Hi Guys, Kirk and Jay here with Kirk Giordano plastering, today what we're going to do is
we're going to show you guys how to repair a plaster wall that's buckling? first thing you
want to do course is cover, we've got a tarp under here plastic then we got paper that way when we
tear this wall off. It's about six by five-six by six we put it on the paper wrap it up throw that
and then when I'm replastering it. I have the tarp underneath me, so I'm not stepping into my own work.
Number one is, this whole wall here I just looked at a little while ago the whole thing is buckling.
it's can you see that shimming? This is shimming like this it's your that guy that's separated, so
I looked at it earlier and yeah down a line they patched it maybe five six seven times.
but it's the only thing that's good about this little piece right here so I tell the folks, gee whizz, why don't
we just tear the whole thing off, and we'll stop it here because this has been recently redone I can
tell it's it's cementitious, what I'll generally do guys is you put a full blade here I'll break
it's down to about a quarter-inch like that that way we don't snap that, and we score it we come
over here and we score it meaning that's where we'd like to stop it doesn't mean it will stop
there guys. but that's where we'd like to stop it and then what we'll do is put a mask on guys
because you never know what the heck's in this stuff and by the way, hey so what caused this?
my opinion is this picture is what caused it's because you have studs going down here, so
wherever the stud is say for example you've got your studs every 16 inches then in here you got
wood lath and so what happens is if you nail a picture and it goes in the field that would lath
bounces, and after say 20-30 years of nailing and different pictures and taking them off, put
new ones on, you get this it separates. so unless you could find the stud guys. screw it into when
you hang in pictures, screw that in so you don't get this to happen anyhow, what I'm going to do is
I'm going to go ahead and remove some of this not going to remove it all on video but I'm just going
to give you an idea of what it'll do, okay I mean how to take it off now obviously guys the loose
stuff here this will come right off. I don't want to I don't want to pound the crap out of it
yet, because that will release a lot of dust in the air, so we'll do it like so then I'll take my cloth
and just basically gently, gently as we can guys over here say where I get my finger in here, where
it's really buckling this will come off easily. Jay never likes the dust on his camera lens, but for
the sake of a couple more minutes, I'll show you guys what we want we just want to remove it all
then we're going to remove all the dust from this and put a bonding agent on it. The only reason I'm
going to use a bonding agent is because I want to get the dust off and make sure it's off. Otherwise
our next coat doesn't adhere here, and lastly if I can pull this off with my fingers guys that's
loose. Anyhow what I'm going to do is drop this down we're going to tear this whole wall off six
by six then when we got it all off we'll show you how we prepare it in order to scratch and brown it.
Okay, guys, we got most of this off I'll show you a tip before we take it all off what I'll generally
do is I'll get my edge real tight I'll go up in here and that's called making a key I've made
a key in here where our stucco is going to go in there in mushroom and here I'm making a key even
on the side, see where the score is? All this is coming right out, it's called making a key, so
we still got about 20 minutes of making these keys we take our knife you could use a pencil
you could use a screwdriver, use whatever you like guys I prefer a knife and we just make it as far
as what we're gonna do we're going to put it back the way it came apart or the way they did
it's 100 years ago we're going to scratch it and brown it with Portland cement foam we're going
to finish it and it's going to match can you put sheetrock over this yes yes you can can you put
other types of wood yes you can you put wire over this, yes you can but why there's always my
buddy's in the UK who said Kirk, you bloody wanker you take forever to do this why not just put the board
up because these folks want it original that's what we're going to do we're going to bring it
right back to original original plastering guys if they said Kirk tear this off and put
sheetrock we can do that. but we do what we're told anyhow guys we're going to hit this with
a bonding agent in about oh 15 minutes. after we finished getting rid of our stucco that's inside
here because again we need these keys we need the stucco to go between it mushroom in the back and
that's what adheres it. next time you see us I'll be putting a bonding agent on not so much that the
plaster needs to stick to that bonding agent but I want to want to kill this dust. Okay guys when
I was working at Union Oh 25-30 years ago what we would do with cases like this we bring a Hudson
sprayer, we'd wet the wood all the water would or dust would cling to that and it would get rid of
the dust. but what I like to do since this is I'm no longer Union and this is my old business is I
like to apply a bonding agent, because it takes the same amount of time plus the bonding agent
gets rid of the dust and stucco will adhere to this so that's all I'm doing right now this is
it probably takes me about 10 minutes to hit all this with the this Larsen's weld or weld Crete.
