Your one of my favorite contractors to watch on KZfaq and you make things easier to learn and do repairs. May I also say you have a great family and very blessed. Thanks for all your hard work making videos.

Without hesitation I would sit and have several beers with Kirk and Jay...these guys are at the top of their game!!!!

Kirk, your little wife is so adorable. What a fortunate man you are!!!

not only a great contractor but clearly a great family man! Thanks Kirk!

Another great video, I always learn useful information. Thank you very much!

I like this job. Nice and meticulous work. You are an artist

Love your videos. You guys are awesome!

Rapid Set rules... 👊🏻 thanks Kirk.

Can't help but give this vid a thumbs up!

thanx for the sharing kirk, you're a rock star in my book.

Very informative as usual Kirk, I never noticed the psi strength on the rapid set but know it’s a good product. Now I’ll buy more as I have something needing repair here. It’s obvious how close you and your wife are, you’re a very fortunate couple.

new kirk video! made my day! cheers

Kirk I meet you at white side material in Oakland....I'm always love your video thank you Kirk

I used the mortar mix to fix the contoured window stucco that fell off my old stucco house, it blended great mostly because it was a basement window, hardened quickly and I painted it in an hour, stuff works great.

That was so cool...

0:05 This is the guy who is passionate about his concrete work! Weekend, relaxing, having a beer... and doing concrete work. :-D

You are one lucky Man my friend !

U da man capt. Kirk👷

Kirk your the man cheers

Question... I'm doing a patch on a pool deck that's already been textured and painted improperly and I need to float it and texture it. (I've already ground down the hack job) What products should I use to ensure proper bonding and durability?

your the man dude!

Good info on the cement all Kirk. Works never done at home eh? Lol, way to spend the weekend. At least it's with the family

Great video info Kirk thanks also I found something to extend cement all , it's called Set Control one packet will extend your working time by 15 minutes.

Good vid. I use the Rapid set Cement All, Mortar Mix and Stucco Patch all the time on a variety of repairs. While it does set fast, the ability to walk on it, paint it or drive on it within a couple of hours is a huge benefit. The only downside using the Rapid set products is that you have to clean your mixing containers and trowels shortly after using the product. If you let it sit until the end of the day it will be as hard as a rock and very difficult to clean.

Hey Kirk good video.

Kirk I used cement Al on resurfacing my front sidewalks it turned out ok it fixed broken corners ok but I had a little trouble with the sand in it kept coming to top of mix did I not mix it long enough? Thanks for down to earth videos

Cool Familia, 👍

Here is one that may be difficult to answer because I was told it couldn’t be done... what type of concrete do I use to concrete in one to two inch irregular shape slate? I am making a pond so it will be under water.

Very cool,

Kirk can you plaster a rockwall? I'm from the southwest and want to waterproof a rock wall it's uneven due to rocks in some areas.

Kirk what can I do when the paper backing on my stucco wall is deteriorating the top is fine were talking about 2' to 3' in some areas can that be waterproof from the back of my wall's ?

How would you raise a shower floor center drain? What could l use and can l put something like S4?

