plastering interior ceilings instructions, spinning a hawk, fix ceilings or walls.
Hello, our DIY plastering enthusiast; this video explains, Interior plastering instructions, fix your ceilings or walls, joint drywall compound’s described below as they are easier and much more user-friendly.
I used structo-lite plaster with accelerators as I didn’t want to wait for 3 to 5 hours for the Structo-lite to set;
Unfortunately, structo-lite is only sold at professional plastering yards. Thus, drywall compounds will be included in this content.
Hers a few more tips on plastering interior ceilings, below
https://youtu.be/55SWv947H1g/Apply stucco or exterior cement plaster on any ceiling
https://youtu.be/FFZSX8QIq6A/Remove and repair internal application on walls and ceilings
https://youtu.be/1enMWniNYkI/Skip troweling plaster or stucco, troweling on finishes
Because it’s much easier, and materials such as drywall/sheetrock joint compounds are much more user-friendly to the average homeowner or DIY person. I feel the information below will help you better understand simpler methods to achieve the same results.
Thus I have included them to help you understand your choices.
As so many people asked how I spun my hawk, here’s the answer to the old spinning Plaster hawk, for those with little to no patients, this so-called plastering secret is revealed at 4:33, so go to it and impress the hell out of all your plastering co-workers.
If you really want to see some serious stuff spinning a hawk, the beginning of the below video is crazy excellent. -https://youtu.be/KldxODNprP0
Drywall mud, is also called joint compound, is a gypsum-based paste used to finish drywall joints and corners in new drywall installations. It’s also handy for repairing cracks and holes in existing drywall and plaster surfaces. Drywall mud comes in a few basic types, and each has its advantages and disadvantages.
For example, if you are already trained in applications, you’d mix and apply the “20-minute drywall/sheetrock accelerated joint compounds.
If you need more time, you can buy 40, 60, 90, or even longer working times so that you have more time to apply these joint compounds before they start to set.
You naturally but a longer set time such as the 45-minute or 90-minute joint compound.
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Good evening Robin Hood, thank you, we had fun messing around with this repair.
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Good evening Manju, haven't felt this good in years, my friend, thanks for asking, blessings to you and yours,
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Your plastering and kids are great!!!
Evening fee dude, thank you from the entire Giordano plastering family.
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@Kirk Giordano plastering Inc. Right on Kirk. I did an estimate on smooth stucco in South Pasadena, Ca and I mentioned you and they knew who you were. Love your videos and your hardworking staff.
Keep those videos coming
Good evening Fee, thank you, it's incredible how many people learn stuff from youtube.
Such a brilliant gift google brings to the world and for free, we're happy to be a part of this benefit for learning.
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Good evening Christopher, I sho-nuff like your style.
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Kirk's still and always the Michelangelo of texture matchin'.
Good evening Richard, what a beautiful compliment, thank you
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Howdy Hellipadh dude, thank you, my friend.
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Howdy Nazmi, my fellow plastering compadre, you must also have some time in, blessing's to you and yours.
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I love learning from your techniques. Your videos also let me understand what I am looking at when i hire a contractor.
Evening Joseph, you definitely have to watch them characters.
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Evening My fellow plasterer, hello my friend.
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Join me in starting a petition to "clone Kirk . Kirk start a trade skills tv channel and earn what you are truly worth .
Evening Jonathan, so you mean instead of waiting for my ship to come in I should swim out and meet it halfway?
LOL
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As the Greeks say now that's a MASTORA.
Evening Hoplite, Man, I sho-nuff like that comment.
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Kirk floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee.
Evening Russel, that's working
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Can I bring you out to Jersey
Glad to hear that “LOU” is on the mend and coming back, we missed him.
Howdy Alan, you won't recognize him as he gained a few more pounds.
He's no more the skinny guy he used to be, Yikes.
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Looks easy because he’s a true tradesmen!
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A true professional. Keep it coming
Evening Joe, thank you, we ain't going nowhere.
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Good to see Jay and you are still at it!
Evening Trash Digger, a mans got to make a living.
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Nice….
Evening Sonny, thank you.
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do you have a video on fixing a heat crack. I have electric heat and most of my ceilings have a crack in them?
