They also paint a square of each color on a white background so you can see how far it varies from pure white. Altho I can understand how it might look as if that's the case, there's no way the background they're using is a "pure" white. The photography isn't the best but even from the crappy photos the medium they're using to paint samples on looks like it has a severe blue hue bias. I may have mentioned once or twice before to never, ever use white to compare colors. Casually mentioning it again, just in case. :-D Funcolors, do you think the cool december will not have yellow or pink in it? Cool December DEW383 3.04Y /9.4/0.1 It's well within the yellow hue family too. But the 0.1 tells us there is less chroma (or colorfulness) than the other color and 9.4 means it's quite light. However, I think I understand that they're matching stucco mix to the paint colors. Not painting the stucco with paint. In which case all you can do is keep your fingers crossed that they can get close enough. Because mixing stucco to match paint colors is not a precise process and they just do the best they can with the stucco base mix and colorants they have to work with.

Vith, the infra red works like a paint gun but covers a larger area at a time. I may see if I can rent one at Home Depot. I am also going to try an area with stripper today and see how that works. Sombreuil, I will check out the thickness, but I have a feeling it is 3/8 inch tongue and groove. Do they even make a 3/8 tongue and groove? It is not the T-1-11 siding, at least it doesn't look like the pictures in google images. It doesn't have the vertical grooves like those shown in those pictures but rather just looks like normal plywood. I'm not sure what is meant by "delaminating" ... is that what is happening when the paint comes up and it has a thin layer of wood stuck to it? Looking at the entire project, ripping off the old plywood makes the most sense, but that will take convincing Mr. JT. There are two windows involved that I believe are nailed in to the existing plywood. So I have two questions at this point ... 1) If it is 3/8, would it make more sense to just leave it in place and install some other sort of siding over top of it ... Hardi vertical or lapsiding , Hardi shingles, or something of that order? It's not the most attractive house as is (single story with no architectural details or charm). And ... 2) Optionally, provided I can get the cracked paint off, if I repainted with a good quality primer and paint (BM Fresh Start Hi-Hide and Aura Paint is what I'm using on the rest of the house), how long could I expect the paint to last? I really appreciate all of your comments and suggestions!!!

And you have tried WHAT? Go to a paint store, take what you have tried and sample against those, even to a custom mix. Much depends on other factors, exposures, greenery, etc.

I'm doing the same thing!! I wish people would comment because it's a big decision:). I've been researching gray's...pussywillow by SW, Benjamin Moore galveston gray (too dark for my taste but people say it's a good one), Harbor Gray...good luck to you