Rapid Set Cement All

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

Gracias señor.

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

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.

Love your Videos but concrete stuff is more interesting than stucco😆

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.

might have watched this 5 times, but still used the retarder & thinner they sell to give us amatures 30 minutes instead of 15 like you pros.

your the man dude!

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?

Cool Familia, 👍

Nice family

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 :)

I may buy some of those products but it won't be from Amazon.

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

You don't use Stuc-O-Flex on the horizontal...it's a wall finish. You should know that Kirk.

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

Your videos are like potato chips, just can't watch one. Love your family!

He's a lucky man.

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

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

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

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

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

You and your wife are too cute!

Thank you.

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

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

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.

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

thanks.

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

Kirk your the man cheers

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

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!

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.

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..

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

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

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.

How NOT to use rapid set if you are not a pro ...... "drink beer and talk too much while it sets up on you" ......

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 ?

Dont try to resurface a driveway in cold climate..waste of $ replace it

Good stuff. Thx!

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.

Thanks for the video. I’m looking for a high strength product that I can feather from about 3/4-1 inch to zero over about a 2 foot span.

2ay to go Kirk no beer no work that's my motto 😂