Evening old-timer, yes, type in interior crack repairs, it matters little how the cracks got there, caulking work best for repairing interior cracks..
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WHAT, the Mohammed Ali of plastering, NO,, the Steve McQueen of videos!!!!!!!! Getting ready to do my terrace ceiling addition……
Howdy Doug, I like the Steve McQueen.
Who can forget, "Papillon," starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman?
hell of a good movie
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Kirk, that looked like modeling clay. Ha , Ha
Thats what I was thinking
@talon0863 lol, good I'm not the only one. Just goes to show , Kirk can spread modeling clay and make us think it's plaster. Lol
Kirk and Jay great job as always, great to hear brother Lou is ready to come back to work.
Evening Clint, it's been almost a year, but he on light duty.
Bud Lite, that is.
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My girlfriend went to get more coffee while you were showing how to spin the hawk, and i told her it was a trade secret. Lol my cup didnt get refilled….
Evening John, now that's funny.
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What is that long handled scoop you pick up the plaster with and where do you get them……. followed the link for all your tools but it’s not in there??
Evening Matthew that is called a plaster scoop, perhaps Amazon stopped selling this scoop, Try Bon-tool.com
Or type in green plaster scoop.
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Always a gem or two in every video, even if you've watched dozens on the same technique, Thanks Kirk !!
Big Al, man I like your style.
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I really like your videos. Thanks for sharing your expertise! Good stuff!
Evening Mike Horan, thank you
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Hi Kirk: Could I ask you is it possible, (I know its not recommended) to skim a ceiling with peeling old paint without stripping it? Do I need a bonding agent? I have regular joint compound and some plaster of paris on hand. Thanks so much!!
Nice to watch a craftsman at work. GS Scotland
Evening George from Scotland, thank you
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Nice vid buddy but there is no way to spin my new pointsman hawk its an angled hawk handle so no ore spinning for me LOL
Evening My fellow plasterer, we got to earn cash not mess around, well not all the time anyway.
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Hey Ali, 2 questions:
1.) Did you add sand to Structolite?
2.) You did Not put a Veeneer coat after the Stuctolite, correct? Just paint over it O.K.
Howdy Jose, no, you cant sand structo-lite as it has sand which makes it hard to sand.
I floated the structo-lite as I was matching a sand finish.
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Howdy Kirk nice job bro.how you doing man
Evening Stuart, Man, I haven't felt this good or strong in years, change of diet.
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@Kirk Giordano plastering Inc. what diet have you changed to??
You should write a book to compile and share all your knowledge.
Evening Dr. Z, interesting suggestion.
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If you weren't doing plastering, you'd be a radio DJ haha.
Evening Evan, lol, I'm a plastering DJ.
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Hey Kirk Dude. Philly Auction house here in Philly. Moving slow. Embarrassingly slow. Missed your stuff . Thankx Big Guy
Evening Jerome my friend, what ails you?
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You're a legend man. You've saved me from making a lot of mistakes over the years!
Evening A R Diaz, happy to hear this brother.
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Excellent work and quite the cool trick with the hawk!
Evening BMW and crew, take a drill bit 1/8 drill the center, then even a child can spin a hawk.
I witnessed this on a ship 20 years ago when a fella was spinning plates, knowing the laws of gravity, I knew this to be impossible, so I did it with a hawk and bingo, workes like a charm.
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I have used structolite before it's great stuff. Can you tell me if it's similar to Pearlite? Also wanted to thank you taking the time making these great videos!
Howdy, my friend, they are similar in nature however perlite is used for spray steel beams as it has a higher rate of fireproofing ratios.
I spayed Perligt for a few months to the high rises in S.F. early on in my career, FYI, I hated that job.
Gypsum Plaster: Perlite plaster aggregate mixed with gypsum provides an ideal base coat plaster for interior walls and ceilings and for membrane fireproofing to the underside of floor and roof assemblies, or structural steel members.
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Hey Kirk. Getting ready to do stucco before I get the ledger and deck up. Watched your videos and got vycor pro. Man is that stuff sticky. You made it look easy. How do you keep it from sticking to your fingers? Anyway, thanks for your help and keep well.
Howdy James, there is a technique to that.
Attach it in the early mornings before the peel and stick have had a chance to heat up.
