Hey guys got a quick question for anyone that has seen this before. Yesterday I washed a two story home to get it ready for painting. I run 2 8gpm machines pushing 3000psi. I downstreamed at about 1/10 10% sh (and the sh was a couple weeks old) with a splash of green gain. I Used 2560 and 0060 tips. The process I use is, first we tape off anything that needs it and presoak any plants just Incase. Then downstream running from top to bottom let sit for 3-5 mins re wetting as needed do it doesn’t dry then thoroughly rinse. Repeat this process for each side. This has always worked well for me in the past but this time not sure what happened. As you can see in the picture the house looks like ■■■■. Luckily we were prepping to paint or I would be payiing to paint this guys house. As it is I didn’t charge him. Any thoughts as to what cause this?
That’s a pretty weak mix for stucco. Can’t imagine it causing that. Wouldn’t surprise me if it gradually fades as it dries more.
Was the stucco previously painted?
Looks to me like there are cracks all in the stucco. I would bet it is still wet (water soaked in the cracks). Give it a day or two and I bet it dries out and looks fine.
The dark vertical stripes ( i am assuming you’re talking about) is just where it was drenched. Think of it like a cementitious sponge.
It’s a really bad stucco job. Skimmed over block on the bottom (caulked cracks lol) with a hopped on texture and a ton of cracks up top where it was lathed over the stick framing with a lace knockdown texture. It’s cracking from lack of any expansion joint; par for the course. It’s so bad you can see the lath overlap joints (the faint horizontal lines about 2 feet apart).
The corner bead at the top is shot (upper photo); not the very corner but up top where you see the crack 3 inches from the corner.
If you’re in Florida, make friends with a stucco restoration company and feed them leads for a %.
