The idea that you are training her and capturing it on UA-cam is so wholesome. It's really great that you are able to pass this knowledge on while spending quality time together.
After screwing around with homeowner-grade crap trowels, yesterday I picked up the 13x5" gold marshalltown one you recommended in a past video, and MY GOD it felt like i was cheating. Skim coat went on like glass. Makes a big big difference.
I really enjoy all your videos. It is great that you can spend time with your daughter and pass your knowledge onto her! She seems to be an eager student, which is great!
It is very helpful watching someone who is new at it. You can watch and correct them while filming it. You’re viewers probably makes the same mistake. I always learn something from your videos. Have a Merry Christmas!
Very important for beginners to learn how to work the material before applying it to the surface. I have been doing plaster and drywall professionally for 35 years and when I train people I teach them that the hawk is not just a mud holder, its also a tool for getting the mud on the trowel properly. Great video!
Lulu's a nice addition to the videos. Her generation is just starting out to fix and repair drywall and the painting. Making a home of her own with her own added touches. It's nice she has a carpenter dad.
This was so helpful for me to watch. I learned a lot more watching your daughter correct and self correct as you’ve already got your method down. Thank you both for making this video.
So fun, this quality time spent between you and her is so special. 50 years from now this will become a remarkable memoir. I love the fact that she’s a second generation finisher on UA-cam, it wouldn’t surprise me if this is the first time this is being done (on UA-cam). It will be so nice to follow along throughout the years!
Holy moly y'all look alike! Really appreciate the format of having someone be the guinea pig cuz it brings out a lot more things you wouldn't think about otherwise
Thank you Ben. I especially liked the comment "feathering is the key to reducing sanding." I took many notes on things I did not understand. It is true to "just do it" and it comes with time. It is wonderful to see you pass on your knowledge to your daughter.
Man, when you were teaching your daughter how to work with the hawk, it reminded me of me. It took me forever to stop turning the hawk when pick up the mud and placing it back on the hawk. Nobody explained to me what I was doing wrong, it just hit me… eventually. Wish you were around when I first started fooling with plaster work. Love your videos, I learn something new almost every time I watch. Thanks.
Thank you Lulu for putting yourself out there. Its a lot easier for me to watch and learn from you than your dad. Your struggles are also my struggles. You two make a great teaching team.
I watched a bunch of your videos a couple of years ago when I torn out a ceiling and replaced it. It turned out great. I used a trowel and hawk. I did a lot of crack repairs in my 100 year old house last month and lost my touch with those tools. Bringing in someone with a similar skill level as your viewers is pretty genius because she is encountering the same issues we would. It’s an excellent teaching tool.
How refreshing to see the respectful interaction between father and daughter. You can tell she’s your daughter. So so awesome to see the trade being taught and passed on. She did great! Better than I would have for sure. Thank You for sharing as I learn a lot from you. Hope to see more videos as the young apprentice progresses. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Hej Ben, it really shows how close you are to your children here. Lulu seems to be such a good and grounded kid' Excellent job Lulu, you have a good teacher!
it is so hard to stop myself from "showing" someone new how to do it rather than just letting them learn it on their own. Nice work Dad! Maybe it is time for me to retire my knives and try a trowel but I doubt I can be as skilled as your kid. She was awesome!
I like the part where she just started dancing out of the blue. It was just enough to spice things up, but not too much. That was great that dad didn’t hit the Killswitch. These kind of things are important when it comes to craftsmanship, not only what’s comfortable physically, but also mentally. Thanks again, Vanman (Vancouver Carpenter)!
"the math isn't mathing" lol, she's got that "humorous dad who's in the trades" vibe. i have a friend who has rubbed off on his kids like that and it's great
Tell her as a former child - father helper ( I'm now 71yo ) I am forever grateful for the training . The trades whether you plan to enter the profession is something you can always fall back on. These days having a transferrable skill is priceless and can be a God send.
