Howdy, folks Kirk and Jason here with Kirk Giordano plastering today;
what we're going to show you guys is how we texture this wall and how we feather it
in question for any of you folks watching. What's the best way? If you've been watching the videos,
we have about 300 of these guys. What's the best way to do a texture?
Here there are three ways to do it. Can anybody tell me, or can you watch this and say, oh,
I know watching his videos, what I would do I'll tell you all right one way is to just put
a texture right on this base coat, and we did the base coat a week ago with a BMI product it's just
for the base knowing we were coming back anyhow. I wasn't concerned with cracks or any of that
stuff, but no cracks anyway three ways to do it, and if you choose one of those ways,
there are ways to do that number one way is the way I was going to do what I did it as I was just
going to put the base coat on and texture it. They're going to paint this anyhow; a better
way would be to take my color coat and spread this out right here and then put a texture on it; it's
a little tighter when you do that. The third and the best way to do it comes with strings attached.
If I could take this bonding agent right here and I could apply a bonding agent over the whole thing
and put a color coat maintenance-free finish on it even though they're going to still paint it
now if I'm going to do that again if you guys have watched what we have explained for a couple years
now does anybody know the proper way to do that? If not, I'll tell you I'm going to put a bonding
agent on this Weld-creat right here. They make a lot of bonding agents in a lot of colors;
some are wide, some are grains and a lot of different colors. I just prefer Larson's.
I'm going to just lightly put a bonding agent over the painted surface now. What that does is
when I put my color coat over this, my color coat will adhere to a painted surface; now this wall
here it's very porous, so what I'm going to do is I'm going put about four coats over here I'm just
going to put a coat on let it dry put a coat on let it dry put a coat on why you might ask you're
going to put so many fat coats on here I want to kill the suction see right now this is very
porous just like a sponge you put water on it just absorbs right in where this is already painted,
so it's not absorbing into that and what will happen is if I don't get this suction
very sore to kill the suction like this is killed. I will have a texture change here in a different
color even though they're going to paint it. I thought I'd point this out, guys,
because I got nothing better to do today, and I like explaining stuff.
The last thing I want to point out is I bet a job out in Rio Vista, and the folks called me,
emailed me, and said, Kirk, we really appreciate we watched a lot of your videos. I have a question
for you; we went with another fella, and he did our color coat maintenance-free finish on our big
house, and it's popping off all over the place; why do you think this is? And what's the solution?
I said well, I hate to tell you this, but when they pressure wash, they didn't pressure
wash very well, or when they put the bonding agent in, they do sell a white bonding agent,
and he probably put the bonding agent in the mixer which dilutes it to nothing.
You can't do that even though it says you can. they said what's the fix I said well,
the fix, unfortunately, is to pressure wash it all off from corner to corner.
Start brand new again, apply the bonding agent directly to the house, and so guys,
if you're ever doing a color coat maintenance-free finish on your house, a cementitious type always
put the bonding agent in the house on the house. I'm sorry about the walls.
Do not try to cut corners and put a bonding agent in a mixer. They can have the white type
of bonding agents say you can do this; you simply cannot do that anyway, guys. We're going to get
started. I'm going to put a light finish again on this painted surface, and it's going to take about
a half-hour for this one to set here. I'm going to go over a few times that will show you how
we color coat the entire thing; alright guys, we are about to start the texture; now again,
I can't express enough about putting the bonding agent directly on the painted surface that is a
must you cannot put it in the mixer those people who called me and said gee with this a situation.
We have I learned that 20 years ago, 30 years ago, when we were working in Union,
and we had to come in, the textures just peeled off. And I'd say, why is this peeling off?
They said they didn't put the mix; they didn't put the bonding agent on the house. Instead,
they put it on the mix, so don't do that. Anyway, I'm going to get started here,
and all I'm going to do, guys, is just spread this out first. I'm going to spread as far as I
can reach. I got a pretty high reach, so I'll take it here, take the whole wall, I'll put a ladder in
just three times, move it to get the top, and what I'm doing is basically putting the first coat on,
and I'm going to take it all the way down almost looks like the same color all right guys.
Jay's memory card got full, and just for the sake of showing you how to go over this finish here,
I'm gonna go over like, oh Henry Ford used to say failure is the opportunity
to start again this time more intelligently. the last thing you want to do is have a color
coat fail and have to redo it; nobody wants to hear this philosophy when you're stuck thinking,
damn, I'm going to take all the stucco off, so the bonding agent is
really important guys; ok now taking it over to finish that we have around here
Where the joint is, I will get it once more;
you guys get where I'm going with this? I take it to come down, take it up,
come down on it, just color-code a couple clubs on them, but nothing I can't handle
There we have it. I'm going to go all the way to the end, then I'm going to put a ladder here,
hit this joint, and come back and start here. I'm not worried about any kind of
joints because we're going to paint this, but guys see where we're going with this;
spread it out; it's mainly about the preparation. Guys ok, guys, it shows a hot day today and what
I was saying is I spread out the whole top, then I move the ladder once this my third time I got
a long reach she said, how about I show it to them, and you film it like I always tell them
we've been over there I can't use that camera. So you got the glorious run glorious job of I'm
mixing it and filming it anyway guys I'm gonna finish this little piece here then we're going
to go ahead and have a quick lunch allows you to set up a little bit we're going to
set up a little bit because the texture that they have is achieved by letting the walls dry out.
If I start my finish right now, it won't match. There so we're going to be 20-minute lunch,
then we'll come back and show you how to do the texture; that'll probably be right on us by then,
alright guys getting on with the texture now it's about just right to start from the top
we're going to do this entire length here and drop the ladder and start from the bottom it up.
Easy, oh yeah, the alum on the bonding agents earlier Jay pointed out those bonding agents
are applied in text coats they put acrylic paint and bonding agents, and then they shoot
a paint type material on houses text coats; that's what they're called; you can do that,
but that didn't make my job any easier. I felt so bad to tell those folks what
really happened in their house. In fact, I felt so guilty, as if I had made a mistake.
So yeah, that bonding agent you can do with certain things with certain materials, but
they won't work with color coats like what we're doing right now over a permitted surface. Anyway,
the camera may show the skip that I'm doing on this particular wall, and again guys,
this is the best way to do a wall, and with this particular wall, we have so many things
going on. I thought you know that'd make a good topic because a lot is going on here with the
painted surface, the big the new stucco, and then tie in the texture together, so this is
as informative as we're going to get as far as trying to show some of the questions we receive.
Ok, guys, I'm putting the finishing touches on this; he's busy, nothing to it;
you guys have projects you like, email us if you have questions email me the question if
you have products you want to see me apply; oh I get tired of doing the same old thing day in
day out just go ahead and email me as products that you might be considering using it in hex
I have an opportunity I even show you how to use a different product anyhow guys my name is
Kirk with kirk giordano plastering, Jason on the camera and as usual guys see you on the next one.
you