Hello guy, Kirk, and Jayson here with Kirk Giordano plastering,
today what we're doing is we're going to skin this wall here but first of course we have to
prep this wall and this wall is not like a cinder block retaining wall this wall is form boards 70
years ago they put the boards right here held it together and then poured it took the boards off
that's form boards you see that concrete now this wall we got a little bit of prep work to do on it
nothing we can handle because it has deteriorating concrete and a lot of things deteriorate concrete
such as acid salt chlorine fluoride in the water fortunately we don't have to drink that stuff
right anyway the fella here is just Kirk look I want to make this I don't want it to look modern
I want to look like the houses in Italy and I said okay here's what we do like say this crack
here so how can you get rid of it I said man we can't get rid of that crack that's a structural
crack it's an Alameda landfill man that crack has been there for 50 years and it's going to
continue to come what we can do is I mean I could use in a two-part epoxy I could use caulking I
could use fiber mesh I can use wire I can use all of them but is it going to come back heck
yes it's going to come back the idea is whatever method I use it'll correct it for the time being
and once it starts re cracking together be like the hair on your head and every year it gets a
little bit bigger in about 30 years 20 years it might be a quarter of this size might be half a
I'm no engineer I'm just a stucco guy but we're doing this whole wall here again we're going to
pressure wash it and apply a bonding agent and all these cracks we're going to make it look
natural that we're going to put two coats finish on it and the fellow here says hey Kirk can I do
anything to help you out and I says hell yes man with that Carrara I don't want to even get dust on
that thing but when we get to this this part we're going to skim this today we're going to pressure
wash it then we're going to skim it but when we get to the actual finish here's what where it's
going to look cool guys it's good the old-world charm we're going to use the Santa Barbara smooth
mission finish put the first coat on it and float that so it's going to have a sandy look then we're
going to come back and we're going to put another coat over that we're going to miss some area it's
about 20 of them maybe 30 about the size of your fist and what that is is a cat face finish we're
going to steel trowel that down and then take a green sponge float and put a little water on
it after both coats are done and you can see the undercoat here and there we're going to hit that
with a little bit of water what that will do is it'll give it this rustic look you see where this
wall 70 years old it's it looks rustic already or varied in color so that way when it does wreak
rack it'll look more natural just like the place is an Italy Venice and all that stuff so anyhow
guys we're going to get started we're not going to show you pressure washing it's pretty boring
stuff but when we get ready to spread it and do the two coats I'll show you what I'm referring
to okay guys finishing up this wall here giving us an old-world charm what does that mean that
means that I'm not going to rod these walls or Garbi these walls and make them true and plumb
the idea is we're just going to go by hand and it'll be a little bit of wavy but that's okay we
want it a little bit wavy right here a lot of ways to do this guys as I mentioned even this
mesh here that's straight for a wonder board still not going it's going to slow it down a little bit
but anyway I'm not gonna stop it what I'm doing guys just putting on enough that the foam boards
won't show through we are going to do two more coats of a color finish on this do is the mud
just like that, guys, I'm going to take this 80-foot stretch. I won't bore you
with the whole thing, but you get the idea all by hand, guys, none of that rod
and stuff making it true and plumbing making it look modern. We don't want modern we want
to look like something from Italy like Venice, something was done a hundred years ago. Come on
hmm no I'm fine I got my pants with knee pads in them I'm groovy see that guy's all we do is thick
enough you get the form bored lines out because you can't put a color coat over something like
this you have to spread it out first just like so right when I cover this piece of mesh tape
we'll call it it it's so called end of this when we finish the entire wall I'll show you what it
looks like hopefully the Sun will be on it if the Sun is on the wall guys you could see every hump
bump because the Sun enhances it when it's in the shade you can't see all that stuff but by the time
we're done with this hopefully the sun's on it and you'll be able to see some of the contours
that I'm intentionally making on this alright guys we've got this whole wall done and what
I'm doing again is I'm giving it some character guys we don't want the modern look we had next
wheelbarrow mud guess what we just put it on the wall a little bit more not going to hurt this wall
so all I'm doing now is I'm a steel trowel and a guide and owner said Kirk if you still Charlet
won't it crack what's it on wood every single time on concrete or block not necessarily it could but
it really doesn't matter even if it did because we are putting two more coats of color coat on
this for a particular finish the café's finish and a week or so when we come back to do that you'll
see how it looks we're getting ready here to pick up this big meh and wrap it up till the guys Hey
half a day let's go have some lunch somewhere anyway when we come back for the final we'll
show you that that because that's what this video is really all about okay guys it has been about
3-4 weeks and we did a hard steel trough finish over this now granted like I said I was going
to apply moles of Toth for catface finish on it where Jason skims the whole thing I floated then
we come back and put a second coat miss little areas but the homeowners here have a chance to
look at this and they keep saying Kirk we love it just the way it is and I said if you like it just
the way it is then that's fine that just the drag of being too good at what you do anyhow my name is
Kirk I'm with Kirk Giordano plastering and this hard steel child finished notice no cracking why
because it's over concrete cinder block brick rock usually won't crack but over plywood and
laughs or crack every time if you steel trowel it anyhow we thank you for watching and as usual guys
we'll see you on the next one once again folks we thank you for watching and I really enjoy all
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