I taught what you are doing at our community college, High School juniors and seniors were allowed to enroll. I could only wish they were as good a student as your daughter. 👍
this is BILLIANT!! great way to do beginner tips and lessons!! I've always found that when new DIYers, like me, dive into these things it's sometimes the simplest things we stumble on cause they're SO simple pros don't even think of them... so having your daughter as the example was brilliant! like all your stuff! THANKS again! keep it up, love this stuff!
Nice to see the next generation learning something practical and useful. We certainly need the trades and these kind of things take years to get really good at. Thank you for the vid! Merry Christmas!
I started doing drywall directly with hawk and trowel after watching your videos (and the art of drywall taping), and it's so natural/easy to pick up, much easier than pan and knife. Didn't even bother taking the knives out of packaging except one for small patches.
Appreciate your videos, been watching for years. A lot of what I have learned from you gets applied in my work. Even if you’re going over something again, the refreshers are nice and I’ll keep watching.
Thanks for the videos, I'm a DIYer that has drywalled 2 or 3 rooms before, but I'm never satisfied with my work. I have a bathroom that I need to do, and the drywall is taking so incredibly long for me to do because it's really hard for me to find the motivation and time to get in there and just get it done without fussing with it too much. But your videos and tips help out quite a lot. Thanks!
It's nice to have a video of you working with a beginner cuz my mudding looks a lot more like hers than yours. I'd like mine to look like yours, but sometimes I'm left with, "so what am I doing wrong?" Your instructions to your daughter help me be better. Thanx.
My first time with a hawk and trowel was similar. I'm good at playing with it, not so much keeping the mud off the floor and feathering. More videos with newbies, and hammering on the basics and nuances are the best videos.
Thank you for posting this video! I de-wallpapered two bedrooms and bathrooms in my home which has left a ton of damage in the drywall. Been dreading the repair process. This video will help me a lot! Cheers!
My dad taught me how to paint back in the 90s. My Papaw taught him in the 70s. My dad uses a knife and pan, Papaw used a hawk and trowel. I learned how to use a trowel from you. Glad to see the next generation getting the old lessons.
Thank you for another great video sharing your talented skills! I've learned so much which has made my improvement projects come out so much better in far less time. So nice to see you and your daughter working together and her eagerness to learn! Please keep the videos coming! Happy Holidays!
This reminds me when my dad taught me. Hawk and trowel control first. Then learn everyday from mistakes to become better and always take knowledge from others and learn from yourself.
This was great! I learned so much and realized a few things I did wrong the last time I tried this. Thanks for sharing! God bless you and your family, Merry Christmas
with plaster you get the knack . I usually do not turn my hawk that steep. I absolutely love your videos ! They are great. You are a very talented craftsman. Wishing you and Yours a Very Blessed CHRISTMAS !
great video. i learned mudding from this channel and have some tips for learning. The information overload is super real, at some point you have to get on the tools for a couple hours and try to figure it out. then at the end of the day, I would take note of the issues i was having and then dive back into these videos to get tips on how to correct those issues. Just focussing on those issues prevented infomation overload. Then i would just rinse and repeat that process to get better. Spending time on the tools is absolutely crucial because its so based on feel. Another tip I have is not to jump right to the trowel because its definitely tougher to learn than the knives. I used the knives with both the pan and the hawk. First i got good with the knives, then I would try the trowel here and there when it makes the most sense (corner beads, large fills) and clean it up with the knives. Im still not great with the trowel but its ok because I'm not doing big jobs. Also, working on walls is alot easier than ceilings so its better to learn that first. Honestly you can do everything with a 6 inch knife except skim coating pretty much, and its easy to control. I lean on it alot.
