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Plastering the Walls

Bob interviews John Hirrell, a plastering contractor, who shows Bob how to embed the tape, attach the corner bead, and apply the first coat of plaster.
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Plastering the Walls

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" Okay let's look around John grower. Contractor. You guys really just apply the plaster and there's a storage -- to put up the blue board different boys then hires Fort Myers the board hangers nod to those labs also take care of most other stuff. Now we do it had been. And the didn't OK so you've you've put in the tape which goes in between the joints of the blue board with assurances that certain. Inspections of giants Lincoln -- roared down. Soft back stops it from cracking and then by the same token where you have an inside corner -- outside corner have to apply this that'll be. That's a client side and out of it now you don't feel that I due -- statement depends of speeches. Busiest of the stiff little wheels and that. Sturdy enough and of course that makes -- corner there won't. Crime doesn't mean you're about to start going here can I give you ahead kitty -- and there's a hook and total -- whipping up a -- and a trowel and see what I can do that. Now the technique appears to apply a real calm and cool night. That's right yes. In my opening to. Folks let's move on -- it -- it. Suddenly got a sub well. How -- of course going to shoot and -- an old quote nice and level. And they -- she -- not. When this Kimmel live television moved lumps or bumps conflict. OK I'll go down and do this this that you go ahead over there. A little bit -- behind this and literally we want to smile coupled standoff with the north. OK now how do you figure out not put it on to bigger too -- Assists. -- experience -- this most of the words not showing us the most important thing for the lowest close you don't want to close with. That would be too thin wooden assist -- with an -- and a case that the question of holding it at the right and -- that. You've trying to -- on NATO rhetoric like this yes that's OK and -- don't know. Just -- historical floor. -- Boy and the lord doesn't album looks at it it's a lot more difficult than it looks there's a lot of it ends up on the lower back issues. I'm shirt -- go to your hand if they're not. Books. But John congratulations that's placed next door looks really super thanks -- them how to unit rockets into hard smooth finish on the law. But I didn't think included it's for profound power and just keep people announcement that was hired could you just keep on trial into -- cartons and -- of cruelty at least another hour on this one all right those were kept drink it in work."

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