Be careful what you paint masonry with. If it is only for aesthetics, I
would recommend away from painting it at all. Never, never paint masonry
with oil based paint. Moisture transmission will be reduced, which
accelerates brick and mortar and stucco deterioration. Most likely, you'll
be left with sand between the bricks in a decade or so.

There are some good masonry coatings, stucco overcoatings and "stains" that
do not lock in moisture, such as Edison, Jahn and ProSoCo.

Eric Hammarberg
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-----Original Message-----
From: J.A. Drew Diaz [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 1:39 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Painting Stucco Exterior of Chimney




"Cubberly, Donna R (Donna)" wrote:

> Does anyone know of any reason(s) that the exterior stucco on a chimney
> should not be painted?  For purely aesthetic reasons, I would like to
match
> the currently light gray color stucco to the forest green trim on the
house.
>

Paint it w/ anything you want-
but remember if you paint the chimney some perfectionist is going to wnat
the
rest of the house painted as well.