Can use use Muriatic acid to clean plastering tools, no
I am asked this question so often I did this video to explain why it’s a bad idea, muriatic acid dissolves the protective coating on the trowels causing rust each evening especially if its damp, it a real drag to have to scrape the rust off each day.
This muriatic acid also etches and dissolves the darbies and hawks if you leave on too long as they are made of magnesium.
I have used Muriatic acid for cleaning bricks that have gotten stained with stucco a couple of times, however I personally don’t recommend cleaning plastering tools or trowels with it for the above reasons.
I had a job 25 years ago where we had 30 tones of sand dropped onto a plastic tarp covering some of the coolest designed bricks I have yet to see in a fellas driveway, as My brother Louuuu, scraped the sand off the ground he tore through the tarps where he then walked and wheel barreled on top of the broken tarps, the result was a very stained beautiful brick driveway.
I purchased some Muriatic acid and diluted it about 10 to 1 and applied this salution to the brick, it worked well enough to remove the stains.
I have also tried Muriatic acid to remove effloresce and came to the conclusion simple and not toxic vinegar works better to remove effloresces on stucco walls than acid.
Most brick layers use this acid and it is commonly used for cleaning swimming pools, as the grout stains with time.
Some folks also clean stains of minerals and lime deposits from toilets, and claim it dissolves clogged toilets, this may be true but this Muriatic acid can flow to the bays and or rivers, plus this Muriatic acid is not good for pipes anyway. It will dissolve older pipes in your walls so don’t use it for this purpose.
I have not personally not found a toilet I couldn’t unclog without a simple wooden plunger and I have raised five kids.
Best wishes and be safe.
Thanks for watching and have a fantastic day!
Kirk Giordano Plastering Inc.
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Hi Dnn, no the point I was trying to make was, if a person keeps theirs plastering and or stucco trowels clean throughout the day no chemicals are necessary to clean them, besides most chemicals are toxic and harmful if inhaled.
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That truck looks awesome think it would take up both lanes here in the uk
Morning Roy Noble, I had the top custom made from 25 years of personal research, I also put red cones in the street, even though this was a double wide street, I didn't want to risk the chance of being run other, to do this video.
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Nothing like a visit from your best girl and with lunch, even better!
Hi Chris, you know it man, she helps me more than I can say, she even laughs at my goofy jokes.
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Hey Peter, thank you. Hope all is well with the new place, as you have had time to settle down by now.
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playin with mercury. Ahhh… those were the days!
First day on the job I took it upon my self to clean the bosses hawk and trowel. I didn't use no acid of course but I did learn a valuable lesson about messin with tools that don't belong to me. " Don't do it!" lol
Now that I think bout it maybe that's why I always had the dirtiest tools on the job. Funny thing you can do really clean work with dirt tools. (dirt bein in the right places ocourse).
Hey Looking at me dude,
I did goofier stuff then that, but was I was young, that's how we learn, providing one has the ability to remember, Its the guys who make the same mistake twice I worry about.
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Jajaja nice my wife bring me bread and water for lunch and Friday don't let me touch the paycheck
Hi Christian Calderon, mine just spends it as fast as I can make it, but shes worth it.
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Listen, if I was married to your wife…. I'd never leave home! She's beautiful! Did U meet her in Hollywood? And you robbed the cradle too. You dog U!
Hey Bowzer dude, I used your joke on a video before this one, the fasten 8 one.
Yes, my wife is gorgeous plus she's a biochemist that has close to a photographic memory.
We met many years ago.
She is 3 years younger than me, she's in much better shape than me too, as she can still do the Chinese splits stretches both ways, as she practices that yoga stuff.
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Kirk, just wanted to jump in here and thank you for your awesome video work! I've learned so much about the basics. Because…I've been making concrete mountains for a (Nor-Cal) G-Scale backyard model railroad! I combined Plastic Cement with fine sand, mixed to a consistency of pudding, and applied it to shaped foam insulation pieces covered with chicken wire! After the second coat, I press wrinkled aluminum foil (sprayed with PAM), and the end result is awesome, painted with acrylics and a black wash for detail! Proof that your enthusiasm is far reaching!
HI Paul M. Newitt, what your refering to is imagination, most fellas are limited in stucco to this lack of, as stucco is not a common hobby, however, seems you have an abundance.
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Again, thank you for what you do. Besides teaching the basics (with LOTS of hard-learned wisdom!), you teach the learning curve in an excellent way to anyone that wants to learn plastering and stucco as a trade. I now look at stucco'd buildings in a new way! And yes! it's hard work, but a great workout!! Keep up the great work!!!!!
Hello Paul, thank you, applying plaster is a good workout,
Simple but effective especially if done for 8 hours a day.
I'd hate to think of my health today if I had a desk job for the last 30 years.
Cheers, and have a Fantastic day!
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Thank you for your videos. I watched probably 100+ and each one taught me something new. I have a stucco house and after unsuccessfully trying to find a professional who knows stucco in Connecticut I gave up and started doing maintenance myself (fixing cracks, fog coat and so on). Your videos are the best source of information I have found. It is also very enjoyable to see you do great work.
Can you cover cleaning aspects of tools? How long can you leave cement on tools and mixer before it becomes impossible to clean off. Is everything soaked in the end of a job for final cleaning?
Morning William Peck, thank you,
as far as cleaning exterior cement plaster off trowels I clean my tools when I'm done and before any breaks as it just requires a water bucket with a sponge float,.
The longer the cement plaster stays on a trowel the more it etches into the steel and adheres as a rule, so clean before every break.
As far as most of the interior plaster products are concerned it the same circumstance, clean after each use or scape like crazy.
Best wishes and glad you're learning stuff, have a Fantastic day!
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Don't let it dry in the first place,If you have a labour he should be keeping the tools clean
for you.I was a plasters labour for over 5yrs and never let the tools my plaster i was working
in that state ever..Clean at the end of the day every day and clean them as you go..
Morning Chase 4fun, I agree in a perfect world this works wonders.
Sometimes at the end of a 8 hour day let alone an 10 hour day were all so tired it's tough to clean up each tool as sometimes one of the guys sneak a dirty trowel back in,
This is with eating healthy and getting 8 hour good sleep, it all depends on weather the work that day is backbreaking, thanks for the tip,
Cheers,
kirk giordano
question, why dontyou usethe a id to et h and clean comcrete to jelp nomd top coats?
Howdy gear head, thats about the only reason to use the stuff, to clean residue off say bricks, why folks clean their swimming pools with this stuff then go into that same water is beyond me to understand.
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Howdy Mate, my son Jason bought that in Cabo San Lucas as a souvenir, it was cool but too big. Best wishes, and have a groovy eveningKirk and Jason’s rendering & stucco advice
You could have just said no instead of prattling on for that long mate
tieme pik anyone forcing you to watch?
<6 minutes for solid advice?delivered with good intentions and backed up with long experience.
I use paint stripper to remove the acrylic stucco on my trowels and hawk
Howdy Santos, many ways to skin a cat, when inhaled this is a cariogenic, not good. Wishing you and yours a happy and prosperous New Year. Sound Plastering tips from your favorite stucco nurds
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SAKRETE Concrete & Mortar Dissolver is a safe solution for removing concrete of tools, walls and cars. But its not as cheap as your walk like an Egyptian technique.