Howdy folks, kirk and Jason here with Kirk Giordano Plastering.
I want to show you how we match this adobe finish here now she put up a few of these 4
gates a lot of people will do cinder block how do you know, it's in the block well you can see
the cinder block. it's coated right here I'll show you what I did to match that particular
finish there my hedge a mix me up some soupy mud and it's a little sandy because I want to match
that right there ok we get it here we're gonna do is go straight up with it and just skip it
they say what is skipping it well you put it here if you put it flat like this it won't skip so you
just hold it back a little bit lightly come here and this particular finish here they actually hit
it once then they went over it sideways a little bit no big deal we can handle that we just keep
going over it take me about five minutes if you guys are in a hurry it's gonna take me at least
5 minutes to show this so give me a give me that amount of time and show you how we match this when
I come to this radius I'm just gonna pull it down low because I am gonna put a little bit of mud on
that radius in the corner just go back and forth back and forth could you use mud that's a little
stiffer sure could you use it a little soup here sure what kind of mud is this regular Portland
cement we mix 3 to 1 what a 3 to 1 mean yeah that means for every 100 pounds of cement you use 300
pounds of sand that is 3 to 1 and we are going over cinder block cinder block does not need a
bonding agent because this will adhere by suction they just stick together they're very porous you
put it on here you see how it just sucks right up and what I do now is before I do that top
I come in here and that is not what they have right there so I look at it and I did put some
more put some more and I feel it I keep filling it I keep skipping it in other direction I'm looking
straight out what they have piece of cake just fill it in other direction and say you guys want
to do this and this wall is painted well then now you'll have to pressure wash it and get all
the dust grime off it and apply a bonding agent because this will not adhere to a painted surface
and the idea guys again getting back to what I'm doing is you just go over it back and forth until
there's until we got it kind of Adobe doubt like that and there's actually is got a lot of paint
on it so what I'm gonna do here is I'm gonna skip it a little bit more I've already done a
few skips keep skipping it then I'm gonna take my trowel and basically just trial it a little
bit more to somewhat match theirs because they have got so much paint on there and yeah this
takes a little bit of practice it's a little bit of practice guys here we go a little bit
more just keep covering all the areas that you could see the the base cut and actually I can
see the base color there is two so a little bit of bad practice just feeling this is actually one
of the most forgiving finishes in the business because if you have any mistakes with the brown
coat man this will cover it okay so now that I've I think I've matched pretty much what they've got
Here we go just a couple more here and there last pieces we're right where I'm at where the camera
actually can should see now that I got what I want on I'm gonna just take my trial here and
smooth it out a little bit you can because there's it's painted so many times I don't
want to tell these guys oh man just put 10 coats of paint on it'll match usually I try to match
things the first the first primer and paint should match it and can I do everyone perfect no nobody
can do that okay last thing I'll do is I'll skip this cap here same thing guys now I'm just doing
the radius yeah just skipping on the cap piece of cake nothing to it and because I'm starting
right here I don't want a straight line I'll show you what I do guys I'm gonna stagger it
meaning I put it here okay from here down here and I'll that line I don't stagger it it'll look
kind of odd it'll look like hey somebody created it instead of so-called Adobe so now I'll start
down here get on there I'll start down here and all I'm doing is just putting coat after coat
because this is Adobe guys normally you see me using my pull chop you can use any trial guys
you can use a square one doesn't matter but keep in mind the Charles I generally use our 5 inches
wide why don't we use a child 5 inches wide here because now I kissed I got more give and play if
it's 4 inches or 3 that's before doing call him create work there was no skill involved
with that it's all muscle here with the wider trial you have more flexibility more play for
more more for guys who are skilled anyway guys you see what we have here and again if you just
go over once or twice boom you will match this finish piece of cake anyhow my name is Kirk with
Kirk Giordano plastering we thank you for watching and as usual we'll see you guys on the next one.