If you're attaching it in the afternoon or in the sun, two people are necessary.
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@Kirk Giordano plastering Inc. I found a way to apply it much easier. I cut the length i needed, which was 150", 12" vycor pro. I rolled it the other way with the peel off backing on the outside and I put it on the freezer for 15 minutes. I then was able to unroll it pulling the backing off and applying it. Now, I wish my stucco work went as well. Just did a corner of a soffit. Man, you are such a genius at this. When I thought was a little wet and loose, firmed up quicker than I thought. AZ heat makes stucco set quick. Too quick. I have to go back and watch more of your videos and start early before the sun gets high.
Good call on the structolite Kirk.
Howdy Mike my fellow plasterer, thank you.
You like me realize that 70% of plastering is materials, the other 30 is the skill.
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spud in da mud
Howdy Dan, exzackory
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Hey Kirk! I spent a few years doing window replacements, I always got a chill down the spine when I would go to measure a job and it would be lath and plaster walls. Step 1: lock down the walls surrounding the window! Never had to patch any lath and plaster! Keep up the great work brother!
Good evening lee, with interiors, it can be simple or complicated, depends on the applicators attitude, I guess.
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Hey Kirk, Ima young contractor I got a Dense Glass board job to apply foam coat, mesh and finish. About how much do you charge per sq ft or yard in the Bay? Im down south here at LA.
Good evening Kosher, I cover Dense glass the same as any substrate. lath and cement plaster.
Cost in my area to SF range fro 60 to 150 a yard, depend on many factors.
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This video made me cringe badly
Good evening Craig, poor baby.
Perhaps a shot of whiskey if you try that again, I here that helps calm the nerves.
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Hi Kirk, great vid, Just on question, how long do you let it dry before you can paint that stucco lite
Good evening my friend, I tell people to allow it to set or neutralize, inside, about a week, if in a hurry well I've said a week before and some paint the next day, painting too soon can cause the paint to blister.
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Hey Kirk, off topic a bit but did you see the video Mike Haduck made at the Vegas World of Concrete? You got a shout out.
You rock Kirk and Jay too!
Good evening Doug, I just watch it, man, I got the chills, I prefer an area where one just needs shorts and sandals and the girl wear even less.
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hey Kirk someone said you use that size trawl for the looks you get
Ol’ Kirk Float Like a Butterfly, Plaster Like a Bee !
Good evening Da Masky, I said that too, I just couldn't get it to rhyme either, dang.
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Kirk, do you keep up to date with what's happening in the UK? There's a whole new bunch of tools about now you may find interesting, speed skims and flexi trowels.
Good to see a proper plasterer in a world of sheet rockers.
Good evening Superior Plasterer, no. I don't have access to keep up with many new tools, but love trying new stuff.
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@Kirk Giordano plastering Inc. I am Inferior Plasterer, you are Supreme Plasterer!
Can I get job with you am live in uk in Northwood Hills
Good evening Ali, certainly you'd miss the fresh air there in no time. plus I hear the pubs are better.
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Mans a fuking bell end. The Mohammad Ali off plastering wtf is the goon on. Sort ur life out u SAP
Option A. He is a bell end, who thinks he is the greatest. Option B. He is just joking around and you are the bell end for taking it too seriously and being insulting. I guess that you will prefer option A.
@John Auld and option c. Ur a bellend
Good evening Aaron, with that comment smells of jealousy and mendacity, which is it?
Ding , ding ding, who in the UK really cares?
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Quick question! Do you guys use the same trowels for interior that you use for exterior? Or do you have a set for interior and a set for exterior?
Good evening my fellow mudslinger. I have many 16, 18 and 20-inch swim pool trowels and use any depending on the room I have and the consistency of the mud.
Interior or exterior.
of course on my truck, I have perhaps 20 more towels of usually 12 to 14 inch by 5-inch plastering rectangular trowels, for whoever is helping if they prefer not to use any of the swim pool trowels on my truck.
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I’ve done a lot of mudding and taping drywall but never plastered. You are definitely the guy to learn from. Great channel Kirk.
Good evening Teh dude, you are too kind, thank you.
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Hi Kirk, why is your trowel round edged?