Hi thank you for all your excellent videos & taking your time to make us the videos. i have a question please. So I have made a lean to shed using thin mdf board panel as my walls. What I did was I use the nailer gun and stapled the board onto the 2x4s all around. It’s been over 2 years now and it’s starting to come off like the stamped nails are coming off the 2x4 and there are gaps between the vertical boards that are attached side by side. My problem is that I can’t get myself to the back of the boards to staple or mail it onto the 2x4s. So I will have to go inside the shed and try to somehow pull the boards inward and use long nails to attach from the inside instead. Now my question is…if I was to use cement all fast setting and put at between the gaps between the two attached boards, will it bond and hold up? I was thinking about the fabric concrete and staple ins it onto the boards and 2x4s hoping it will bond. Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Hey Kirk. I think your missing the best benifets of the rapid set materials. Although the mortar mix can be used up to 6" thick its key in my daily tasks. I mix the motar mix 50/50 with a typical scratch and brown whenever I need base coat to set up quickly. A 25 year stucco artesian myself who is the sole income to his family of nine ei get the need and benifet of not needing 2 trips or more to patch in say a window or door. When using that rapid set mixed with a typical scratch and brown I'm able to fill in and depth of of repair on a wall. As you've seen when a framer fills in a window or door your left with nearly an inch of depth needed to fill to flush with surrounding materials. Especially when the framer sheets the repair with a less than as thick as used originally on an older home. The minimal if non existant of shrinkage when using rapid set has me start to finish texture and all on any depth repair in just an hour on a smaller window or 2 hours on say a door. Mixing more than 50/50 isn't needed in fact a 40ish/60 rapid set scratch and brown mix is plenty adequate. How about it's a saturday morning and u need to match a medium rilled synthetic texture finish repair on a home or building. Cant get the texture till monday when supply house is open right.. well you can use that mortar mix for your texture mix in color and all. I use a stucco/brick paint from home depot and use that paint instead of water in my quick set mortar mix and once your good with paint colors and how they change a bit when mixed in this way u will actually have a texture material that's near exactly the same as a typical synthetic texture. Although unless you screen out the aggregate you'll only be able to match the most popular or synthetic texture material the medium rilled as it's called here in MN where I am but as said prior u can screen out the aggregate for a match near right on to a medium texture. Once mixed the paint/motor mix looks works and smells the same as the synthetic textures I buy from like a STO or other big name provider. I pour custom chimney caps and I'm able to have a 1.5" over hang on all sides as a good chimney cap will and pull forms within an hour or even sooner. Another HUGE benifet to using the mortar mix is you ca nnm go over brick, block or poured wall without the use of any metal lath and even if painted any of those materials cover in one coat without any shrinkage allowing me to go up on a roof and pour a new chimney cap and give the body of the dilapidated chimney a new stucco look in one one coat one trip making output in the 8 months we have here as productive as possible. Ast there is the option of using the additive made for the rapid set family of materials that will slow that set time down to hours instead of minutes cuz what u said is true 15 min is not a long time. And the typical old u cant put cement over cement and expect them to bend ways are over because this stuff sticks and bonds to any cementous material like no other. I hope this comment makes anyone who's reading it dig into these new products that have started to and surely will ultimately become a daily use product giving us in the industry a leg up like no other has done in last 100 years. I could go on and on from lath based boulders sprayed with this mix of material changing poolside landscape and much much more. Or the stick on stenciling over a pool deck sprayed with this mortar mix in color when mixed with paint over water then quickly trolled over and peel of stencil for a quick morning's work giving a new look to old cement even asphalt yes asphalt this stuff literally bonds to anything and not just for a few years. God bless and keep on making the world a bit better to look at every day..

Good stuff. Thx!

I want to do knock down texture on the floor what can I use off the shelf from home depot

Ok I am getting into a new hobby. I have been trying out cements for flower pots and thinking about making lg bowls for my garden as well. how would cement all work for this? or would something else work better? I have tried a couple of quickrete products and white cement , but cure time is awful. Have any ideas for me

I’m really liking the stucco patch by rapid set. I’ve used it on a few projects now. What is your take on it? Is there another product with the same 16-20 grit sand that you like? What patch product has a longer set time?

watching your videos and i like it. one question about using poly-bond as a cement resurfacer - how much sand you add to the bag ( ratio) - inspired by your video _ i am planning to resurface my small driveway - and welcome any tips thanks

The cracks just to the left of your repair remind me of my little old garage ( 8' x 20' ) built in 1924 that has a concrete floor that has cracks like that up to about 1" vertical and maybe as much as 1.5" horizontal displacement, mini canyons. That floor is a pain in the neck, and I was wondering if using something like this makes sense to smooth it out ... or is "float" the correct term. Some of the cracks I hqve filled below the surface with silicone sealer, and it does look better, but the surface is far from flat. Since there is a bound of the 2x4's, old 2x4's, what would be the long-term prognosis for using this stuff to cover the full surface of the inside, covering and filling as many cracks as I can, and then trying to float the surface to as flat as I can. Would I see small new cracks over time or would it look even worse and break apart completely near the cracks? As always thanks for all the interesting and informative videos.

Gracias señor.

So good

did you make a clip on the acrylic plaster repair on your drive way cracks? enjoyed this very much

i have 1950's house. a car hit it and knocked the stucco siding off a 2x4' area the existing stucco siding looks like basic cement with a small amount of sand. should repair it with rapid set stucco patch or rapid set cement patcher? i put some diamond mesh over the area.

great video ...how do you use the acrylic stucco over the concrete and how fast does it dry thanks.Kirk......

Very good informative video as always. I prefer doing stucco and concrete jobs over painting. Lol Hope your health is ok Kirk. I'm very happy to see you have a really good wife. I noticed she is very caring, attentive, and affectionate with you in a few of your videos I've seen her in. :)

Kirk, thanks as always for the great info and help. Quick question. Our pool deck appears to have been done 25 years ago and looks like stucco with a sealer on top. Can that be right that it is stucco? Mike

Hi what is the best product to use to resurface my driveway? Thxs Rodney

Cool beans. Hey, Kirk hello from Philly !:-) :-) :-) :-)

Can this method/product be used as a resurfacer? For a car port area

Thank you.