Hey Ben! I have an idea for a beginner-focused video for you to consider about judging how much joint compound to use as you work, based on something you said in this video. When I finish (not often), I usually run into problems with how much compound I'm trying to work with at a time and apply to various joints. I only do drywall jobs when I am already on-site for carpentry or tile-setting work and the small size of the drywall work makes hiring in a dedicated finisher inefficient and expensive. So, I'm still a beginner and not doing this every day. Inevitably as I'm working, I get too much or too little mud on the hawk or the trowel and waste time getting messy, spreading too thin, overfilling, scratching the paper, etc. And because I'm inexperienced, I don't always notice these problems until the next coat when it is more costly to fix. I know that you have touched on basically all of these issues at some point in other videos (with tips about leaving a gap under the knife when taping flats, checking butts for how much fill is needed, etc.), but I can never remember where or when to go looking for them. So, at least for me and my beginner problems, it'd be helpful to have a collection of everything "mud management" in one place. That includes how much mud you can cleanly work with on a hawk/trowel/wall, roughly how many hawks/knives worth you typically end up using for various joints, and any quick checks you can do while everything is still wet to spot problem areas. I imagine you do this stuff by feel, but I'm curious if there's some system or "landmarks" that can be plucked out for a beginner to check against. EDIT: I'm especially curious about if you load your hawk, spread some distance (like 4ft or something) and then finish, how much of the mud actually ends up staying on the wall? It can be hard to tell when you're working because of course you just push that excess to the next area, sometimes without even putting it back on the hawk.
Great video as always!! It can be a challenge teaching a lefty or vice versa can be a struggle. Trying fo flip the motions in your head to make your hands do it is really hard! I'm a lefty myself and can relate!!
My daughter would like to become a mechanic but it’s a hard trade to get into. You need years of training and certifications. She works on our cars, can replace brakes and rotors, shocks, etc. We got an old 99 Honda CRV that’s been sitting dead in the driveway for a year up and running again. While trades don’t pay as much as an IT job like mine there’s little chance of them being outsourced to a foreign country or replaced by AI. Glad to see you passing your knowledge on to your daughter. Best wishes and Merry Christmas to you and your family!
I am a teacher at a vocational high school (Votech) in suburban Philadelphia. We have a couple of young ladies in Auto Technology and five in Building Trades. It is a great opportunity worth looking into if your daughter is in high school. Good luck to her.
Man I wish you lived in Jersey... I would hire you in a heart beat. I got screwed over so bad by some contractors and I'm so jaded and pissed off that I'm just doing it myself now.
Being she’s has the hawk in her right hand and you in your left makes it somewhat harder. I have always tries using the trowel but always gave up. But your explanation is awesome. Practise makes perfect…well over time…lol.
I am competent at many trades, as I've renovated 6 houses in Vancouver over the last 40 years, but drywall mudding is one that eludes me, I can do it but it never looks awesome, so I usually leave it to the pro's. I like your channel and watch with interest and I've got a drywall repair to do this afternoon, but I'm reluctant to go all in and buy the professional gear and practise as drywall mudding is tough to get good at it. Perhaps when I retire in a few years I'll give an honest go.
I can plaster but I use a hawk and knife to drywall! For the life of me, I’ve not been able to figure out how to use a hawk and trowel to drywall 😂 here’s hoping you can teach me!
Wish you had guys had done this sooner! My hawk and trowel are collecting dust because I end up making more of a mess on the floor than on the walls 😂😂
Looking forward to your four year old getting good enough to pump out some intense piano soundtracks to your videos. Bit of Vivaldi’s winter while you coat some corner beads would be a banger
You need to record more of these with the piano lessons going in the background. I was completely unaware of it until it stopped. Of course you did pointit out, but it was a noticable difference after they stopped. Something very peaceful about it in the background and fitting for your presentation style and tone. It doesn't seem too unreasonable to ask them to do traveling piano lessons at your other projects does it?
She's adorable! THIS is what TRUE femininity is about...capabilities, contribution, &HAPPINESS w/o ALL the slicing of the face. i foreseee her taking over your channel 🤣 because she's just adorable! (typing as a mom here...)
3:33 re an 'inefficiency: your hawk is in your left hand while hers is in her right, so you were seeing a (possibly confusing) mirror image of yourself. Does handedness play a role in this technique?
Big kudos to your daughter. It takes a lot to be a student when you know people are watching you. She is quite brave to do it on camera.
Seems to me that she thinks it's only a matter of time before she can outdo the old man. She looks pretty confident.
