should just re-stucco over top with the plaster-like stucco (we call it ‘California style’)instead because paint might seal in moisture so that the house won’t