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How should I address small cracks in my stucco?
Our 5 year old textured stucco has thin cracks of varying lengths, with widths of maybe 1/64 to 1/16 of an inch. What can I do to address these?
Also, on one corner of the house, the concrete and the house itself seem to have separated somewhat. In other words, on the front, left corner of the garage exterior, there's a 1.5" gap from the exterior concrete surface (driveway) to the outside stucco'd wall. Any ideas?
Answer:
if they are very thin, you may want to consider painting your house with elastomeric paint. Patch the larger cracks with stucco repair, and smooth out with a wet sponge before it dries completely.
Buy a gallon and test it to see if it covers the cracks. If they are hairline, it should.
Elastomeric paint is a 'rubberlike' paint. It stretches if the block under it cracks.
However, even though elastomeric paints say they will not crack, my experience (with the older versions), was that they dried out and cracked about every 7-10 years. If you repaint with a regular latex acrilic after around 4 years, you can prevent that. You don't want to keep painting elastomeric, as it goes on very thick, and could lead to problems in the future.
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