you could use Larson's Weld-Crete you could is Larsen's Plaster-Weld or any other bonding
agents they have to kill the dust. Kill the suction and make it it here we bit better all right guys
generally what I'll do when I'm doing a house is I'll start at the top work my way down but because
this doesn't hold very well I'm going to start at the bottom that way each time I spread it a
hold itself up now Jay has already done the hard work and brought me up three of these buckets
with this is exterior Portland cement guys. What I'm going to do is scratch the other
thing and this is a lot of times guys you'll see me use a compound plaster that comes in bags and
we mix it up kind of like taping mud but this is not that this is actual plaster Portland cement.
Okay, so we're going to take it here take it here and wear that vanity is and my piece of wire not
a problem got a vanity here and then we got some wire here we just take it here pull it up and this
of course guys is a hot mud when I say hot mud as fast as I put this on it is going to set because
I want to I want to do everything today I don't want to come back two solid days for this and
by the way guys this particular stucco I'm using here is very strong this video isn't about what
stucco I'm using but it is three times as strong as the stucco, they used when they originally, plus
plastered this 100 years ago see what I'm going with those guys? I'm going to finish off this
bucket here then Jay is actually going to help me spread the rest now watch here guys I'll take the
mud and put it under I want to go all the way in that key put it here fish it under this just like
that so we're going to do back-to-back when I'm doing my second coat guys will switch back by the
way Jay told me, he said dad you know what bloody wanker means? What you said earlier I thought it
was a big meanie or something? He says no it's a little bit more vulgar so if I've insulted
anybody excuse me, I'll tell Jay to put it pretty stiff or rich and he didn't mess around we are
very rich we're so rich and fast out of seven batches, so Jay just hawk it to me, let me spread it.
Alright guys we were hustling there for a couple minutes. that was kind of fun alright here we go
last Hawks I can put it anywhere because what I'm gonna do now is I'm gonna rod this wall out
and what's that mean way I'm gonna make it I can play here and get this wall straight with
just this but why do I have a rod here now the rod or Darby, makes it true and plumb easily, and
guys on interior plaster we don't want true and plum. too too too too much a little bit is okay
because it's technically done by hand so I don't have to make it too pretty but at the same time
it'll save me a little bit of time of troweling, troweling it what I'll do is take it up by my
ground take it up on the ground and take it here knock it even pour it sideways and up up this is
old-world plastering guys this is what they used to do actually when I was Union we did
a lot of this too so okay because we have a lot of accelerators in here. every want
to call it that's gonna set about 15 minutes and that's going to be ready to float meaning
I'm going to go ahead and take my sludge flow and I'll show you what that does in about 15 minutes
okay guys both coats are on easy didn't even break a sweat. Okay, Jay also asked his dad you
said you're using a super-strong plaster they're going to want to know why or why the other folks
didn't use in this particular plaster? because I can do both coats in one day sometimes I forget
to mention little detail like that. what I'm doing now, guys, is I'm floating this I just put this on
but the wood lath, even though I've sealed it with a bonding agent, I've got a couple things
going on here one is this has got accelerators in it this product so it sets fast the other is the
wood lath is sucking the moisture right out of this stuff. So okay what I'm doing is now I'm I'm
floating this and I'm looking at the finish they had 100 years ago they just did a float finish
and so I'm getting my joints getting my joints here and I'm just basically just just bringing
the sand out I want to bring the sand out just what they had so that when I'm done here and
they paint this, they say hey, gee, Kirk, that matches pretty good and all it is is if I want to bring a lot
of sand out guys I use a lot of water I just want very fine sand so when it's painted it's
similar to that right there so anyhow guys this is that's how the the sand is achieved you
can get a lot more or less depending on how good you are with these tools and that is something
that I can't show you guys here because it does take some time 10-15 years depending on who's
doing it. Okay guys, we are all set with this wall and as I said the throughout the video this
is one strong wall it's as strong as the concrete outside on the front about 3,000 psi but in order
to do the same day scratching Brown that's what I chose to use anyway folks if you like what we do
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might want to check that out anyhow guys my name is Kirk I am with Kirk Giordano plastering, Jason
on the camera and as usual folks we thank you for watching and we'll see you guys on the next one.