Hi folks, Kirk and Jason are here with Kirk Giordano plastering,
Today a fella asked me a question we want answers to. He says,
what's the set time on all that Eisenwall can you show a video with it, well first I got to explain
what the hell it is you always know Eisenwall, because its because it's got a little rook, at least that's
what I think it is like a chess player right here and Eisenwall actually is for experienced
applicators I wouldn't recommend it for homeowners I called Westside just now to talk to the other
Eric and Eric says hey we've been selling it to the public when I got when I got my certification
10 to 12 years ago it was only certified applicators but anyway what is it Eisenwald cts makes it CTS
also make the rapid set that's at Home Depot and Lowe's you really got to know what the hell you're
doing with this stuff guys it's a three-minute mix you mix it longer you compromise integrity of it
Jay and I are going to get started back there and we'll show you some other tips okay guys we
are going to get started with this product now what I've noticed when I first got here is it's
two inches right here really thick so I put a corner right here I just happen to have that
excess on my truck anyway with this particular product we have about 45 minutes if we add a bag
of retardants to it we get an extra 45 minutes half hour 35 minutes if we had to which is the
max you could put we've got about an hour and a half to use it because once this product sets
it sets there's no turning back on it so Jay and I already did the rest or we're doing the whole
house we've already applied it on the other side to prove a point we're gonna scratch scratching
Brown this out and then turn right around and show you how we float it so we have to make
oh yeah yeah this particular product guys we have three minutes wait a five minute max except I'm
if you mix it more than actually compromise the integrity of the strength no use for bridges it's
strong stuff so got to use it as it's designed for a fella Eric not Eric at Westside who I happen
to call this morning and say hey Eric do you guys sell this to the public these days and he
says sure, do been selling to the public now for about a year so that's one of the things I got
a certification in this particular material ten twelve fifteen years ago I don't know a long time
ago but the certification it's really for approved applicators because if you leave those blades
running why we're putting it on what you do is you compromise the mix so J's right who knows how
to mix this stuff and so he has basically after he takes a full wheelbarrow out he'll turn the
mixer off meaning we don't want to keep whipping this stuff we only want it to whip for the first
three three to five and then turn that stuff off so we are out of mud right now so new bastard up
and let's get some more mud and by the way guys my brother's turning that on to give us some more
mud I use this product because it's a wash for me I paid three times as much for the material
but I saved that second trip up on savings if I'm saving that second trip it means I don't have to
come back there twice and set up a mixer so when I call it a wash the product itself is three times
as expensive as Portland but if it's three times as expensive as Portland and I don't have to come
twice I just pass those savings on to you folks brother's coming over here with some more mud
and already he knows how much retardant I wanted I just feel feeling boiled up there to give me
just enough retardant to I only want 45 minutes for this and the stuff we did in the rear already
is setting so that being said and getting and granted guys when we are we're applying this stuff
well granted we come back go back to back now we don't need to put the scratch marks in it so
in fact just for the sake of what we're trying to show you fill this board up Lou I'm gonna put the
second coat on because right now we're in the hot Sun when I say hot Sun I'm talking about 85
degrees right now generally we would have got this first but to prove a point I wanted to scratch and
brown the rear so we can just continue to notice this finish it's a - finish man when I first
started this morning I was half asleep this stuff you wake up because you're on a time schedule and
you've got it knock it out quick that wakes you up if you're in my position meaning anyway let's
see where we're going with this we're gonna take this whole wall out continue it like this then
we'll show you how we floated in the rear alright guys moving right along Jay pointed something
nice which you know you could be a pretty good applicator but being an applicator and being
a narrator of what you're doing takes a lot of practice I've been doing I don't know five to six
hundred videos and still I miss out on some things that I just normally take for granted we are using
sand from Acapulco why plaster sand and Felton tan is very fine it's got a very I mean it's very fine
this is a - finish so what I did was what Jay did yes it is he went over to Acapulco and got their
clean course washed sand now that clean course wash sand just means that when they say wash they
took all the sand out of it and course means it's extra heavy to eliminate the need for a - finish
I'm using this particular sand now this finish matches this finish actually it matches it better
than their patch these fellas here they did a - that doesn't match this matches this it's all
about knowing these little simple techniques of which sands to use which ones not to use and they
really do take Oh years and years and years of practice or say 20 to 40 homes anyway we'll show
you the end result when we're done with everything because we're hustling when we use this
product we have to hustle okay guys we're complete we're gonna show you what it all looks like first
I want to say what's the benefit of doing this you hire somebody like me you get a stronger finish
for the exact same cost because I'm using this Eisen wall and it's a wash it's 30 to 40 bucks
a bag as opposed to the Portland cement but I can do them both in the same day so I eliminate one
trip I charge the same cost anyway again - unlike Portland you can't me over mix this I can't stress
that enough and this particular finish guys that's a - finish I matched the - using the
coarse wash sand and no I didn't invent that stuff me and Andy Davis longtime rival we bit
up we bid a cut up edition 20 years ago he got the job and I thought cool I thought I'd
stop by his job and make fun of him and say hey you're making big money right only to see him
working his ass off I got that he was done man how'd you cover all these damn windows give it
the exact same finish and make it look so good anyway he told me Kirk I used the clean coarse
wash from tide water at the time in Oakland and we floated it and I said man you saved
six hours and so that's what I did I just take information that I've learned from other folks
and I apply it to what we're doing it all is applicable guys it's for the people who say
Kirk why are you showing all the trade secrets so I really trade secrets it's common sense guys and
besides no one not a lot a whole whole lot of people want to do this heavy hard work in the
first place Jay and I busted our ass here because this dictates when we take lunch we've been here
about six hours now we're taking lunch actually we're going home we're finished with everything
the front over there is done but it's in the Sun so it won't the camera won't show it anyway my
name is Kirk, I'm with Kirk Giordano plastering we thank you for watching and as usual we'll see you
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