Tacoma Limewash Painting applies limewash to cement-based surfaces in Tacoma, Washington, including stucco walls, concrete block and poured concrete, from house fronts and garden structures down to basements. These surfaces are alkaline and porous, so once clean and sound they let lime soak in and harden into a soft, cloudy coat that resembles old plaster more than paint.
Texture and absorbency vary from one wall to the next, so the surface has to be checked and sampled before work is planned. Stucco and concrete limewashing is available in Tacoma and in University Place, Fircrest, Ruston, Fife, Lakewood, Gig Harbor and Puyallup.
Anything that stops water soaking in also stops lime. A readiness check therefore looks at cracking, patches that sound hollow, salt bloom, any earlier coating and any water repellent. Acrylic paint and elastomeric coatings both block absorption but are treated differently. Sound acrylic may accept a bonding primer if the limewash maker makes one for that system. Elastomeric coatings, excluded by at least one major maker, generally need removing first.
Lime on stucco carbonates exactly as it does on brick, so the coat needs mild weather, no rain and no harsh sun until it has firmed up.
Stucco’s texture throws small shadows into the lime, so pale tones such as warm sand, chalk and light clay show off that texture. Darker earth colors work on garden walls and outbuildings. A sample board with a similar texture shows how much movement to expect.
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