howdy folks kirk and Jason here with kirk Giordano plastering, I'm back with another stucco mixing
video because you guys liked the last one so much I know you guys have mixing projects of
your own so I'm going to show you something different today it's something I haven't had
to do in a while because most of the cements we use now have the lime pre-mixed into the bags
that's not always the case and it might not be the case with the materials that you guys find
near you so what I'm doing today is mixing two colors of cement together with the type s lime
and the lime adds workability breathability it keeps it moist and it just makes it all
around better for us to work with and it makes the cement stronger but what you want to do if
you're going to do one of these types of mix is first you add your water add some water
you're not adding all your water you want a good layer down there and then you're gonna
add your sand now I've already done the mat the other thing about doing it this way is
you have to figure out your own ratios you've got to do your formulas what we're doing is one
one one to six parts and it's a little bit of a richer mixture but we're finishing today we want
a nice smooth strong finish so I've already got mice and measured out here I'm going to
add it to the mix bucket and then when you're doing lime you want to churn the lime and the
sand together for about a minute and I know I need three scoops of the lime for this ratio
Get a little bit of water in here, and when you spray into a bucket, it tends to kind of
fly up like that. Now I'm gonna spend a minute turning this t together before I add my cement
looks like I need a little bit more water
now when you're mixing these things in buckets, you have to be really certain you're getting down
to the corners breaking up all the chunks down there you don't want to get to where
you're plastering, and then there's a big old chunk of not mixed stuff down at the bottom
So there's my minute now. I'm going to add the
total required cement which is three scoops white when three scoops gray.
Get more water in here now. I'm going to mix this
for another two minutes until I get the desired consistency,
which is kind of like heavy whipping cream. I want it nice and soft so that we can spread it.
again paying careful attention to get the bottoms
and one thing to keep in mind when you're doing this, of course,
I left my trowel over here out of the frame is you're going to have dry spots along the
wall it's if you take a wet trowel, you can scrape your edges and get all that powder
into the center where it's actually getting mixed and not hanging out there doing nothing
And there we go once your two minutes are up, or it achieves the consistency you want you're done
now I'm gonna cut it and grab that camera off the tripod and show you what the cement looks
like so you know what you're looking for when you do it all right guys my dad's got Hawking
out. He's going to show you what the mud should look like once you've mixed it now. This mud
will be great for spread using skill instead of muscle, and that's what you're looking for.
You don't want to be working your butt off all day anyway, guys hope this answered some
of your questions. Thanks again for watching, and as usual, we will see you at the next one.