hi guys Kirk Carl and family here today I'm going to show you guys how to Darby a wall
how do we call it Darby in here in the UK they call it rod work and they have similar things to
this their rods they're eight foots to ten foot to four foot like this 30 foot 20 footers they have
them and what you do is you rod the wall make a true and plumb here in United States we're kind
of partial to this guy right here why because it has two handles the t-squares have take a lot of
skill to do that which I possess that skill it's just why waste it on a t-square or a rod when this
Darby will do the exact same thing what do I have here well we just plastered this and I was telling
Carl make it fat and ugly what's that nug ly mean that gives you a lot of mud guys say for example
you see that a lot of mud here guys a lot of much fat and ugly I want it heavier than we need it why
because if I go to rod this or Garbi it what will happen is if it's real hollow I'll pull up and
that it'll it'll show me all the holidays and if it's fat and ugly I can take some of that fat and
put it where I need it now because I can't take it vertical it's a little bit more of a fancy word of
challenge but what I'm going to do is I'm going to take it go up and then come down imagine this
guy's pretend there's a wall right here most guys what they'll do is they'll do this so take it and
they'll push in and it'll you know it's easier if you imagine a wall here that you cannot see
and what you'll do is you want to take that wall straight up straight up then push it up with your
hands then pull it down so we take the wall that invisible wall we take it straight up like this
most guys when they're plastering here especially new guys the apprentices will take it and they'll
follow the wall I'm going to create the wall because I want this true and plumb here's what
I recommend guys okay we're going to start at the core now let's see you see that mud right
there guys I'm going to use some skill I don't want to use muscle if I use muscle this is going
to burn me out if another half hour goes by I will have enough muscle because it will be hard so now
that it's about right where I want it I'm taking this darby here come up and come down there's
what this does is it straightens it up remember that invisible wall I was talking about we take
it come up what I like to do is come up then push it use my fingers and come down so in fast motions
you can't really see it and I also like to go at angles take it here and come on down because when
you go out of anger it's something like when I'm doing a big wall will pull it up and then I'll go
vertical but I can't go vertical here because the brick I don't want to get the brick all jacked up
so again we take it take that angle push it get it up here and then pull it you have it is guys when
I worked it in this is all I do eight hours a day here's what we do to the mud the mud got too thick
we just tap it it's magnesium and yeah it's easily damaged the straighter this is the better I like
to put a little curve sometime so what I'll do is I'll I'll just have it here put a little slight
curve but if there's too much of a curb then you just saw flex it back just like yeah I look at
this and if it's super straight that's not what I want I want it to bend just a hair so okay we're
taking a hit coming around boom here and we just follow it guys and this is got to take a little
bit of a little muscle but it's more skill guys more skill you don't want to use a lot of muscle
that's how you use a lot of muscle you don't know your cements see the last muscle I have to use
the more work I can give and when I get home this actually creates a good night's sleep I'm working
I'm breathing hard screen those endorphins give me a physical job any day to a desk job any day
you sleep much better still much feel better about accomplishing something you can't beat
it guy here we go see all this brick right here I'm gonna take it now I'm gonna take it on edge
here come straight up come down here remember I'm not letting the wall dictate it I'm pulling
up straight I'm going straight up it so I'm making this wall that's what I knew guys don't understand
see I just take it and I make the wall the way I want it that's the difference between working your
ass off and being able to do it and let's skill do the rest the skill part you're not you're not
beating yourself up now I look at this in the particular mode we're using I figure we're going
to float this and then dash it so I figure now in about 20 minutes this will be perfect what happens
if I let it sit an hour either when I go to float it hard rubber float or swing float nothing it'd
be like trying to float a brick because it'll be hard it'll be cured you won't you won't be able
to what happens if I try to float it right now what's so wet or it's so green that it'll just
fall right off so the majority of stucco work guys is knowledge 30% is application 70% is knowledge
you look at this you know your cements I'll show you it again you see that those the amount
of celebrators we have in this particular product I'll give this about 20 minutes and it's ready to
float anyway guys hope that too a little bit about darbian da RBY Darby you go online and get these
things here but you're going to if you're going to use it guys understand its use and how to use
it do not let the wall dictate it you dictate it go straight up you ever see a painter who doesn't
paint like this it ain't straight like this he follows the wall straight same thing with the
Darby anyway my name is Kirk call on the camera we thank you for watching as usual see you guys
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