DEAR TIM: How can I match the stucco finish on my 80-year-old front porch? I tried using white Portland cement and buff sand, but as you can see in my photo, the results are atrocious. I added some ...

To clean your stucco, you can use an oxygen bleach solution and a scrub brush to get great results. You might want to add some liquid dish soap to the cleaning solution. The oxygen bleach will not ...

Every day, I receive quite a few emails via the Ask Tim page on askthebuilder.com. A common question, believe it or not, is how to add color to concrete. It makes sense. A lot of people dislike the ...

Q: My sprinklers have been spraying the side of my house for some time and the water has eaten away some of the stucco. What can I do? A: Water spraying out at high pressure can leave a beautiful arc ...

Q: I live in a house with a concrete block foundation. I think the outside of the block has decorative stucco on it because the exterior of the block isn’t smooth. Some of the exterior is crumbling, ...

Q. How can I match the stucco finish on my 80-year-old front porch? I tried using white Portland cement and buff sand, but as you can see in my photo, the results are atrocious. I added some dry ...