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Any way to attach Xmas lites to stucco?

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catbir...@attbi.com

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Dec 4, 2002, 9:21:52 PM12/4/02
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How can I attach a string of Christmas lights to a stucco building
without damage to it? I'm not allowed to nail or leave marks anywhere
on it....would some kind of tape work that wouldn't peel off the paint
when I remove them later?
Thankyou for any ideas.
catbird

Tim Fischer

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Dec 4, 2002, 10:09:58 PM12/4/02
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This question was just asked at the PlanetChristmas chat room
(www.planetchristmas.com) and here's the reply:

Try hot glue on a test patch somewhere where it won't be noticed. If it
doesn't pull the paint off, go for it. If it does pull it off, I'd recommend
using small nails. Nobody will notice a few small nail holes in stucco, and
if they do you can always spackle.

-Tim


BobL

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Dec 5, 2002, 7:05:50 AM12/5/02
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see if Velcro sticks to it. the hook side might, depending on the stucco
texture.


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RA1

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Dec 5, 2002, 9:56:17 AM12/5/02
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Can you attach to a gutter versus the stucco itself?

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Tim Fischer

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> Try hot glue on a test patch somewhere where it won't be noticed.

By the way, the hot glue reportedly pulls right off at the end of the
season.

-Tim


Mary Christmas

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Dec 6, 2002, 12:37:50 AM12/6/02
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> <catshi...@attbi.com> wrote in message

> news:3deeb764....@netnews.attbi.com...
> > How can I attach a string of Christmas lights to a stucco building
> > without damage to it? I'm not allowed to nail or leave marks anywhere
> > on it....would some kind of tape work that wouldn't peel off the paint
> > when I remove them later?
> > Thankyou for any ideas.
> > catbird

16d nails. Pound them in with your head. I'm so glad to see you
getting into the Xmas spirit catshit!

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Mary Christmas - from Maui!

Jeff Cochran

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Dec 6, 2002, 1:22:05 AM12/6/02
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>How can I attach a string of Christmas lights to a stucco building
>without damage to it? I'm not allowed to nail or leave marks anywhere
>on it....would some kind of tape work that wouldn't peel off the paint
>when I remove them later?

Chewing gum.

Jeff

Rudy

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Dec 6, 2002, 1:57:45 AM12/6/02
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> How can I attach a string of Christmas lights to a stucco building
> without damage to it? I'm not allowed to nail or leave marks anywhere
> on it....would some kind of tape work that wouldn't peel off the paint
> when I remove them later?

In craft stores and Ace hardware, they sell a "kit" of 50 small (~3/4" dia)
metal "cups" which have an "eye" attached.

These look like the back of a metal uniform button. Also in the kit is a
tube of silicone. Fill the "cup" with silicone and stick in on the stucco.
You use twist ties thru the eye to hold the lights/wire. Paint em to match
the stucco and leave em on. We have about 200 of these along the top of the
house, around doors and along courtyard wall and just finished putting up
the lights today.

R


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