Hi guys Kirk and Jay here with Kirk Giordano plastering, today what I'm gonna show you is how we
do a lime finish over a post now the fellow says gee Kirk you got to do it I watched several over
your videos and you put all this wonder board do we got to put wonder board order a rock or
any number of gypsum boards over this and I said no we do not have to do that instead what we've
done is I I put this plaster weld on it why did I do that with a brush because now it seals the
post and then I put this mesh on it and I actually allowed that plaster weld to dry because if it's
wet this mesh tape won't adhere and this just this mesh tape here is actually for a wonder
board type of cement issus product but yes it will work here whereas fiber fiber base mesh
tape won't work on wonderboard but wonderboard tape will work for this anyway what we're going
to do is today all I'm doing is a base coat on this and I'm gonna use a thin set it's a thin set
type of plaster that we use for tile I'll show you how we do that J of course already mix this
stuff up and he added some acrylic add mix in it because that makes it easier to apply and it
gives it a little bit more waterproof abilities not that this is ever gonna get wet anyhow this
is what we do say for example what I'll do is I put the corners on to by the way the corners
are my guides without the corners I can be here forever I just wouldn't be able to get an accurate
a straight corner just couldn't do it I have done corners by eye but man that sure takes a long time
as what we do we put it on we use we're using the actual corners now for guides and put it here just
roll it straight up I can close my eyes or look the other way because I'm using these corners
right here as my guide so that being said I'll show you one more piece at the top and put it here
put it here top or get any on the ceiling that so we can just wipe it right off that's a painted
surface up there the idea is to get enough on that way when we we pull it upward it's done okay here
we're gonna push that in there and pull it down and again these are guys one last thing I'll
point out guys if you ever have Simpsons strong ties or any ties take your hammer and tap those
guys in hard otherwise this pole won't be trim plumb you'll see the outline of that then once
that's done and go ahead and what this is again this is the beginning stages of a lime finish he
wants something real pretty and decorative in here and I don't blame him that's gonna look cool we're
gonna do this we're gonna do a base coat then we're gonna do a lime finish I'll actually show
it all to you guys okay guys back couple days ago we did this base coat a lot of ways to do a
base coat guys everybody got their own method this fella chose flex bond you can a lot of different
materials flex bond poly bond then set okay what we're doing is a deck of lime now this deco lime
is going over this this right here I'll show you real quick how we do this guy's we still got to
do the the finish coat with your ally and the fellow here has chosen a color to match those
sitar cabinets I'm going sideways rather than put it here and pull it up because all my excess would
fall right off guys and here is where we have the Simpsons strong ties up here so I'm aware
that there is a bracket there just for the sake of showing you folks something we have on this pillar
here corners if you want to embed those corners guys you can do that let me show you how we embed
those corners okay here's this Simpson Strong Tie over here and the heads were right here so we had
to break them down to fill that up sometimes it bows out if it hits a screw say how I do this guys
I'm putting it fat why am i put it on fat because I want to reinforce these corners a little bit
this stuff is not the most actually strong but it is one of the prettiest finishes you can have okay
now that we got it like this I'll just show you one corner there's a little bit of fat on this
corner here well it's a little bit of fat man now I take my wing tool reading tool guys come up here
I can come down now what that does is it gives me a little extra mud on that on that corner do
we need extra mud on that corner sometimes okay now I take my craw here come on down then I'm
gonna I'm still gonna smooth that out but that's ready now for my finished coat which we're gonna
do the finish coat soon when I get to that stage I'll show you but you don't have to use that wing
tool guys I just thought I'd show it to you anyway I'm gonna go ahead and finish this then
we'll show you the final coat okay guys now that we have the base coat what I'm doing is the owner
basically wanted to match inside color here and so we're giving him what he wants if you want to
what I'm doing is this is so small I'm just not even using a hawk just putting it on my trial
and put it on here taking it up here my first code button is here button my then I'm putting
another so right over I'm just going around the whole thing it's so warm tej sucking right in so
fast as I put one code I can put another one on this is natural lime plastering natural stop it
it's really good it's a beautiful finish it leads to a lot of conversation pieces and it's good for
the environment it's breathable it's got a lot of benefits if you're you really want to see all the
benefits go to eco eco stuccoing and type on the benefits of it is truly a lot and the last thing
I'm gonna do is in about 15 minutes I'm gonna take a brush and what we do is we allow this to
set this is gonna set about 15 minutes we take the brush I hit it sideways just about like that and
get the clinkers off then I lightly buff it out this wall this again it will buff it polish it
give it a sheen and then the sealer can be on it a lot of work for just a little post but if you look
around here the fellow here had a pretty good imagination and it's going to be a conversation
piece all right guys now we've got the final coat this is newer lime and what I do is I take my
little handy dandy throwaway brush and I hit the sides I don't use the tip I just use the sides I
gently go up and any time I have some lines I just keep hitting it and that is what we call
the completion this thing is somewhat smooth like glass this it should match that and if you touch
it even though it's lime cement it'll feel just as smooth is this right here anyhow if you like some
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comments or questions and I'll be sure to answer them anyhow guys this is Kirk and Jason with Kirk
giordano plastering we thank you for watching and as usual we'll see you guys on the next one.