Hello, folks. Kirk and Jason are here with Kirk Giordano plastering.
as you know we do instructional videos we're going to show you how to fix a improperly applied window
patch and when I say improperly applied that's being very kind these fellas did this the skim
coat I'm gonna call the skim coat and what you see here is they've got furry nails sticking out they
got wires they got they got all kind of weird stuff so I asked the homeowner I said gee how
many years has it been on it it says man about six I said so it doesn't leak it doesn't leak I
said well there's worse things that could happen besides somebody screwing up to finish it could
leak and have a nice finish that's worse so the fact that it doesn't leak I taught him well skim
it I tell him what we're gonna do and he kind of looked at me and says you can make it look
better huh and it was kind of squinting in the back of my head I was thinking yeah that Clint
Eastwood look and I thought damn I didn't want to say dude I do instructional videos I know how to
do this I said I tell you what man if it doesn't match it's free he was good with that a lot of
people get us from Craigslist - they don't see our videos but anyhow I'll show you what we did
prior now this blue stuff here is willed creep and what I did first was I wire brush the piss
out of this wall or has Jay would say I gave it micro abrasions meaning it's got dust on
it you see that well Creed no product no paint no acrylics will stick to a dusty surface so
all those little black mark sets scratch lines with this I scratch the piss out of it and then
what I did is I put these this weld Crete on it and again all this is is a liquid bonding agent
whoo - loud so I got this liquid bonding agent on it while I put a liquid bonding agent on a skim
coat because this skim coat is not very porous they used a putty knife and they instead of
leaving it porous or worth the mechanical bond it's it's smooth so my next coat won't adhere
to that anyway I'll show you what we're gonna do guys when you have this and this is it's past the
grounds of this what does that mean it's too thick so here's how we fix that guys we take a bucket of
mud trowel and we skim the perimeter first I'll show how we do that guys it's it's pretty simple
and what am i using Portland cement so we're gonna skim this perimeter all right they're
a little bit extra and we give this perimeter a little extra why do we do that guys because
it's built up the most right there fortunately this finish here for your to take it on the side
you can see it's very wavy what does that mean for me that means that's a very forgiving finish
yeah the fellas who did this original one I mean they didn't have a clue what they were doing but
they give it the best shot for me I know what I'm doing so we got to match it anyhow I'll show you
how we put a little bit extra on it fellas before me didn't even cover this window shame on them so
we give it that finish now I'm going to build it up over there skim coat get my sides going
here as soon as I'm done with the build-up then I'm gonna float it float in it means I'm gonna
bring the sand or aggregate to the surface okay put a little bit more right here because I want a
feather in further by the way guys the blue stuff is Larsen's well crease but do you have to use it
there's a lot of bonding agents you guys can use I just happen to like the Larson's it's old that my
material supplier which is for us professional stucco guys but if you go to Home Depot you
got a Lowe's they all have their own bonding agents here's another tip guys full-strength
don't dilute the bonding agent some of my videos where I'm doing color coats I show I'm diluting
the bonding agent well that is for a reason I'm doing a color coat finish when you go stucco over
painted surface and it's in a skim coat like this or concrete over concrete you do not dilute the
bonding agent that's the last thing you want to do so it's full strength last thing I'm gonna do is
finish this little side here I've got a few rocks in this stuff there's nothing old Kirk handle all
right last thing right underneath this window here push it push it a little bit more off push it okay
now I kind of look at it I want to I know what I want to feather in so I can see it clearly
from down here where I don't what too big of a bulge or a build-out so this part takes a little
bit of time in guys look at the wall look at what's the DA and you adjust to your mud could
I have a little bit better mud sure no soupier which makes it easier to spread but whether or
not it's stiff soupy I make it work all right that's it pretty good that's a pretty good area
for tie in on this side which was worse I have a hollow right here don't put a little bit more
right yeah all right and again this will not stick unless we put it over a bonding agent my
bonding agent of course is like I use in a lot of my videos well tweed anyhow guys spun water
flip it a couple times now this part is easy for me now notice this is a wavy finish it has
the sand or aggregate it's lightened some areas heavy and some arrows very wavy so that gives
me the luxury of looking at that thinking back I could match that so first thing I want to do
while the sponge is still wet and hit my perimeter edges tie it in and it has to be when it starts to
drag like this I can't even work it so when it starts to drag the cement that's time to clean
that sponge float off now start again and again I'm going over my my own world Cree take my top
here sideways and it's starting to drag again so I can hit a little bit in between little
bit in between but I know not to hit the edges because it's starting to drag so when I do hit
my edges wet this again which is right now take it tap it flip that sponge around tap it on the
inside why tap it on the inside because it goes with a natural arc here if I slam it right here
which I see guys do and Bend these forward you don't want that okay so now we come here take
it there feather it in here gather it in with a lot of water on the edges that's looking pretty
good there a lot of water here a lot of water and just get that side there come to this one remember
what I said earlier about this is very forgiving finish I mean that finishes pretty nasty it's wavy
as Humpty it's bumpy and it's very simple to match straight make it a little bit more difficult okay
so my last piece here this edge I got clean water on here otherwise gonna drag now I'm taking this
I'm just taking the wind apart now and I'm giving it all a load finish to match there's all about
to pull this window cuz this is done and some of you guys watch on stuff you try it you say man you
know what I did exactly what you said and I can't do it well guys I can't do plumbing or electric
either even though I've watched and witnessed it I've been doing this a long time so I make
it look a little bit easier but anybody who does or at least attempts it the way ahead of the game
man if you're tempted you're not sure okay give yourself credit for attempting it alright this
right here matches what they have I got a little area here where when that dries it would show I
know this because I've been doing this a long time so I'm gonna knock that piece out we need
a lot of water hit it come into the original make that transition a little sweeter a little sweeter
the transition and boom and that's it guys last thing you do when you're on something like this
it's about about 95 degrees one of the things guys if you work in cement you've got to know
your weather if it's hot or cold you improvise with the mix and your application you always
have to know the weather clean a little bit of slobbers off the edges and blam guys we are done
there it is and if you look at it sideways it's blended heavy here so if you look at it from a
from another angle it's it's feathered in the transition is it's done well anyway guys simple
because we know what we're doing anyway my name is Kirk I'm with Kirk Giordano plastering Jason
on the camera as usual we thank you guys for watching we'll see you on the next one
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