It's called "Rapidset" for reason. 🤣🤣🤣🤣. It does not wait nor play. I've used it quite a bit and am getting the hang of it. I appreciate your sharing your wisdom and experience.

Cool to watch ~ thanks for the good info!

Hello Kirk, how much of the Cement All did you use to fill that hole? How big was the hole?

I saw a video where right after the guy patched the cement, he painted the patch with mud so it would give it an older look like the existing cement, he said it was an old trick his dad used to do, I wonder if that would work with what you're using

Captian Kirk.... It's a winner!.... Any chance Kirk would go to some of the Plastering, Stucco, and mortaring Trade shows in Vegas and do some shows on the new products coming out???...

Hey kirk are you making a video of you spreading the acrylic finish on everything?

We use it all the time

Your good lady wife never ages, must be the California weather

Hope u show the next stage of the drive fix.🔨

what do you use to repair cracks/chips in an acrylic(?) stucco coating? great video btw, would like to see the whole driveway process....

I like cement all for door thresholds. Just did one last week.

Would Cement All be the best option to resurface old concrete steps?

Hey Kirk I’ve used this product multiple times, sometimes it works awesome. But sometime in a few hours there’s tons of cracks, SOOOO annoying. Any idea what it could be ? Have you experienced it ?

Kirk, thank you for sharing your videos, I love them. I have a question. I have a 10 years old brick house. The exterior wall in the driveway is finished with colored stucco. There is a up to 1 inch gap at the bottom of the stucco along the driveway concrete. (Stucco shrinking? Driveway sinking? No visible cracks in the driveway). Anyway, which product should I use to fix it? Cement? Stucco? Base? Finish? Both? If you point me in the right direction, I don't mind to get dirty :)

Hey I'm not a pro but you look like you and I like your videos. Question, in my shed the last owner made the floor using half block cinder blocks about 60 of them and the floor is not level. Instead of removing all those blocks can I just pour self leveling compound to cover them or lay concrete what do you suggest? Ray...

You’re the man Kirk!

Love the red heads!

thanks.

Want to secure a piece of rock to the rock wall how much s cement

Nice family

Ohai, is this, “Drunk History” on Comedy Cen.... waiiiiiiit a minute... 🤨

You can put a little bit of Portland in this product for color

Kirk, are you surprised these product don't call for a bonding agent?

He's a lucky man.

Man, I hated cement all until I figured out it loves a red float. That was a life changing revelation, it feathers out really nice that way.

Loll people wont stop calling you, one day im gonna call you just to say hello When i have a day off that is😂 Im a mason but i love your videos and your work God bless you and your family ✌️✌️

Can you please video the rest of the driveway

Hey Kirk; ..... Are you sure you hadn't had just one too many beers by the time you finished?? ;-)

Can we see the finished product?

You can drive on stucco?

Did 300sf of wall today with rapid set in 90° temps, had me moving

Great video Kirk - or could paint it with mud to make the new look older -

Your just fun to watch man . haha

You da man Kirk!

alls fair on youtube. get it

Lyme is no joke. I hope you caught it quick and the antibiotics evicted that bacteria. Glad to have you back!

First again.. that earnes something

At the very beginning of the video you are putting something down. Bonding agent? Love your upbeat yet laid back approach to things.

In phoenix az you have 30 seconds🙈

So here’s your chance to save a marriage. My husband and I poured a very large front porch and did a washed aggregate finish. It hardened faster than anticipated but my husband insisted on pushing a joint Grover through. I wanted to wait and saw cut it later. Long story short he wishes he would have listened now as it looks tore up along the joints. I feel like I could save the job by adding another coat of cement over problems and tooling it to look like a couple of rows of brick. What material would work for this? Any suggestions?

Im a real fan of rock breaking out the driveway and replacing it...too many cracks for my liking. Of course, i am biased, I have an excavator and rock breaker just for such a task ^_^

Looks a lot easier than using a demolition saw and a chipping hammer and then using a hammer drill to put in new rebar and then pouring in about 15 bags of quick set and then waiting a week

strong stuff

watching everything again to get them into my youtube AI

Stuc-O-Flex on a horizontal surface? Why would you suggest such a thing? That’s against the manufacturers recommendation and they even caution that you can’t be below grade, let alone a horizontal surface. Wow.

Are those baseball knee Pads?

Kirk your driveway looks like it survived a few earthquakes .

Captain Kirk.

Oh my God. You hire Americans! Bless you!