Roughcast and Stucco on 90 yr old Weatherboard

[CalBung]

Hello,

We have recently finished an extension to our old Weatherboard Californian Bungalow c1918 house.

We have puttied, undercoated with Dulux acrylic 3 in 1 and filled up any overlapping gaps with No More Gaps for Weatherboards.

We would like to match the texture on the new timber boards to the original part of the house. The original house has stucco on its front pillars , and all the weatherboards have small (1-2mm) 'bits' (roughcast?) mixed/scattered throughout the paint- probably gravel, sand, or crushed pebbles.

I've looked at some textured paint samples and none of them are a close match. It really looks like finely crushed pebbles have been mixed with the paint and applied all over the weatherboards.

Can anyone suggest any ideas on how to go about finding a close match , or do I simply add sand/gravel to my topcoats until the right consistency of 'bit frequency' is achieved?

Thankyou in advance.

[john_unitex]

Do you have any photos?

[CalBung]

Hi John,

Thank you for you interest in my thread.

I have attached a photo of the textured painted weatherboards - The exposed face of the boards are 90mm (approx) so this should give a good impression of scale.

Thank you in advance.

[Dirty Doogie]

I always thought that lumpy gritty paint work on timber was just really bad paint work LOL.

I would like to know if it was a deliberate coating - anybody?