This weekend I let loose with another savage attack on "brownstone  
restoration"   a la stucco.
 
Here's a letter of comment:
 
 


 
In a message dated 12/22/2007 2:42:46 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
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Dear Mr  Gray,

I have a minor comment on your interesting article.  It's  not universally 
true that "Brown stucco is  opaque and uniform, like imitation-wood paneling."   
Only modern  stucco techniques make it appear that way.  Most stucco today is 
applied  with a top layer of what is essentially latex paint, so of course it 
looks  like a fake, artificial surface.  But authentic stucco, as originally  
applied, has a decidedly nonuniform appearance, which includes cracks and  
color variations and other "imperfections" (beauty marks?).  I'm building  a 
(contemporary) house in Princeton with what I hope will be a more authentic  form 
of stucco. 

Sincerely,

David  desJardins


 
 
 



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