Hello folks, Kirk and Jason here with, Kirk Giordano plastering, on a job site,
I thought we called me happy all about stretch. I'm going to show you how to stretch or how we
scratch in the industry first. I was explaining to the homeowner how we get this matter because
I thought I'll show you guys that boy stuff shows you the scratch okay we take some mud
off of here now we slam it here and fill it come up just like that get here to fill
that can't hit it fill the edge right there go the edge that way we get a real thick corner.
going through there just like that and of course as we come up say for example we're going to take
this and fill it another way now here I'm filling that also the top edge about what this is going to
build no I will fit one more time I'll take you to the other side where we've already completed
this because what I really want to do is show and you're from Texas I use a scratcher okay
Andrew we have scratches like this like this we have trials with scratch marks in it neither of
them work what I generally is when I was working Union I've worked behind a pump and we'd run we
do six seven thousand a reason we would tape them like this is because okay I scratch this like this
you see that it's kind of a nasty stretch can you zoom in that's uh it's a pretty bad scratch where
it leaves a lot of clinker our next coat will hit those clinkers and make a mess so before you
take them and I usually leave about a quarter inch here because those are the grooves that I
want I'll leave a quarter inch now the tape acts there's a trial that's a little tip Union tip for
when we're on the pump yeah real nice and easy and in here I'm gonna bend you walk up Amanda
go get by scratch inside there last face just for the sake of this video we take this brush
also take a brush look at our corners like that you would get our cornice get rid of
all the creatures while we have the brush we get underneath belly bands like so and on the top and
then we do like so we make a mess on the ground we're gonna pick that stuff up anyway just like
that and what this does is gives us clean edges for our next coat where it won't um you won't
have a lot of clinker but we put that next coat on it how also we feather in our new stucco to
the existing stucco is for the float see that blue stuff that well create we come right here we're
just feather it right in sometimes I'll use this instead of a brush and I'll just feather it like
so like there it is just like that we always try to go underneath everything get it tight
you can use the float also guys if you do your corners here just use a float now you're going
on this side and it pushes it down on that side then you're going here which pushes it
back here better to use a brush for your corner to die edition is one time voltages like that
Like that, and again, God stars a lot of ways to scratch a wall. I also scratch
my screen that way. They'd have to stick it out, and of course,
we'll clean up this mess if we have any mess on things anyway, Andrew I know you asked me
that question about a week and a half ago I told you I was getting ready to do a scratch
coat I would do my best try to explain why we put the tape on a scratcher again that way
when I leave is lots of clinkers everywhere, and as usual, we start from the top and work
our way down see what we've done we've got up we've got a whole house we're doing here
got to go all the way around we're going to be here all day but I just wanted to show you,
Andrew, in case anybody else to keep getting email to the folks at us why do you scratch
it how do you use it what's the tool look like oh that's what any of the tools look
like it's easy and now my brown coat when I say brown cook that just simply means a
second coat my second coat will adhere to this mechanical bond by the suction as well
as it'll know in these roots anyway my name is Kirk I'm with Kirk Giordano plastering,
thank you, folks, for watching see you guys on the next one