hi guys Kirk and Jay here with Kirk Giordano plastering today I want to show you a couple
things the finish notice this finish we're gonna do the scratch and a brown here and then I'm
gonna match that finish happy look at that finish that finish is similar to what it's either Santa
Barbara smooth mission finish or its be mi marble because it's flat it's flat like say an interior
taping mud but don't ever put interior tape in mud or any interior taping mud on the next year
I had a fella emailed me and said hey Kirk I've put interior tape and mud on the outside and it
rained and it washed off well guys you can't do that exteriors our exteriors so again a BMI
or as La Habra Western makes also these smooth smooth finishes I'll take you to the side real
quick here I want to point out something another fella says Kirk how come you never show our work
well I don't show it because I don't we're done with a job and I don't like to go back but anyhow
this window here from right here to right here to down below to the ground we redid about oh
five six years ago and this is a real tight finish if I had plastered this entire wall even I can't
match my own finish within a finish not on a not on a light skip trial finish but it's it is what
it is I notice the paint more than the texture so there's certain things you can and cannot do guys
we're gonna go ahead and put this window together and when I get ready to texture it I'll show you
how we do that as far as - as far as to do both finishes well gee I've showed that in about 20
to 30 maybe 50 different videos so my main thing on here is to show you how we do a texture you can
watch if you like how I get started but again we we've shown this we actually got a few fibers in
this stucco here and all I'm gonna do is apply my scratch and a brown coat once I get my scratch and
a brown coat then I'm going to do the texture now the texture is what this one is really about so
give me I should at least another one of these guys here a lot of fibers in this stuff anyhow
guys you see where this is going as far as the two coats but when I get ready to do the coat
finish here I'll explain that question about how to match that finish as close to on the money as
possible ok guys now that I have the whole window spread out it's been about 20 minutes - and I've
been doing other things we're always multitasking J spread about four windows in the back but for
the sake of continuing what we're started showing you how to match this very light smooth finish
this is a necessary step guys you've got to float it you see where it's real jagged right here what
I'll do is I'll come into it and this is a hard rubber float and we just smooth it out guys if
it's just like right now if I let this set too too long I'll be using a lot of muscle right now
I'm just using skill I've got an abundance of skill at this stage muscle I got enough but I
don't want to burn it out so again see now this is getting that joint clean and when you finally got
your joint clean and you take sponge float now the difference is this is hard rubber it's for
compressing it compacting it and this actually brings the aggregate out or in this case it'll
feather in this joint even a little tighter so what I'll do is it's got a little bit of water
in it and that's all I want to do guys that's all I want to do I just want to feather that joint in
and this particular material requires a little moisture so that did it turn my float around get
that window trim now I'm gonna do that on all four sides and when we get ready to do this texture I
will show you how we do it okay guys we're at a stage now where we've mixed some BMI marble
finish and what I'm generally doing is I'm coating this again why am i coating this instead of just
putting the texture on it because the fellows in this work they coated theirs and my finish
here is just a little bit rougher than their so what I'll generally do is I'll match so not only
does my base coat have to match but my finish coat has to match and we are are we are on a front of
a an apartment building which just happens to be a beautiful building and regardless if it was in
a bad neighborhood we got to do our job make it pretty so give us about oh I'm gonna float this
out and I'm gonna turn right back around and then I'm gonna show you how to do this simple texture
but even with a simple texture there sure is a lot involved to get to that stage alright guys this
is the last stage in where we're going color coat material BMI now what we're doing is we are simply
feathering in the texture now you look at what they got and it's a very light weight light lace
lights skip trial whatever you want to call it it all means the same thing well we got a bit here
that's easy you can go almost right to the vent and you know that's not gonna trip because that's
the vent hides it but when you're feathering in an open wall to a large wall well that takes a little
bit more time in sometimes you got to hit it twice allowed to dry come back and the key to this
is looking at what they did that's pretty flat so what they did is they put it on they hit it
quick so that's what I'm gonna do put it on hit it quick I remember what I said guys you never want
to use an interior I don't care if it struck the light fix all tape and mud compounds no interiors
can go on an exterior guys it simply doesn't work that way where I need to move this ladder we just
move it a little bit and yes we could have moved these two hundred pound pots but they're heavy so
anyhow we didn't need the resort tonight we come up be careful and we just start again put a little
little lighter a little just all we're doing is I'm gently gently putting this on gently if I go
real heavy then it'll be up even more pancake than what they have here so we just lightly put it on
and look up you can see they pulled it upward we pull it upwards we pull it sideways and Terry's
got a map if you're heavy in any areas you can just show her like this and that cuts it down
sure one last little thing here do this last little side for you guys and I'm gonna call it
a day okay again very light very light very light yeah all we're trying to do is give it just a tiny
bit of texture just like the fellas goes before us and then you can come here and do some circles
Hey guys, we got underneath the window to do, but you get the idea involved in such a small project,
but if you know how to do them. So you take your time, and you do them all,
you got a perfect match anyhow, guys my name is Kirk, Jason on the camera, and as usual,
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what we do well what a drag that is but anyhow, as usual, we'll see you guys on the next one.