howdy folks Kirk a Jason here with Kirk Giordano plastering got another tip of the day for you
folks who wonder how to do a radius the fellow here at the homeowner he says which I'm doing
in addition in the back he says Kirk can you fix these I said sure and he says well do you have a
tool that has got this radius and you can hold mud and bend it up I said no I don't but I can imagine
what you're talking about that's kind of clever but we don't need that what I said was well jail
mix it and J's on the camera right now Jay works with me all the times the license blaster - and
without him mixing good mud for me I couldn't do what I do I make it look easy because I have good
professionals who mix the mud well mud is another word for plaster stucco even interior we call it
mud mud this is mud it's just cement okay so for something like this I tell Jay I say hey if you're
gonna mix it MIT mix it a little rich why because if we put stucco on a Hawk and we take it off and
we go sideways what will happen it'll fall and we won't be able to get none on the actual column now
because this is a radius I'm gonna use somewhat of us such a few go force you might want to call
it such a significant there's that pretty word centripetal centrifugal where I'm gonna take the
mud off and as it's on my trowel I'm gonna hit it and with that so close set your fuel go force
it'll stay on now if I put it on my Hawk and I go up gravity's gonna pull it straight down so set
your fuel goal that pretty word okay we take some of the mud it's somewhat rich I start from the
bottom now you won't be able to see this so-called motion but you'll get an idea okay I'm gonna I'm
gonna put some mud on the hawk and I'm gonna come around now because if I hold it like this that's
how rich it is here - that's how rich it's got to be just like ceilings we want it richer but I take
it and I put it on and it'll stay on because of that so-called motion we take it we're following
the radio by the way guys if you have something like this and you want to follow the radius it's
not that big of a deal if you know how it seems like it's an intricate type of thing but it's
not and to I as well creating the folks always asked me this this is why I'm pointing this out
I'm using weld cream as a bonding agent they have a float finish which is similar to the house right
here that's what we're gonna match and he's got maybe 20 coats of an elastomeric paint or primer
on it I know because it's like rubber so you guys won't find this at Home Depot or Lowe's
get this it's the same the same stuff I like this because it's for us professionals it's sold at the
plastering material yard but they don't sell this bonding agent at Home Depot or Lowe's yet not to
these videos become more popular then Larsen's will start selling it probably at Home Depot
for the main time quikrete works I say that and get off the subject of what I'm doing because I
already know a lot of folks you're gonna call me I said Kirk I can't find that bonding agent so
I'm gonna get back to what I started here now when I get a little bit over here that pillar
is gonna be in the way but you notice I go in an upward type of motion I put it on I go flat
and I take it upwards just like so and you can go back over it and smooth it out smooth it out
just like so and if you drop any big deal pick it up okay it's only this one side right here that's
bad now the same motion you throw it just like that let's put on two more hock bulls and finish
this up now I'm gonna show you guys how we floated out what is floating me that just brings out the
aggregate I want to bring out the sand in what we what we're doing here okay so we finish this
little area right here and why does this happen guys well a lot of reasons the Sun has been on
this for possibly ninety years and it beats it up sometimes guys if you don't properly maintain
your health or your wall I'm gonna get a little beat up you should paint your stucco at least if
it's a painted house to begin with paint it every 10 years for the maximum longevity if you have a
color coat maintenance-free house you never have to paint those but that's that's another story
another subject entirely okay so we are following the radius and I actually have one bit right here
to hit this wall up here okay now now that we've got our coat of cement on there we take a green
sponge flow these are very popular they're green and they're sponge and they just have a handle
so what does it do it brings out the sand or the aggregates and a good some fancy word for sand or
rock I actually had a a blue sponge float that I deal a lot with this company they sent me a few of
these today Kirk try these out see what you think not okay they got holes on them these accumulate
with sand and I always have to pound them out they say these are not supposed to so my first
time using it let's give it a shot so the idea is what I'm doing is I'm going I'm going in an
upward arc so I'm bringing the sand out you see that's the aggregate is the sand so I turned my
float around now and I continue doing that fancy little motion I don't notice much of a difference
in this prettier float with the holes but it's my first time using it I will have to put some time
in to see it is narrower it's a narrower one you know personally give me a new one with a little
more with this one's fatter so I'm gonna use it all right now right here I'm gonna float the same
thing and what I'm doing is going in an upward motion and now this float is full so if I keep
going it drags so I flip it around and I just float it and what I'm gonna do is give it the
original finish that it had how many finishes are on this right now about 10 which one do I
match well I guess I take my choice at which one I match I'm gonna give it at the finish that it's
more than likely to look good when it's painted so another move you see me doing guys is I'm taking
the float I'm dipping it in this bucket and I'm clearing out some of the aggregate because the
sand fills this up in it it's not very effective when the sand fills it up it fills up the grooves
so I'm gonna come here and just I'm following the radius guys following the radius this is not so
much of that such a fugue or centripetal force because it's already on I don't have to go in
an arc or a swinging motion all I'm doing now is matching their original finish so I'm gonna take
one last time here and this is done guys I can make it a little prettier and remove some of the
aggregate if you have too much sand showing and you don't want that much simply dry your float
out hit it against the wall hit it against the bucket the drier the float the less sand
is going to come out that's a simple thing that takes practice okay I got the last piece here so
I'm going to load it and what you don't see is I'm not using my edge I'm not using the toe or
the heel I'm using the center of the float use the center and go flat like you're snowboarders when
you want the speed you go more flat dangerous too but I'm using the flat surface and you go
into the joints guys go into the joint anyway there's no special tools that are necessary to
stucco or render a so-called radius it's we use the same exact tools that we spread a
wall with guys it's just a matter of mastering your tools and again I make it look a little
bit easier cuz I got good guys to help me mix and keep everything pretty so these guys mix
well for me I can make this stuff look easy if I started off with a soupy mud meaning as soon
as I grab it at all fall then I wouldn't look I wouldn't look as easy as I make it appear so
you guys try to do this yourself there's a lot of tips in there if you could utilize them and
figure out which ones are good for you most of you folks who watch what I do and say hey
gee Kirk I tried I can't do it that's because you're mixing your own material too it's hard
enough to learn how to do this sometimes it takes guys 15 to 20 years but to mix two takes
another 10 years to do it right to know how to mix all these materials properly anyway my
name is Kirk Jason on the camera as usual we thank you for watching we'll see you guys on
the next one once again folks we thank you for watching and I really enjoy all your comments
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