hi guys Kirk and Jason here with Kirk Giordano plastering, as you may know by now with over
500 videos we do instructional videos on how to today what we're going to do is we are going to
prep this chimney and do we're going to apply a product called struck to light struck the light
is a lightweight plaster that has perlite in it instead of sand we're going to double coat it to
get rid of all these lines we're actually going to go a little more in depth but that's for another
time what we have to do first guys is we have to what I was telling Jay is I must score the
out of this brick with this wire brush meaning I'm putting my leg here and I'm scoring it and
Jay pointed out that you're doing micro abrasions meaning after I give it the micro abrasions where
I really literally score it because it's paint and I want my I want my applications to adhere
that's first after I clean it well then we use some denatured alcohol or you could use a lot
of other product and we're going to clean that and what that does is it gets all the residue
off because no plaster no interior or exterior will stick to a surface that is got dust grime
dirt moss or any of that then what we're going to do is I'm using and a lot of folks tell me Kirk
what's the difference between the Larson's plaster weld or the law Larson's well decree plaster weld
is for insides guys periods we're inside it's a liquid lath it bonds plasters to whatever surfaces
so after we score this and prep it I'm going to apply this pink stuff and you see how pink that
is right yeah so the next time you see us we'll be we're going to do this can take us about an hour
and a half two hours Jason Ida do what I just referred to then we're going to come back and
I'll show you how we apply struck the leg struck the light plaster to this chimney here okay guys
so you don't we don't switch to the next scene and you say gee with those corners magically appear we
are putting these corners on because we want to reinforce these and what I generally do is I'll
use a magnet with a quarter inch nail pop these guys in on the grout we're in the ground if we
try to go in the brick what happens we explode the brick so that being said these are all going
to just like this what we'll do is we'll put a corner remove this soapy water by the way guys
I take soapy water after I've cleaned it and we remove all the residue of the denatured alcohol
last thing I'll show you before we start I'll take a regular corner aid this right here I cut this
much off of it why did I cut so much off of two at one time because these guys are going to go right
here and then I take my quarter inch nails and I go in the grout if you go on the brick all you
do is shatter the brick the next time you see us we'll actually be doing destructive light finish
alright guys we are at the stage where we're going to show you how to spread struck dough light and
you might have asked the question done 500 videos already if not more how come you haven't showed
how to you struck the light stroke delay it's a pretty good product in fact we used to use it
a lot when I was Union it comes in 50-pound bags back when I was applying this stuff without of the
Union plaster they had 80 pound bags that's back in the early 80s and can you do back to back coach
yes I'm about to do back about coach the reason I haven't used this in so long is because generally
what I'll do is I'll do a scratch coat and a brown coat and finish same day this particular stuff you
can do back-to-back base coats say like a scratch coat and a brown coat and then you rot it or Darby
it with this right here and leave it rough for the next coat and it used to be this stuff you needed
about four hours minimum before it was set what we would do when I worked Union as we'd put it on and
we do mainly hospitals schools meeting rooms a lot of commercial projects with it because it has a
five fire racial but for the sake of what we're doing now it's perfect for this what what I'm
going to do is I'm going to scratch this I'm going to turn around and brown it and one thing we did
here is I put a little bit of gypsum in this the chip is what luminite is to Portland stucco what
is that that means it's it going to accelerate because I don't want to put I don't want to come
back here twice what I'm going to do is I'm going to scratch this I'm going to turn right around and
brown it then I'm going to rot it and I'm going to let that set and by the time we take lunch
it'll be set so where I can come back and now do my diamond finish on that which is going to be
a color diamond finish I'm hustling now because a long time since I use this material and when I use
this we're back in the early 80s didn't even know about accelerators so we do have a little bit of
[ __ ] in here there's a whole bunch of products you can add to it to accelerate it and again this
stuff is it's got perlite in it which means it's half the weight of regular stucco or and regular
plaster so it's pretty lightweight because of the perlite which makes it ideal in fact Jason
mixes and dimmed yeah I should have been using this stuff years ago and after spreading it just
for a few seconds like like I am right now I'm thinking the same thing anyhow we are out of mud
which is going to go mix me another bucket because all I have are crumbs in here so when he brings
back that other bucket I'll put my second coat on and show you how we rod that and that'll have to
wait then when I finish everything I'll show you the results all right guys before I finish up I
want to show you this is what we're using struck dough light kind of beat up but struck the light
unless you have some practice with it it is really tough to get especially with accelerators to get
it right including us because I wasn't sure exactly how much accelerators to put and so
we put a few extra scoops and it's set so fast we just had to throw a bucket away so far you
guys I just I discard the Acela accelerators if I'm having a hard time with them and I do this
stuff for a living but anyway getting back to the structu light it's perfect for this because again
it does have a higher ratio and when it starts to set it's just like all the rest of the muds
that I show when it starts to set you use a little bit of elbow grease and just get it as smooth as
possible earlier when well when a second ago when I was explaining it it starts to set and I had to
use a lot of muscle and then I thought heck with this we just threw it away so it does take a bit
of practice to use this with this consistency here is about right it's a crapshoot guys Ron
Roberts a good friend of mine was one of the best in the business with this he told me earlier so
well Kirk you know it's going to be a crapshoot if you put a handful or a couple scoop poles you
never know what you get when it's pre-mixed like this and it is but anyhow getting back to what I'm
doing is I'm going to go ahead and finish all this up I want to finish with everything I'll
show you the results guys okay guys lastly what I generally do is right now is I want to leave this
particular finish rough a lot of folks who say Kirk how come you never use struck the lightest
because again I do the same day systems where I do is scratching brown or and finish now this
particular material is you leave it rough so it can accept the third coat if you want to do all
three coats in a day that requires a skill that very few people possess I'm doing it this way but
I don't recommend anybody do three coats with this because again you try to try this this my second
coat here now if you try to chil it without the accelerators it just sticks like glue on the trial
so does it work anyway guys that's the answer you folks who say how come I never use the structu
light because I do same-day systems we are going to allow this to set and I'm going to finish this
up here when we're done with everything we'll show it to you all right guys we are complete with this
struck to light finish notice when the base coat is dry it turns much darker than when you first
originally put it on so now I can do a finish coat today or I can do it tomorrow as much trouble as
I went through to put decelerators in this I probably will do it today but anyway I wanted to
show and point out some of the some of the things about struck the light again if you want to learn
a whole lot about struck the light Google struck the light and then it'll tell you everything you
need to know about that particular product you can put it over cement you can put it over brick block
rock almost everything including sheet rock - it's a gypsum gypsum based product anyway my name is
Kirk, Jason on the camera, as usual, we thank you for watching, I'll see you guys at the next one.