Hi, guys, Kirk and Jason are here with Kirk Giordano plastering, today what I'm going to
show you in this instructional how to plaster video is how to match this texture here now
if you've been watching what we do over the last several years you know you may notice
we have about three to actually have over 500 videos this particular texture here if
you watch what we do anybody know the name of it? it's a dash-finish it's a thrown-on or blown-on finished dash.
this pattern right here or goes up and that pattern over there possibly this little patch on this side - I was done by probably my competition, which is no competition.
or the homeowners did it, at least they gave it their best shot. I'm going to show you how to actually match
this finish there's a couple ways you can do that guys one way is to apply some say
cement that this particular stuff here is we got a real heavy sand in it the sand is from
pokhara that's it's just a material yard and they have all kinds of sands it's not Olli
nor is it the regular plaster sand I generally and the reason is because I want to match this
finish just by floating it I can however match it by throwing it on but when you throw it on
just use this top coat first I got some mud here that same a man I told him mix me up a little a
little stiff I'm gonna do the undercoat which is basically the scratch coat this guy out of my way
okay so both of these batches of stucco here I made with the same product anybody again another
question anybody can tell what product this is just by looking at the color I'm not gonna tell
you now that I have trade secrets just curious how many of you guys pay attention to what we
actually do you notice the color here is not great it's a light can anybody know why okay there's a
scratch coat now this this bucket here is a little bit looser it's what I'm gonna use for my second
coat takes practice guys to do this kind of stuff all right bear with me no I could I can steal try
this on and float it or I can grab a Darby I'll show you that even though I'm just gonna use
my trowel yeah some of you guys might say wow code after code same time with this particular
material you can do that back you go six inches with this material why would anybody want to go
six inches well a lot of reasons what we want to won't get into that the idea is how are we
gonna match this texture here guys and again it's a heavy dad finish like the old time hey I've got
some sticks in there like the old time verse of - assault you throw it on well same thing
same type of procedure - of mud I'll show you the kind of brush we use and if you get stuff in your
stucco just pull it out it just stopped raining so my trucks under sometimes cats come in and use
it for a toilet look at all kind of weird stuff in this anyway now that I got this on I'm gonna
grab a float which actually I'm gonna use the rest of this mud up it'd take me another five
five minutes to go around in this corner then I'm gonna grab a float a dash brush I'm gonna
show you how we match this alright guys back to you I left off I've got that all too coated out
now I can use a square a trial comes like use the heel because it's flatter and go like so or
your guys can use a Darby wet your Darby first and take it like so just lift up all this does
either way either way works alright now here's the tricky part guys to avoid putting stucco in
a bucket making it cement tisha sand watery like soup and then dipping this in there and throwing
it on like that that's a real pin in the assets a dragon takes long it gets all over here I have
to cover all this there's an easier way with this particular sand it's very very heavy the
aggregate is heavy now notice I just put this on too I mean it's it's pretty fresh I could give it
another 5 minutes but I can work it right now okay the idea is to put a little bit of water in your
float not too much because if it's too much you hit it it just pours down the wall and you've got
to clean it anyway so this part takes actually a lot of practice too as far as how much water
you get in there and what I want to do is I just want to get my joint right now I turn this around
because I can see it's starting to leak okay just going to show you a little section turn it around
start to leak that way now it's full of sand this right here is full of sand it's not going to give
the aggregate it's just gonna drag it now I don't want to drag finish because that's pretty ugly I
want a dash pin I want to give what they have okay right amount of sand and or water in here
now so I'm going to take this and clean this trim up like so now I'm gonna turn the float
around because I want to clean this as well I'm cleaning this and dashing at the same time and
that's a perfect match right here because I'm using a very heavy sand again it's not Felton
or Olli it is a clean course wash sand and you got to know where to go to get that there's no
trade secrets about that stuff I was talking with a buddy of mine who does some intricate interior
stuff I said man you're good dude you ever do video he says man I don't want to give away all
my secrets well guess what nobody wants to do this stuff what we do I've had guys in the trade for
10 years still can't do it because it's just not their trade me I hate electricity no matter if I
have 20 years I'm not gonna be good at it because I don't enjoy it so I don't consider this trade
secrets it's more or less common sense guys all right I'm gonna put my final load upward now what
happens if I float down it all comes off because it's fresh so I'm waiting to see some replies from
you guys and tell me what kind of cement this is because I've explained if it's tannish looking
why and what kind of cement that is and to do both coach anyway it's got to be a certain kind
of cement anyway this is my final finish I'm gonna go ahead and finish everything out it's gonna take
me another 15 minutes but we make it pretty right here just a section I'm showing you guys make it
pretty make it pretty and by the way the owner says hey I'm not worried about matching just do
the best you can and I thought that was kind of funny as to dude I'm a professional we'll make it
match anyhow you see any imperfections just drag it pull it and yes sometimes it doesn't always
come out perfect the exact first time so you just look at it and a little less water a little more
water that's what really takes the practice guys anyway this little section is done that's what I'm
gonna show you and I want to get busy and turn that camera off and finish this so we can get
out of here it's Friday and we're getting tired anyhow my name is Kirk I'm with Kirk Giordano
plastering we thank you guys for watching it as usual I'll see you guys on the next one
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