Good evening Patriot from manchester, just the edges are arced, the top and bottom are straight.
It's had to see.
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umm yea.. Yea rounded edges are pool trowels. Pool are round right? houses are square right? very interesting Kirk. and thanks for sharing your knowledge bro.
Good evening Harry dude, I tell folks to use whatever trowel there comfortable with, me I'm partial to my swim trowel.
it even gets jealous when I break out a rectangular one for certain things and won't work right until I whisper into its rivets that It's still my main squeeze.
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Kirk. I’d like to say thank you.
My grandpa did plaster a long time ago he’s a old timer and did it his whole life. He’s 93 now and he watched your video with me and he smiled. If you knew him you’d know a smile is 1000 words from him.
Thank you for making him smile
Good evening, Mike, this is a beautiful compliment, thank you.
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I would like to see what happens when you hold a straight met bar against it 2 see if its flat i bet you that issent flat
Good evening Ricardo, If you hold a 6 or 8-foot rod or straight edge to my new patch it will prove my work blends in with the existing patch.
Who has a wavy ceiling that wants a straight, true, plume and level patch dead center?
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Plaster and lath walls and ceilings aren't flat like sheetrock. You have to follow the waves to keep it from looking like a patch.
Great but not the best I have been plastering for 20 years and would like to meet you one day good work
Good evening, sure you're worthy enough Dude.
I don't want to be the best, too much work.
I'm a common man, teaching what I have learned in the plastering industry.
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I’m a meteorologist, and I learned enough from Kirk’s videos to successfully patch two large holes in my home created by plunbers fixing a leak. Not the best, but good enough to hide the holes.Kirk is a true craftsman.
Atta Boy Robert, I like your style.
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Good afternoon Kirk
Thank you for all your vídeos it really teach us a lot, I have a question when you doing in stucco in a big wall by yourself, is ok to start the next day where you stop the day before or is there something you have to do before you overlap?
GOD bless you and once again thank you
Good evening Giovanny, I personally dont work by myself, it's too difficult to mix and spread, besides who whold I have to talk to if I'm alone. No fun being lonely.
If you start a wall by yourself or with a friend finish that wall or you will have a cold joint.
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Mmm such as a sexy man wow
Good evening Vimmosto, you, my friend have a way with words, thank you.
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@Kirk Giordano plastering Inc. maybe you can show me how to plaster in person sexy man
Easy big daddy, it was just a joke.
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@Kirk Giordano plastering Inc. Your funny Kirk. Watch out for that dude!
You make it look too easy, thanks for sharing.
Good evening angel, it was fun too.
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Question. Did you finish with the sponge trowel or steel trowel.
Good evening John, I finished with the green sponge float as the ceiling had a sand finish.
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Clever boy, does he know Ron Pickering?
Good evening Brian, I do now.
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You tollk to much
U know what u can do…
And should he be quiet for you to teach instead?
Good evening Mario, the comment smells of jealousy.
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Looking like Gordon Ramsay
Good evening Tezcax, I like that.
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when I use structolite I work alone. I mix it up and sprinkle the accelerator on the mortar board. It never sets too fast for me that way.
Good afternoon John, I hate working alone as I get, lonely, only logical.
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The BRUCE LEE OF STRUCO LITE..;-)
Good afternoon Observering dude, I used to sneak into the drive-in movies when there were drive-ins and watch Mr. lee using nunchucks, now there was some talent. so thank you.
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@Kirk Giordano plastering Inc. Christ I was doing the same but I was sneaking in the picture theater and annoying the Jesus out of the girls. Hahaha.
@TheObSeRvErTheObSeRv sounds like you had more fun then me.
@TheObSeRvErTheObSeRv cool beans daddieo.
Love u matey u the best Kirk n jay all the way pkplastering Durham England respect
Good afternoon Paul me fellow Plasterer from England, thank you always nice to hear from fellow plasterers.
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I think this may be Mitch Hedburg's dad.
Howdy no name, again, too funny
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Kirk is the Bob Ross of plaster. Great drinking game videos too! Let the entire channel play and drink when you here "Guys".
@Kirk Giordano plastering Inc. Thats a PHD designation for sure.
