howdy folks Kirk and Jay here with Kirk Giordano plastering today let's show you the difference
between DD three coats or two coats I bid this job like six months ago we actually did it four months
ago it was Christmas time when we did this he's gonna put a deck here so we just showed him how
to do all the ledger stuff and the question was he said well gee Kirk I've gotten several bids on
this job and the guys are saying I need three coats instead of two because they can't match
this finish here and this coat was done here with a twenty thirty sand what's that mean it
means medium sand so you do your two coats then you put your medium sand on it and you float it
that's why it's so uniformed but I said well gee those folks may not realize this but it's
a painted surface why spend the extra dough for an extra coat around the entire house and we went
this far up all the way around the house I said I'll save you some dough man and we'll just do a
to coach system and match the existing finish and he showed me where they did some finish work where
they dashed it too heavy and where they floated it and they actually got float line so it doesn't
match Oh what we've done here four months ago when it was during Christmas it matches on the money so
I'll show you guys how to do it now we just put some mud here now you can see it's still a little
loose I don't want it I don't want it too loose I want it just right so I want to use skill now that
rather than strength if I let it turn white well then I lost it and I can't float it out but here's
what I use to match most of this finish here and this is about four months ago hard rubber float
and the hard rubber float is used to compact the second coat but it also can bring out a little
bit of aggregate and match this finish identical if you know what you're doing so here's what I
do guys well after we applied the the second coat we just came and we floated everything
and sets them on a ladder I switch hands no such thing as a one-handed placer use both of them and
what we do is we feather into the existence we feather into the existing I'm pushing down hard
I'm probably using the equivalent of say 30 pounds you push now how do I not let allowed
this to dry and get hard I'd be pushing down with the equivalent of 60 to 70 pounds I just
look at it it's lifting a dumbbell that's how I'm gauging the amount of strength I'm using so
you can hard rubber coat like I'm doing right now this is this is a hard rubber why because
it's hard rubber this is a green sponge flow a green sponge float brings out the aggregate red
one don't use it guys people keep saying I got a red one can I use it it's for bricklaying and
concrete don't use it to waste of time so what you get you're finished where you say cheese that's on
the money you could come back and use your sponge float which is used for bringing the sand or the
aggregate out and get even a tighter finish on the surround I wet this just a second ago and it dries
quick guys so I might have to wet it again but just for the sake sort of walk down this ladder
I know a lot of you folks are impatient I'll just show you this little spot right here you
see you float it that brings out the aggregate or saying so you matches this finish here and
if you really want to get flush and when it's painted not see the detail take a green sponge
float hit it with a little water and feather in your joints it's called feathering in guys and
that's just it gets it so it's a lot tighter and it matches a lot closer when it's painted anyway
I'm gonna go back down put some water in here and finish this over here because it's too dry now my
name is Kirk Jason on the camera we thank you for watching and as usual who see you guys on
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