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Pro tip: Stop using latex caulk on ABQ stucco cracks

I used to just grab whatever DAP tube was cheapest at Lowe's and fill cracks in my stucco every spring. After last year's monsoon season I had huge peeling strips where it pulled away from the wall. Switched to a polyurethane based caulk from Sherwin Williams on Candelaria and it cost $18 a tube but it actually flexes with the temp changes. Been 8 months now and zero cracks coming back. Anyone else find a better fix for that stucco expansion issue we get here?
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beth_ward80
Right? That's the exact same thing that happened to me. The cheap stuff just couldn't hack it with the way our walls expand and contract.
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robinson.paul
Man, I feel your pain on that cheap caulk peeling right off.
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