Hey Kirk as always great video, I’m just starting out on my own and was wondering what you’d charge for something like this repair, now I know every area is different but if you could give me a ballpark that would be helpful thanks
Evening Tom roughly 6 to 900 dollars, remember, you have to cover floors and pay your guy plus warranty it for at least 10 years, don't cut yourself short from the beginning.
There are years of learning that go into what we do for a living.
If it's a problematic location or second-floor work, adjust the cost for this too.
What you don't want to do is get into a tough trade and not earn any cash, as this will create a mental issue where you won't enjoy what you do for long.
Remember, it's not essential to get every job you bid, I don't, I get 40% of them.
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Kirk Giordano plastering Inc. Thank you so much!! I was thinking $600-$800 so it’s good to see I was in the ballpark. Thanks again for the reply and the videos you’re the best
I didn’t know Matthew McConaughey knew how to plaster a ceiling? Nice!
Happy holidays Anthony, brother. I like your style.
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I was wondering can you do a textured finish with structolite. Ove the brown coat.
Happy holidays Mark, structo-lite is a basecoat, which is sort of gluey to try and texture with. However, a sand finish can be achieved very expertly when the mud is set enough to float.
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@Kirk Giordano plastering Inc. Thank you for the imput. So its the same then as doing a float finish when doing stucco. Thank you for the videos and happy holidays.
Is plaster the same as mud?
Happy holidays Ferris, the call plaster many things such as mud and muck.
They all mean plastering mud.
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Thank u Kirk! For your informative and cute videos
From Switzerland and wish u best
Happy holidays Murat from Switzerland, thank you
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Murat horasan harcı ve roma betonu ve tabiki katıklı kiraç harcı biliyorlarmı ingilizcem yok ama ben ahşap karkas ev ustasıyım netür harç kullanıyorlar ahşap evlerde?
Hi Kirk, Thanks for the great videos. I am plastering my new construction house using a single coat of ExKalibur over plasterboard. We are doing most surfaces one bag at a time, but the ceiling of the largest room will take 4 bags. We don't really have the manpower to put out four bags at once, so I'm wondering how it will look if I do two bags, finish them, then start on the last two while the first two are browning out. Will I have any issues with the two applications not bonding to each other and flaking off? Any tips for doing this?
Good morning Sunshine, this will result in a finish that from start to finish will be quite visable.
Alternative, Finish the basecoat, then get help with the finish coat, it will be cash well spent.
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Good morning Dino, indeed this statement seams an excellet attidude.
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Hello Kirk, you get a lot of %^*+ from people but I think it’s because they can’t handle how happy go lucky you are which is very rare these days. Perhaps they’re jealous that they can’t enjoy life as much as you do.
But either way, thanks for being who you are and also for what you do, we need more guys like you. Happy New Year to you.
Product applied is part of the equation of making it look easy,but the biggest part of it IMHO is the experience of the person applying it. Another great video Kirk.
I don’t know all the factors for example the situation for the clients budget. But that ceiling coming off is a clear sign of the ceiling giving out. The whole ceiling should be taken out and replaster it completely. Besides that, when daylight shines over that spot you will for sure be seeing that as one big ugly repair spot. No matter how properly it will be repainted
Not necessarily. When I was a teen a tornado funnel cloud passed over my neighborhood. Thankfully it didn't touch down. It did pass over our house just above roof level and knock down our chimney tall stack right onto the roof. The force of 15-20 foot of brick chimney landing on the roof transferred through the attic joists (cracking them) and knocked a section of plaster down in a second floor bedroom about the size of what's being repaired in this video. The repair made was done essentially like this one. The plasterer was a master of his craft. To this day, even though I know exactly where the repair was made, I'm hard pressed to find it. In fact I can only find it again when the light is just right. Anyone who didn't know the history would likely never notice it. That was more than 40 years ago.
