other guys Kirk and Jason here once more with Kirk Giordano plastering today I got a patch oh
it's about 40 feet long what I want to show you guys is I had a guy who has always called me sick
Kirk how come you always use a color coat when you do a texture I'll show your Kevin this particular
finish here I'm going to scratch them Brown this all right now and I'm using a pull trial swimming
pool trial we use these when we don't want any joints when we used to do swimming pools this is
flexible if I use a square trial I can still get it in these corners here but it doesn't flex much
this one does anyway we're going to go ahead and do a scratch and brown J mix me up some hot mud
and what that means is it has a seller ater in it so I'm gonna start here and work my way all
the way and all I'm doing now is just a scratch coat first now we'll come double it up and put
another coat and by the way folks Jay has informed me that we have a million viewer million people
that have watched our videos now I find that remarkable I just want to say thank you to all
those folks he actually showed me something else too I didn't know we were so worldwide doing this
stuff we have folks from every country watching these that's I just found that out I find that
amazing anyway thank you folks but getting back on the question from ah this fellow who actually
is in Italy I'm unbelievable that's pretty far away he says well how come you always use the
color coat I'm going to show you because when we're done with the scratching Brown I'm going
to show you what happens when you try to use this particular material to match the texture
I can use this particular material to match some textures but not this particular one because this
was at one time a color coat that has been painted and when we get to that stage I'll
definitely show you folks because it is kind of interesting alright guys we are at a stage where
I am putting up our second coat tip this got a last American paint on it because it leaks
like a sieve in this apartment so it that day the folks who lived here they had to leave until this
gets fixed as as I'm doing my scratch code what I'll do generally is I'll push extremely hard
I'll push it up extremely hard and I'll get it in a real tight because that's when you're doing
tie-ins like this in case any of you folks having notice by watching our videos I do complete homes
but after 30 years of doing complete homes I don't mind just doing this little patch stuff
so this little this joint here I'm using this pull chop and I'm squeezing it as hard as I
can't under here under getting it in there real real tight because in about Oh 20 minutes this
gonna be hard as a rocket and I'll show you how we float it and get ready to do this particular
texture and as I said I'm going to show you why we don't use this one alright guys this is just
rod in the work the the lines the serrated edge on here actually opens it and allows it to draw
a little bit faster that's technical stuff that the average person would need to know
I would also strongly suggest that if you're a homeowner and you're watching me do this get a
scratch coat let it set forty-eight hours then come back and do the brown coat and the texture
here actually takes a few years experience so I mean I'm going to show you guys but I don't
expect people to pick up a hockey trowel and do what I do I make it look a lot easier because
of 30 years and I enjoy doing this alright guys I'm going to show you the another step now that
we got it on I got it on a little full because I want to feather in now now I'm feathering in the
joist using this hard rubber float feathering in the joint I'm pulling it up pulling it up
let's see you here and then I'm shaving it I generally will shave it what I call to get it true
and plumb you can see this little bit of slobbers that are coming off and that's what I want and
it's it's at a workable stage right here too if I allow this to get white or to harden either means
the same thing I'm going to be using muscle and strength rather than skill right now I'm relaxed
and I haven't even broken a sweat and that's the way I want to keep it if I can and I just
keep shaving it keep shaving it now it's becoming truer and truer completely flat so my next texture
will or for my final texture I'll have a perfect finish rod true and plumb I just take this right
here pick it up throw it back on the board a lot of ways to do this guys this is just my way after
all my years experience I found that this is the best and these guys they are expecting me to match
this Larry says hey Kirk you're going to match it perfectly I said I'll do as well as the next
fella as far as matching that texture but if you want a perfect finish you know my rules we coat
the entire front that's the front of a building we coat the entire front there's no joints but
I can match this well enough where the average person won't notice it all right guys I'm out of
stage now we're okay why this this particular material here won't achieve the texture that
they desire I forget if it's Kevin from France or Italy but one of those areas anyway I'll show you
now Kevin why this doesn't work okay first of all the the stuff we put in a Portland cement
it's either Felton sand Oh Lise and plaster sand is about ten other names and it's it's a little
heavier than this texture sand this is 30 it's a twenty thirty or regular thirty so here's here's
why this won't work good question by the way okay even if I put it on light okay I'm going
to put this on somewhat light so knock it down if this is way heavier so when they paint this it'll
be noticeable you know something else a gos Kirk you know that's that texture you put was way too
heavier and why because I try to save some time and use this I can use this in a lot of materials
but just not this anyway I'm going to show you what I recommend I'm going to scrape this off
Okay, scrape it off and start again, but this time with the proper material,
and the proper material I'm using on this is a La Habra 20 30; that's the technical name of it,
and it's for a fine color coat finish. Jay, he mixed me up some in the bucket here.
That's about all I need, so what I'll do is I'll pull it out now; how do I get it out your way?
Okay, now I'm going to put it on the hock here. I have cleaned this Hawk with water, it'll
slip-slide all over the place, so I do this to level out the playing field so that when I pull it
off of here, it does not slide too much. Alright, now we start this particular material again.
Now I'm looking at what they've done there; they're right-handed plasters. Most guys are
coming upward like this; they put their first one on here. They're pulling it sideways,
so I'll generally do something very similar to that. I'll pull it sideways. I'll start
at the bottom here and pull it sideways sometimes. I'll just take my trowel and put a couple sideways
ones as I see they got a few sideways there. If I wish, I could switch to a square trowel, but I
don't need to. I can use this swimming pool trowel to show you more about what I'm referring to.
Now I'm gonna take it sideways because these guys went sideways just like that;
give me five minutes to take this whole wall, then I'll show you how we knock it down.
Okay, guys, we're almost done here; another thing which fellows like me in the trade know like
little bitty things there's a lot of technical stuff here, and that is I'm going over a hot wall
even though we're in the shade today it's a nice chilly day I love these days right here for doing
this it's perfect I'll show you something almost got this Nick and as soon as I finish this little
skip trowel right here a little bit sideways. Now I know what I'm waiting on and what I'm
waiting on over there is or being ready I'll show you something else that'll last the last
stage all right we're ready I'm looking at this. I can look at it because I have a lot
of time in. I know what I'm looking at: the fellow who did the color coat originally 50
years ago. Before it was painted and put on, they allowed it a certain amount of time to dry. They
knocked it down that determines whether or not the texture here is flat or has a few ridges,
so now I'm just barely hitting it, sitting. I'm just I'm holding it with here.
I'm not holding it with my whole hand, just letting my finger-lift it up as I lift it up;
that gives me the finish if I put if I press it real hard, I can make it flatter if I just
do it like so that just takes few practice guys you got to know what you're looking at. It takes
a few years in the trade to learn this; anyhow, my name is Kirk, Jason on the camera as usual,
and the fella who mixed all this for us guys. We'll see you at the next one.