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Finished boundry between construction materials

Sent to General Experts August 30, 2006 8:15 p.m.

My house is built on a n unpainted concrete slab - stucco on exterior walls and with wood facia and trim.
I recently had it painted and overall am satisfied in the contractor's work but where the stucco meets concrete slab and/or wood trim there is not a clean line between the stucco paint and adjoining concrete or trim surfaces.
How do I get a clean boundry between the various dissimilar surfaces?

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August 31, 2006 11:16 a.m. (15 hours and 1 minute later)

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Hello Customer (name blocked for privacy) and welcome to JustAnswer!

You may use silicon caulking (made for outdoors use) which you may find in every hardware store. This sort of silicone will stick on almost every sort of construction material and will resist the weather conditions. Just to give you an idea what I am talking about, here's a link to such a silicone caulking seller, but you may find another brand in your hardware store:
http://www.rutland.com/care1/care1.htm

Silicone is elastic and will compensate the expansion/contraction of 2 different materials with changing temperatures. They usually come in white, black and clear colors, you may choose whichever you think is best for you but you may also paint over the caulking however the paint will not stick very well.

Caulking is good for this purpose because it will seal the gap and prevent water, dust, moisture, bugs etc.

Hope this helps but if you have questions please let me know.

Have a great day!

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Sent August 31, 2006 12:31 p.m. (1 hour and 14 minutes later)

I have had some unsat experiences with silicone caulk. E.g., as you say does'nt take paint very well and that is what I am trying to get...a smooth, neat transition from, say the concrete to the wall/trim color.

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August 31, 2006 1:20 p.m. (48 minutes and 35 seconds later)

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