hi guys Kirk and Jay here with Kirk Giordano plastering today I want to answer a question
I get asked often Kirk what's the difference which one is better burning nails or staples
to attach the wire so right now I'm gonna tell you everything I know about furry nails and
staples it's not going to take very long guys it's real simple okay the furry nails 1940 they
were patented why they were used for poultry wire what's poultry wire chicken coops chicken coops
was not suffered it was just attached on edge so the new wires for the last 40 years ever since
I've been doing this stuff ourselves into twine and they're pushed off the fur pushes it off of
the wall I've already stapled this wall off but just to prove a point say this furry nail here
it has a it's little gap right here called a dab dog what's it called a WOD I wish I had a lot of
cash okay this right here you just put it in like so and it holds the stucco or lath away
from the wall how much quarter-inch guys okay so you would put this in like that hit it in put it
in like that hit it in but we already have 3/8 so this half-inch is not even necessary I buy my
wire deep bird but you can buy regular wire which gives you a still 1/4 edge even stapled off you
see this guy's look my fingers are going under this wire and when I apply mud it goes under it
okay we take a furry nail you put it in and some folks say well gee wouldn't won't a furry nail not
rip the paper and a staple will that's simply not true guys a furry nail is designed just to
further the wire it just brings it out that's it it's still going to puncture the paper a staple
it's still going to puncture the paper guys I already did a video one time in great detail in
regards to what happens if your gun is not set right there's many guns and some of them aren't
set right or the bearings or the bumpers blow up and if this staple if I put it in the field here
rod I don't hit the wire and it punctures this paper tears it rips it that gun needs it to be
addressed because like again I already did a long detailed video on ah can a stucco gun or plaster
gun tear the paper absolutely unless you're on the ball and pay attention all right as far as
strength guys what's stronger a nail or staples well it's code for us to use staples ever since
I've been in the trade I don't know over thirty years when I started they said Kirk here's your
gun learn how to use it I've learned how to use it when we were doing stud houses we used it
with paperback wire we've been using these ever since when they came out I don't know but they
were when I started in the trade 30-something years ago what is stronger well they simulated
earthquakes in LA they the big the big guys did all these major companies they simulated
an actual earthquake using furry nails as well as a staple turned guess what guys you would
think contraire but the nails lost their heads the heads just exploded with the simulated earthquake
where the staples stayed in so the staples are stronger their code if you ever rip a paper use
some caulking and just caulk over it again I went through another video with that and why
why do these ok this is a good question people say well gee whiz Kirk if it's not necessary why
do they continue selling them I got this gun here three to four hundred bucks the compressor I got
a Dewalt between three to four hundred bucks when all the dust settles the hose let's say
another 50 bucks that box of staples over there that's about another 50 bucks though most folks
don't want to invest $900 in us in a system a professional system when they just got a patch
so ignorant and when I say ignorant I just mean not knowing not dumb they just don't know because
there's a lot of things we don't know so the folks who don't know they read this online because it's
always going to be online for the next hundred years that you can buy these furry nails which
I've never actually used a furry nail till just now they're quite easy but they're not necessary
so these will always be sold and folks simply don't know that they're not necess Cerie so
they think well gee whiz I'll use it guys this wires all wire sold today is Salford they no
longer sell the poultry wire except for chicken coops so you really don't need these but I just
thought I'd share that because I have so many folks who ask me the difference and it's quite
easy once you understand but if you don't understand more people will tend to go with
this just because they're not educated enough and I don't blame them there's a lot to know
in this trade anyhow my name is Kirk Jason on the camera we thank you for watching this quick
little explanation of the difference between fur nails and staples as usual we'll see you guys on
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