Mask and Protect the Work Area

i've got to everything off the wall here i'm going to run some tape down here on my baseboards so when i do the sanding process if i accidentally hit the baseboards i don't want to nick or dig them the tape will add kind of as a buffer and so i'm just going to take this off real quick here and i'm using right now this is uh blue tape from frog tape so this will also be my tape that when i begin um doing the process the venetian plaster nothing will bleed underneath the tape now if you haven't seen the phonics this is a festool clinic's right here wall standard ceiling sander i'm going to hook it up kind of vacuum to hook it up too so i don't make a big mess also you can see where it's starting to knock down some of these really uh large peaks right here and knock them down really fast so really simple just keeping the sander moving really quick if you don't keep it moving it's going to heat up really fast and it's going to gum up your sandpaper so we just want to move quickly and now we're going to begin mixing up our coat right here and this is a dry powder this is um bow arrows this is their water water resistant gibson compound and i use this product for instead of using like a topping compound because this dries you can if you put a fan on it you can get it to dry in about an hour and a half to two hours and then you can sand it right away versus topping you're gonna skim coat the wall have to come back the next day this dries really fast and it stands really easy it's also water resistant it can be used inside or outside so it's very versatile so here's just going to dump in some of the powder i want to just mix it to get it to be a nice consistent smooth paste form i'll show you the consistency i'm looking for see what it's looking like now it's that's about that's getting pretty close to what i want to see it at right there and once i get it mixed up i'm going to let it rest for five minutes come back stir it one more time and it's gonna be ready to go how's the shrinkage on your product you're using um so that's another thing this this product doesn't shrink so it's a very good point to bring up so it dries um in two hours so it's about two hour dry time just depending on your heat and humidity also but around two hours and then it sands more like a topping compound and not like uh hot mud and stuff so it gives you the the benefit of drying fast but sanding easy all right so i got my mud all mixed up that i'm gonna be skim coating these walls with…