Stucco is available in two basic forms: cement and synthetic. Cement stucco has been available for thousands of years. It is simply a mixture of Portland cement, sand and lime. Basically it is just fine grained concrete. When it dries it is very hard and durable.

In the early 1970's, synthetic stucco, or EIFS, made its debut. This product is a stucco material used in conjunction with an insulation system. A building is first covered with foam insulation sheets and then with a thin one or two coat layer of synthetic stucco. The use of foam allows a building to be super insulated. In addition, the foam can be layered and sculpted to produce interesting designs and shapes.

Synthetic stucco was a branch of the plastics industry explosion of the 1960's and 70's. The plastics industry was churning out a multitude of products and they took a stab at the stucco market. The synthetic stuccos are primarily acrylic co-polymers which are durable plastics. It worked. The synthetic stucco compounds proved to be super durable and waterproof.

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