Hello Folks, Kirk here Kirk Giordano plastering, today we're going to do is we're going to a
scratching brown same-day system on this house because I want a color coat this next week. and
so with this particular material, we can do a scratch and brown and color in a day.
But we don't want to do that we're just going to scratch a brown. I want to show you a few things great
lath job. First of all, we did it. Over here I'll point out a couple little minor, minor things that are
kind of important we got soffit vents going into a wall that this wall is not broken out, but we don't
need to break it out. That blue stuff is called Weld-Crete it's all the way around the perimeters so
we don't have wire tie-ins. It's so we don't get no hairline cracks there when this all sets we're
going to go ahead and scratch the entire thing and when we're done scratching the entire thing.
We're going to start browning. All right guys second coat, I'm applying, I'm gonna Darby it, that means
I'm gonna take a rod to it, a feather edge or rod or T-bar. didn't know every country in Australia, they keep
calling these T bars or straight edges once we put the second coat I'll show you how we work that. all
right for my buddy in Australia the land down under, they use a t-square just like this except
it has one flat edge it looks just like a tee here in the States of California, we're familiar with this
this is a straight edge, feather edge, a rod and when I work Union to be one guy on one level me on the
other levels and we take a 10 or 30-foot rod and we rod walls, banks specifically, where they're going
to put imitation tile on and that wall had to be true and plumb within an eighth of an inch or we get
yelled at. Anyhow they said they use my buddy was an emailing me saying man we always use in Australia are the
straightedge's, man, you guys are good because these are hard to use. is that we used to do Union Jobs.
You take it and you go here, ya go here and you pull it up and you just keep doing that keep
doing that, keep doing that man it takes forever. Here's what we do here these are more popular all
over the USA, and Mexico and they got some good plasterers there they take this, this Darby you can call it a
straight edge or a rod, you just grab this guy okay you, come up feather into it just put the excess where you
need it, Take your leg put your elbow back here come on this is the second coat.
I'm making it true and plum. When I worked Union, I work behind the pump. I would do this eight hours a day every day. And we do about, what we do about seven to eight houses a day, just with a scratch coat or the brown.
As well I worked for Danny smith plastering, Fred Smith who's still working today is one fellow who
taught me more than anybody. Fred Smith man he's an excellent plasterer, He works for Danny Smith plastering still or
actually, they call it another name but he showed me all these techniques years and years ago. Hed come
by and say, hey bro, you're killing yourself, put it right here and do this.
Okay, guys now what we're doing is hard rubber floating. This takes a lot of elbows grease. well basically doing about pushing this
in it's the same day material pushing it in hard, real hard a lot of strength and just push it in
tight you know when I get done, we remove all these windows, that I can tell Dan was here, he's my,
youngest, he's covered these windows I generally put a piece because it's real windy day it's kind
of stopping out of good-good kg I know stands for me and he's always messing with me, He got
a good sense of humor. Anyway we're gonna hard rubber float everything, they're were going to hose it down most materials, I tell the homeowners, hose it down for three days this particular material
we hose it down the same day. Alright guys we are all hungry we got food over here waiting for us but
this particular product doesn't wait for anybody. This is a rapid set, man it doesn't wait for anybody.
So we're pushing in pushing in hard, going back going over everything in about 15 more minutes.
we're gonna have it we're all gonna take lunch. you really got to use a lot of elbow grease with
this and hit it while right now it's really hard. If I wait another half hour I won't have enough
muscle to push in. So we're using this the particular product you need a certification
and you better know what you're doing. Okay, guys, we're all set now our sprinkler heads are all
clean so there's no stuff go in there of course the down spouts where they go in here we had a
clog we wash it out. Anyhow cleaned all the plants, cleaned everything you can never be too clean and
we have them motto. Leave it cleaner than you found it. You, ever been yelled out for
leaving the job to clean? Me neither but I've been yelled at for other things, anyhow this wall is is
all floated out, these walls all floated out, we've been because of this particular product actually
to hose it down including the roof up there I've been hitting it with water occasionally if it was
real hot, I would have hit it many many more times. but that's this particular product required you
hose it down. Hose it down oh come on in here. Jay, if you can we've got a beautiful door there,
hey with a piece of red tape still on it. we're going to get that off up here the same thing we
got a hose this particular stump down which is not a big deal come around here, and I'll show
you the last piece, how's it going buddy? I'll take it from here show that float will cleans it up.
beautiful, Dan, on it, get down a little bit with water hydrates, hydrated most traditional system
you don't have to hydrate so much, anyhow job well done. my name is Kirk, I am with kirk giordano plastering.
when this fella comes home he looks at it, he'll say, man. Nice job, he's in law enforcement, the last thing I want
to do is do a bad job get pulled over and get a ticket. So as we'll see you guys on the next one.