howdy folks Kirk and Jayson here with Kirk Giordano plastering, today we're going to show
you guys is how we repair this ceiling now the fella called me over the telephone Ian says hey
I got a piece in my living room that's Buckland said well if it's Buckland what we'll do is we'll
cut the piece outscore around it pull it off and put it back up or replaster it depending on what
you have and I got here and I looked at this and I thought man it's about 70 years old its original
looks like somebody walked on the stud in the ceiling he said absolutely they were in the attic
and they walked on the stud now I told him I said man I hate to tell you this but I can't match that
finish he says I watched some of your videos it look like you can do pretty well and I said well
it's got to know his limitations I cannot I cannot match this where if I took out a patch within
here and then replastered it I know how they did this finish but it has ten coats of paint on its
softened so if I did it it would be too noticeable I said you're better just keeping it like that and
he said well is there anything you can do that'll make it a little bit better I said well yeah there
is something we can do now I got up here and I felt it and I thought it's just separated out only
a hair it's a hairline crack and what we can do is okay say the studs are going this way there's
a stud then every sixteen or every 24 there's another stud then over here there's another stud
they're going to paint this anyway then they'll put wood laughs on those and it has a 3/8 between
them usually so there's a lot of wood laughs in here so I said what I can do is I can screw some
screws in in the wood laughs that'll catch it too two out of three should go in I might hit
the field where it doesn't hit anything but more than likely I'll I'll hit this I said what I'll
do is we'll put a maybe a screw here screw here screw here here and here maybe one more now guys
you can't use nails if you're going to do this because if you use nails it here's a stud here's
a stud between it and spongy so it'll just it'll hit the lath and it will just do more damage than
good so you got to use a screw now technically I know somebody's going to say hey why not use
a screw of the washer if I use a screw with a washer now I'm going to have a head here that's
going to be hard to cover so I'm just going to use regular screws just sheetrock screws now sheetrock
screws the design to hold the sheetrock by going through the paper and just mountain flush if this
was water damage what I'm about to do won't work because it'll hit the soft plaster and it just
go right in and won't hold anything but because I'm guessing now this is when they walked in the
Attic on this stud that it feels pretty solid it's just a tiny bit loose here so what I'm going to do
is I'm going to just set some screws in first I'm going to pull my extension off this drill
and just use a regular Phillips bit and I'm going to try it so go ahead and put a couple of these
guys in wouldn't you know I missed it right there I'm going to pull that one out let's try it again
there we go that gripped it so this one that miss I'll pull it out sometimes you got to put
your fingers in there and just get it out of there all right I got a pretty good bite right
there on the one let's see if I can get another bite nope I'm hoping there is laughs up here
another good bite and you just put it so where it's it's just holding it tight already that
closed that seam one more to do it and then what I'm going to do is I'm going to hit this with
plaster weld bonding agent and I'm only going to feather in just one inch here and when if done
right it should match what they have here and what they have here it looks like a knockdown - where
you throw it on and then you knock it down with a trial it's not what it is if somebody put a
heavy skip trial finish over the entire ceiling came back with a swimming-pool trowel or regular
trial and then hard steel trial - I can tell that because in inside the fields here there's no - so
anyway I've done that - so we're going to put a couple more screws in here and then we're going
to apply the plaster and I'll show you how we do the fix in a few minutes okay guys you know
what we're doing is blaster weld fellow called me the other day and said hey what's the difference
between blue board and green board green board is moisture resistant usually for kitchens and
bathrooms not waterproof but moisture resistant big difference blue board is what they use on
new construction and in the past the blue board actually you you don't need a bonding agent on
it but this is the painted surface or sheetrock you do need a bonding agent blue board is made
specifically for plaster and the plaster sort of absorbs right into it so you skim the entire blue
board we don't have that luxury here any putting a little bit of this body needed especially over
these screw heads and I had one two three four five six that caught two that didn't or three
anyhow there's that now I'm going to bring some mud up there any of you fellows watch and say
man I could have matched that I say well we do the best we can but I know my limitations there
is no way to get this patch within a patch so now it's just a quarter inch to an eighth now
and what I'm going to do is just put a little bit of plaster right here on this joint a little tiny
bit then take it here feather it in that joining us feather it in and that's the first stage I
still got a texture this and when I texture it I'm gonna sponge float it and then match this finish
so be about 15 more minutes and then we'll show you how we do that texture okay so a little bit
more right there on just that joint and then of course we got to go over the screw holes the last
thing I'm going to do is put a texture on this now now that's a very forgiving texture but if
I was to do a whole patch I know my limitations simply would not match there it is that's it now
that will match well match a lot better and I'm going to tell the fellas here when they page this
Take a roller and hit this about four to five times. Soften it so you can soften it like this.
However, my edges are still a bit crisper or sharper than what they have because multiple
coats seventy years this ceiling has been here. So 70 years, it has been softened quite a few times
anyway, guys hope you learn something there; my name is Kirk. I'm with Kirk giordano plastering,
and we thank you for watching. And as usual, we'll see you guys at the next one.