howdy guys Kirk and family here with Kirk Giordano plastering today what we're gonna do is the folks
here from the PTA called me in to Kirk we need to smooth this wall out because we're going to apply
a finish for a chalk board so the kids could come over here and draw on and they where originally
we're gonna do a little little portion within this and and I said well why not do the whole
wall because believe me I've raised five kids in you have a bunch of chalk they're gonna be
pushing and scratching each other's eyeballs out to get a little area to go ahead and play on so
he says well it's not within the budget I said if it's for the school it's a worthy cause I'll
bring my family out and we'll take it from corner to corner this way there's plenty room for all the
kids in fact when I left the house this morning I stepped over a bunch of chalk that the kids were
writing on the ground so anyway we're gonna do here is we are going to pressure wash this and
fortunately there's no lead in this paint because the school district doesn't mess around it's only
a three month old paint job so we still got to get smudge marks off grease or whatever this
was and prep this we're going to then apply a bonding agent to this wall we're going to cover
it and myself and my family are going to go ahead and apply it here's my experienced workforce over
here that's my lot right there they'll apply it and I'll spread it out and then we'll hard
rubber float it to give it the smoothest finish possible they look like they're ready to start
working so we're gonna get busy and pressure wash this and we'll show you how we apply it
over this and one last thing guys that fellas here today we've got cinder block this is not
cinder block this is form boards and it's poured concrete how do I know because I can see the lines
with a heavy - painted finish so anyway as we get ready to apply this we'll show you how we do it
All alright, guys, we're doing the bonding ages' fun stuff, so
we're putting the bonding agent. The most important on the bonding agent
is to make certain you get around the edges because the edges would peel off first.
Hi guys, I want to introduce you to Mike and Bradley. This is Mike. This is Bradley. These
are the fellows responsible for donating all their time to the PTA to hire guys like
me to make sure we do our project right, so just makeup, man that's what we used to say,
Union when the guys took too long to bring us mud come on boy now that's up.
I just sit here. I can go sit in my truck, and you guys know how to do this already.
the build-up to fill it up, okay you guys might think how thick do we need to go top inch
And guys, all we're just using regular premium
Premium cement mixed with sand. We buy the sand, and we
Mix it with the sin that's on the truck. This is not premix stuff like you get;
I'd say Home Depot or Lowe's. That product would work.
What I'll generally do is we all work together, so Jay's getting started with dan. Hey, Ju,
comes Fred with me now. Dan should be able to keep up because we have a full mixer and what
basically I'm doing is I want these guys to put it on fat and ugly once we apply
this material. Keep going. They'll keep filling these boards once we apply this.
I have about a half-hour des gardens that mean make everything true and climb over here, J.
Okay, what I like about these guys is they do this stuff. I don't want to do the low stuff.
as a gun all right
oh, that's okay, baby, that's alright
and I'm a professional
I'm supposed to make it look easy.
well
the English wife she's only been doing this for a little bit now call Madeline
J dan these guys have been doing this with me for a long time Scotland is on
school she works for the school the Parks District in Alameda teaching little kids
about the ecology because she is studying biology and she's on holiday right now with
school being out, she's studying marine biologist
she agreed to come out here and give us a chance give a hand because of
the consequences working with other circumstances working with the school what a noble call
as soon as I spread this out, I'll go ahead and darby this area
All right, baby, that's it, baby. You do whatever you can
that's where you begin if your arms get tired applies and then you something else
That ugly guy's bad new glee don't make it pretty. So what I generally do, folks,
is we put it on. By that, I mean that no glee that way, if it's hot and skinny then man when
I get ready to darby it shows, makes my job hard that Nellie I'll show you why oh you're still
watching this after all this time give me another 30 seconds, and I'll show you how we Garbi at all.
there you go, baby, that ugly alright I have too much than not enough because if
I have too much, I move it to an area that needs
I'll show you in a second now. Grab my gun, okay, guys? See that pooja, Jason.
what I'm doing, guys, is getting ready to rot it or Darby we go fat and ugly;
that way how I can take the excess and put it where I need it, for example, we take it
we come here, and I look at the wall where do I need mud all I can use a little bit down here
you have too much to do unit forever day after
day after day month after dude they were brought up for the pump all of that pump
all right you guys got the idea if you ever want to do a playground if you ever wanted to do a
playground turn it into a chalkboard all these steps are necessary so we're gonna take the whole
wall we're most done then we're gonna take about a hour break let this set now I'm a hard rubber
flow to make it as smooth as possible so when they apply their chalkboard finish now I'm not
certain how that's going to go if they're gonna paint it on hand apply it like us but we'll cross
that bridge when we get there we're not actually doing that the PTA members are okay guys we are
done with the skim coat now skim coat all I had to go was enough to cover all the block line we're
gonna let this set for a half hour melons got a real job she's got to get to and my wife is going
to leave too and go home and thanks guys Jason and I are gonna stay here and watch this dry and float
it out we'll show you that part too ok guys been up a little bit over an hour since the crew left
and thought I'd point something out here because Mike originally called mr. [ __ ] Kirk on the PT
a fella I'm gonna do this wall myself he sent me some pictures since I was explaining to him how
to do it and after several days and five or 10 emails he said hey Kirk would you like to what
would you charge me to do it so one of the things you folks need to learn or understand when doing
something like this I'm doing everything in a day our weld crete the pressure washing all that does
is it slows up this is a sealed wall to begin with so there's so many intricate things to understand
you folks planning on doing this in your own backyard for your children to play there's a lot
of things I would suggest multiple coats I would suggest do the pressure washing one day and come
back another and we we have a whole bunch of kids here right now that i ball in this wall there I
know what they're thinking I know those kids over here are thinking man as soon as those guys leave
I'm going to be the first one to put my name in that this is gonna set I guess in about another
two hours in about 15 minutes Jay and I are gonna start hard rubber floating every square inch of
this in order to compress it compact it and get it as smooth as possible for their application of
that chalkboard material again I don't know what that stuff is but I told them you better wait 28
days allow this to cure and then put it on whether or not you're gonna go by hand or roll it on not
certain how that works but I guess you folks can google that if you're considering putting
a playground in your own backyard for your kids to ride on rather than the ground anyway we're gonna
float and we'll show you that part next okay guys Jason and I are putting our final touches on this
wall and what we're doing is because I guarded it I left Darby lines in it to open it up now we've
got two hard rubber flow to there I got to get the Darby lines out number one and number two I want
to compact it and make it as flat as possible this is the way to make it as flat as possible and you
folks little tips are just take a float up here get that stuff out you got any holes like this
you can just use your finger push it in and remove all that stucco out of there you don't want the
drains clogged and with this particular project it's been quite amusing had a little fellow come
up to me and say mister I play in the sand back here a truck play with the sand and I thought get
out of here kid no you can't it's too dangerous then he asked me how much longer you gonna be
here and the way he asked me that I thought how much longer am I gonna be here reminded me when
my kids were younger and Jackie and I would go on away for a weekend they'd say hey how
long you gonna be gone you need me to carry your bags outside and I think uh-oh party time I guess
that's what these little fellows are thinking as soon as we leave but that's not on us we're just
doing our job and somebody else got to watch this wall anyhow guys my name is Kirk all right with
Kirk Giordano plastering we thank you for watching and as usual I'll see you guys on the next one.