Hello folks, Kirk and Jason here,
with Kirk Giordano plastering, Today I'm going to show you something that a
little bit different generally when over the last 800 videos we've done every job we've done we
use a specific material designed for that purpose today I'm going to show you how to a coat driveway
this is my little ramp coming up to the driveway 26 years ago I did this right here and what
I do it because the asphalt was broken up and it was a big mess and I lose got to bring that
wheelbarrow up here all the time every day when we're working so I made it a little bit easier
for him to travel well it's 26 years later and it's pretty beat-up not that I care but I was on
a job and a guy was getting ready to do the same thing and I said dude I explained to my said you
don't need to do that I wasn't going to cost you to break that out and then pour concrete hey sis
I got a guy he's going to do it for 4 grand and I thought mana I could I can fix that for 14 bucks
and he says how I said well I won't explain it I'll show it to you to video so this is for
that fella poly bond what is poly bond poly bond is for adhering styrofoam to stucco walls
it's a cement ish as' bonding adhesive again I did this 26 years ago I've driven this truck over
this a thousand times that mixer been over here a whole bunch of time and we have forklifts driving
in here all the time not bad what I'm going to do guys is I took some of this poly bond now I put
some sand in it this is what I did the last time so I got some sand in this area where it's real
bad and I'm going to fill these big gas because poly bond generally you're only going about an
eighth to a quarter inch thick but where I'm going thicker right here because I've got some
holidays that are pretty big I've had the sand to it now 26 years ago this was three inches
thick in a lot of area so just to prove a point guys and then J not going to walk across
feet now I'm going to show you a fella who did he went ahead and did a new driveway like the guy
who I was telling him I don't know if I'd do that and he says well what lasts longer as a concrete
this is a temporary fix but it's lasted me 26 years I said you decide if you want to do it or
just do it the right way but I'm going to show you across the street the what right way really didn't
come out so well and when the fella did that I told him the same thing and he says uh just is the
querque your concrete man oh why should I listen to you if you don't know concrete I said I do
know concrete, but I'm a stucco contractor anyway. I want to prove a point here, so, and it's uh
not like I got anything better to do. All right, let me let this sit for a couple minutes. In fact,
right here, this little hole was pretty ugly. I'm going to go ahead and fix that too, then we're
going to walk across the street for a minute, guys, because I want to show you something all
right walked across the street to my neighbor this is concrete yeah this is my opinion
has failed it's cracked worse than an egg, but it's concrete, so he paid about four
grand for this I show you one more thing guys we're going to cross the street once
more, and this is what mine used to look like All this excess tar asphalt it's all over
the place once every house on the block has this built-up xs/s asphalt. Why I don't know,
but anyway, getting back on what I promised, it felt like show them we'll go back over
here and look at my boring driveway alright guy back at my boring driveway what I'm gonna
do now is coat it I'm gonna take J mix this up that should hopefully do it all right
now. All I'm going to do is skim this guy, and then I'm going to float it easy, nothing to
it. You guys are sitting there still watching this. You must have a driveway that's pretty
jacked up - this is not very exciting work, but this is a quick and easy way to fix it. This
is poly bond is very, very strong. As a rule, again, I use materials that are specifically
engineered for that product. You guys might have another like concrete guy might have another
fix for this, such as turning it all off and redoing it, but for a driveway guys, you really
want to spend that kind of money I got a whole bunch of bees here I guess they didn't like it
when I pressure-wash open they don't sting me All right almost got it pretty simple guys and
again the materials like 14 bucks where you have it where it's real thick and it's this won't
work where it's real thick unless you add some sand all right now that that's done that gives
me a base coat now I simply get a sponge float keep in mind guys this only really took me what
are we at like 10 minutes to do this of course I got help stasis mix it do you guys try to
plaster and mix at the same time stop it at Sun it's hard work and try to mix and plaster
at the same time a lot of times I make it look easy because I have either blue or J mixing for
me if I was to try to mix my own stuff man I'll be here all day instead of 15 minutes to do this
I'd be here hours trying to keep an eye on the mix this particular stuff you mix it you got to
slack it then you put it on okay so now I'm just going to clean it up a little bit right here
flip that flip it so I don't make a big mess, on that on the clean side and basically guys
this is a driveway I'm not worried about being cosmetically beautiful truck is going to be
driving over this all kinds of stuff so all I'm doing is giving it a sweet finish you can
use the broom I can use a a scratcher is almost anything it all depends on what you're after guys.
See here get this part and we take the flow clean it up now wouldn't you guys rather be doing this
and watching football all right almost to that stage a couple rocks in this again not a big deal
I didn't really need to do this but I promised a fella I'd show it to them so I'm stuck doing it
now okay see a lot of water in there feather this part in one more time I dip this float and that
should do it well those bees just did not like that pressure washing get off me man all right
probably last piece right here a lot of water on this guy's get my joint this actually makes it
harden stronger so a little bit of water a little bit of water that's about it water will make this
a heck of a lot stronger don't ever try to dry plaster guys doesn't work that way the water helps
it anyway I'll let you folks decide what's best to tear out a whole driveway when you're going to be
driving over it anyway and even if you do do it I've seen across the street it's still crack
like an egg 26 years this lasts a long time. Anyhow, guys, a poly bond if you decide to do this
and one other thing poly bond is not designed for this so I can do it this is my own house I'm just
showing you guys it because i'm toda another fella I would my name is Kirk Jason on the camera we're
thank you for watching and as usual see you guys on the next one once again folks we thank you for
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