Patraic thats great but as a professional plasterer myself, i always go with the fact that the light could be in such a situation that it will shine on it all the time. You are lucky light doesnt shine on the spot all the time. But if it did i’m sure it would have bothered. We just strife for perfection. I’m sure you can understand:)
Storm-Traders you sir and without doubt, sound like you really know what you are talking about!but with all sincerity ..would you be willing to throw down against Mr.Kirk Giordano? really?you do know he's Italian and connected right? 🙂 :-)+
@Alan Paterson any day. Proplast.nl
Its called a repair. Some people dont wanna hear "the whole ceiling's gotta come down ma'am, um its gonna be $12,000
Holy shit…. I just want to do a patch job and all these comment feel like there's about to be a throw down
Good job ,kirk
Hey Kirk one thin i have been meaning to ask is, Do your plastering products have a shelf life?
I am an apprentice from the prairies, coming to the west coast completely different with a rain screen system and the double! But they sure love my prairie boy drive! Love your videos educating me so I can back my 10 years up!
Kirk
I live next to bon tools here in Pittsburgh
Is that a 20”x 5” pool trowel ? Ty
Great stuff as
Always !!! Keep em coming
Dam, this guy needs his own sitcom.
You're the best Kirk
Evening Thomas, thank you, my brother.
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Kirk, you are the Mohammed Ali of plastering.
Was that 100% Structolite and used as a finish?
Lol— this is like getting a plastering lesson from Jerry Lee Lewis.
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Harakopf is clever or Smart. You understand Brother
Technic…fantastic…
Materially…would not…does not and will never meet standard for historic restoration…BAD WORK!!!!
Jay C. White Cloud its very true- real lime plaster/ grassello is almost impossible to get here. Even harder- good quality plastering sand. This video was not implying a historic restoration- like for like material was used in the repair. Just because someone doesn’t use lime doesn’t mean its bad craftsmanship. I love lime plaster- but there are many people who don’t know about it and fewer willing to source material constantly for it.
@onecarl78
Hi Onecarl78 and Hello Kirk…I'm not certain if you meant getting traditional lime materials from a "local store" ease of purchase or something else? I just got delivered to where I am currently working several products for the 100 plus year old house in upstate New York i'm working on. I had two types of traditional NHL for work in the stone basement and lime putty (aged minimum of on year) delivered directly to the project location in less than 24 hours. Can't get much easier than that!
Jay C. White, Structolite is better and closer to Inside plastering than sheetrock-drywall.
@Jose Canisales I don't and can't use either…I work in historic restoration and natural building so can only use the traditional and/or natural materials in my work. I have no problem finding materials at all here or in Europe…Neither "structolite" nor "sheetrock" would ever be allowed on the projects I'm brought onto or design for…But thanks for you offer to help…
Kirk, I been meaning to ask why you wear the tuxedo shirt on every job. Just now the phone greyed out with a pose of you and the white with black belt made it look like you were plastering the ceiling in your underwear. Lol. Now I know.
I guess there wasn’t enough room for a scratch and brown, rather than do it that way you just brought the patch flush to the finish? Was that a 3/8 inch rib lath you were using? Also, did you add sand to the structolite while going over the expanded metal lath on top of wood lath?
So the struc to lite was a one coat system in this video from what I understand. Can it also be used as a skim coat?
@Kirk Giordano plastering Inc. sand, also known as aggregate as Kirk has taught me.
rewatched!
I did this before but I had to put a smooth coat on top and used a slicker . Going to try the wet trowel
What’s this white glue stuff they sell for around the edges ? I seen a dude using something that looked like elmers glue .
Kirk, your a cool dude. Thanks
I came for the spinning truck, since you timed stamped the trick, I watched the whole video in appreciation for how much info you deliver
You know Kirk, I learned a lot about Structolite this 2nd time around. Keep them videos coming and thanks you.
Muhammed Ali also got knocked out. No one is the best. Always someone better
I have a plaster ceiling also ,fixing a water damaged ceiling now. My question is after I put on the standard vinyl spackle I get small bubbles about a inch in a few places . It seems the spackle is not gripping the ceiling and is sagging. ???
Guys, after trying to match a ceiling sand finish, trying to properly feather it all out, making a gigantic mess all over the house, and seeing all the defects coming out after it dries, just pay someone who knows what they are doing to do it. Somethings in life are better done by someone with the knowledge and skill to do it.
Kirk is the linus of plaster.
Love these videos. I'm learning so much. Thanks Kirk!!!
Afternoon Marilou Darling, you, my dear, must have a stucco home, Happy to have your voice here, Kirk Giordano plastering