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spraying and back rolling these walls to resolve some of the cracks in the walls. And we're going to show you the process how we go about doing that. We're going to be masking, throwing some 9in paper, 1-in tape down here with our hand masker, and that's going to keep any when we're back rolling any splatter coming down on our concrete. We're also be using some drop cloths, too, to help uh keep any splatter off of our concrete uh walkways and porches and stuff. But we'll be spraying our product on to actually get a large amount of the product on so we can back roll it and fill in cracks with it. And then we'll be using a 9inch nap or a 4 inch or 9 in roller and a 4-in roller to actually back roll and right behind the person's sprays. Want to have some nice crisp lines on the bottom too. So that's why we're masking it. John here. He's on the sprayer. Got a the sprayer hooked up and he's using a 515 tip and I'm going to be back rolling it with a roller. I'm going to be using a 9 in roller and a 4-in roller. And I'm just be right behind him and that way rolling it's actually pushing it into the cracks and and uh getting a better better finished product on the stucco. First up, I was actually just loading up the sprayer with or the actual roller with paint. Now, we're going to get going. And we're actually I'm not use we're always wear a mask, but we're not using masks once again because I'm trying to explain this process while we're videoing. See, he's using a shield to keep any overspray going off the side of the wall. And we just trying to limit the amount of overspray. We're using a cardboard shield holder and cardboard shield. You want to be you want to be right behind him actually back rolling quickly because the paint will start to dry and absorb into the stucco the concrete really fast. So the back roller's got to be right behind him. The guy spraying's got to put on a lot of paint to actually have it saturated and enough to actually back roll. One of the important things to back rolling your stuckle is actually choosing the right roller. So you can get them, you know, anywhere from 3/8 in um nap to a 1in nap. So if you got really really rough stuckco, you're going to want to jump up into a 1in nap. But choosing the right nap is is also important because if you get too big of a nap and you don't need it, the larger the nap, the more it splatters. So, I don't need it right here. And if I'm using a 1-in nap, it's going to cause more splatter, which I don't want. So, just using a 3/8 in nap on this task here. You actually see the cardboard shield holders he's actually using. We actually sell that on my Amazon store on my website, the idaho.com. So, if you want to get one of those cardboard shield holders and cardboard shields, they're pretty convenient, handy to use. [Music] Go back. Come out. Hi. Hi. So, we got a bush that we're working around right here. We got it tied back with some plastic. Actually have a video on how to tie back bushes when you're spraying a house. You can go check it out on my channel. Teaches you how to use 9x400 plastic to tie a bush back. With doing stuckco, it makes it way easier if you have two people doing it, one person back rolling, one person spraying, cuz the the paint has a tendency because of the stuckle, the nature of the stuckco absorbs all the water, dries really quickly. It coagulates really fast and and which causes a problem because you really don't have anything to backrow cuz it's drying so fast. One of the key aspects of actually backing this Stuckco is when you're back on it, what you're wanting to do is actually put enough pressure with a large enough nap or roller, which a lot with a large enough nap to actually push the paint into or the product into all the pin holes and small hairline fractures and the stucco. And you want to put enough pressure to push it in there. get enough paint to push it in there so you get a nice smooth, even looking surface when you're done. Having an adjustable extension bowl is pretty convenient, too. Uh you can actually find one of these extra poles that I'm using right here on my Amazon store, on my website, the idaho.com. And um you can actually purchase some this extension pole, 2 to 4ft extension pole, cheaper than you can at your local paint store. So once again, one of the key elements to actually doing this and doing it properly is enough pressure. You don't put enough pressure, you're not going to force the paint into the pin holes and actually small fractures and cracks into the stucco. And you want to fill all that stuff in. And so you're actually putting a nice good amount of pressure. You don't have enough paint, you're going to end up dry napping it, and you're going to leave um uh what we call dry napping marks all over and it's going to look really blotchy. So, a lot of paint and a lot of pressure and your struct is going to look good.