howdy folks, kirk and Jay here with Kirk giordano plastering, today what I'm going to show you guys
how we repair the front of a house. Somebody did this patch here and did do a really good job in
fact it's uh pretty lousy anyway what we're gonna do is we're gonna knock all the high parts off the
fella says what can you just put some more over I said sure I could but we're already past the house
here this piece is passed here if it's a sunken hole no problem we put a bonding agent and we put
another finish on it but when it's protruding like this we've got to knock all this stuff out so what
we're gonna do first is we're going to knock all this stuff off and who knows what we'll find under
here somebody had an idea what they were doing and that's about it anyhow we're gonna turn this
off so we don't get a bunch of dust all over it next time you see me I'll show you just once it's
prepped how easy it is to repair stuff like this even though the fella says it's been like this
years it looks terrible and I've been putting it off and I thought man that's that's actually a
20 minute fix there's nothing to it so we'll show you that in a minute okay guys now that that nasty
job of breakout is done how simple it is to put this back together by the way guys if you ever
doing something like this don't use your trial because you will Bend the trowel it remind me of
years ago I was in a Apprentice class and I was doing that and Oh Ernie he was a teacher at the
time there's a curse we call yourself doing it I'm fixing the patch he says man that's not a hammer
that's a trial there's been many well there's a couple videos I actually show how to fix a bent
trial if you guys are you ever have a bent trial I do show in one video if you type in how to fix a
bench trial Oh Ernie showed me that trick thirty years ago when I was a union boy anyway getting
back to this here I'll fill that guy up take it here fill this one up here take it upward
this mutt is a little loose bud nothing I can't handle a little stiffer for this would be better
get rid of a couple rocks too and over here where we got that corner in that is it real pretty would
take Phyllis know what I'm gonna do guys is come on this side and we got a lot of bonding agent on
there otherwise this won't adhere to a painted surface guys take it get that corner right all
right now that we've got that on this actually should set Oh about another another 15 minutes
because it is soupy the mud is a little a little wet for for what I'm doing here so give me about
ten minutes guys and I'm gonna come back and show you how easy it is I could actually float it like
this but it'd take me a while and my finish would be a different finish it'd be kind of
a drag so give me about 15 minutes we'll come back and I'll show you how to float this guy up
to match this finish okay guys back again let's check it out it's been about 20 minutes we're
in the shade right here so it's still pretty wet but I can make that work differences put
it on too soon we're trying to float it too soon I can be here all day playing around with it now
the idea I want to want to match this finish here so that's an exposed aggregate finish
or a flow finish and you the only way to get that is with water so I got a water bucket here
on the corner where I just take it up I'll pour it out;
what happens if I pull it this way well, the whole corner comes off the same thing here
upward here I can go downward, and I have a joint right there
what you folks don't see is I take this water bucket here I flip the float get all
the water off by slamming here I can bend this so or just lightly tap that but okay
now again upward and now it's to get this corner straight again if I pull it toward
me that corner is gonna fall out right now so alright we got the hard part done which is the
corner now we work around in here to further this upwards and we get this bottom joint
Just kind of play with us for a little while, and back and forth little circles
compress it in tight as we can get it in there and bring the aggregate out. It takes practice,
guys. You're not going to get it on the first you might watch this video say, hey,
I'm gonna give that a shot. Makes a little bit more practice than that's not even considering how
many different cements there are. There's rough aw gee whiz, maybe 25 different blocks of cement that
we often used, so with this particular patch right here, I'm using our a rapid set just means it sets
fast I'm in the shade, and it's a cold wall if I was in the Sun this would have hardened in about
five minutes so that that does make a difference guys as far as watching it dry and the amount of
water I put on here keeps it wet too so okay now I go over a few times more, and each time I go over
it I'm making a little bit chore a little bit plumber until I've got it right where I wanted
Let me check this corner here. I'm looking at it from my side here I can see a bow and
get my arse off of this bucket actually look at that corner and see if I got it
right man that corner is crooked okay here we go now that I'm actually in front of it
I can see what the heck I'm doing get one at a time okay that one's done here there.
there we go so that Corner's that's pretty uh pretty good now
a light touch Judy ha there it is a couple of light finishes on the front,
and we'll have it like
okay, guys, one last piece right here
Nothing to it if you know how to do it anyway, guys. That's how you correct
a really bad spot in front of your house. It's bad enough to have a bad,
ugly patch in the rear. The last thing you want is an ISO in the very front of the house. Anyhow,
guys, my name is Kirk. I'm with Kirk Giordano plastering, Jason. I thank you,
folks, for watching, and as usual, we'll see you guys on the next one,