The idea that you are training her and capturing it on UA-cam is so wholesome. It's really great that you are able to pass this knowledge on while spending quality time together.
She would never want to learn skills, if her dad did not explain to her this is the easiest way to get on UA-cam to become famous
Your daughter is wonderful. So patient. She's quite good at it too. I did learn a lot from seeing the way she did things. Thanks to both of you!
After screwing around with homeowner-grade crap trowels, yesterday I picked up the 13x5" gold marshalltown one you recommended in a past video, and MY GOD it felt like i was cheating. Skim coat went on like glass. Makes a big big difference.
There is a big difference 👍
The more you sand down or use the edges the better it will get.
Watching her eyes while you talk is great. I see that look from my children -- a lot. 😀
Beyond that, "showing" a beginner is gold.
I really enjoy all your videos. It is great that you can spend time with your daughter and pass your knowledge onto her! She seems to be an eager student, which is great!
It is very helpful watching someone who is new at it. You can watch and correct them while filming it. You’re viewers probably makes the same mistake. I always learn something from your videos. Have a Merry Christmas!
@@donaldnorton8330 This and the “James and the giant patch” video are the two best on UA-cam for learning this stuff
Dad of the year award definitely going to uncle Ben this year. Great work as always boss
Very important for beginners to learn how to work the material before applying it to the surface. I have been doing plaster and drywall professionally for 35 years and when I train people I teach them that the hawk is not just a mud holder, its also a tool for getting the mud on the trowel properly. Great video!
Thank you!
Yep
Using people that have little to no experience to teach the skills is the very best way to show us noobs how to do it right! Great teaching tool Ben!
Lulu's a nice addition to the videos. Her generation is just starting out to fix and repair drywall and the painting. Making a home of her own with her own added touches. It's nice she has a carpenter dad.
This was so helpful for me to watch. I learned a lot more watching your daughter correct and self correct as you’ve already got your method down. Thank you both for making this video.
So fun, this quality time spent between you and her is so special. 50 years from now this will become a remarkable memoir.
I love the fact that she’s a second generation finisher on UA-cam, it wouldn’t surprise me if this is the first time this is being done (on UA-cam). It will be so nice to follow along throughout the years!
This is the cutest thing. It reminds me of my niece is now 18 and in the Airforce! They grow up so fast but still look up to us for instruction. ❤
Holy moly y'all look alike! Really appreciate the format of having someone be the guinea pig cuz it brings out a lot more things you wouldn't think about otherwise
Thank you Ben. I especially liked the comment "feathering is the key to reducing sanding." I took many notes on things I did not understand. It is true to "just do it" and it comes with time. It is wonderful to see you pass on your knowledge to your daughter.
usually i feel like im the amateur when watching this channel, this video is truly an inspiration
Man, when you were teaching your daughter how to work with the hawk, it reminded me of me. It took me forever to stop turning the hawk when pick up the mud and placing it back on the hawk. Nobody explained to me what I was doing wrong, it just hit me… eventually. Wish you were around when I first started fooling with plaster work. Love your videos, I learn something new almost every time I watch. Thanks.
Thank you Lulu for putting yourself out there. Its a lot easier for me to watch and learn from you than your dad. Your struggles are also my struggles. You two make a great teaching team.
Thanks for showing a left-handed person. For many reasons, thank you.
A proud moment for a father and daughter. Tip from a tradesman. first you get good, then you get fast.
I watched a bunch of your videos a couple of years ago when I torn out a ceiling and replaced it. It turned out great. I used a trowel and hawk. I did a lot of crack repairs in my 100 year old house last month and lost my touch with those tools. Bringing in someone with a similar skill level as your viewers is pretty genius because she is encountering the same issues we would. It’s an excellent teaching tool.
How refreshing to see the respectful interaction between father and daughter. You can tell she’s your daughter. So so awesome to see the trade being taught and passed on. She did great! Better than I would have for sure. Thank You for sharing as I learn a lot from you. Hope to see more videos as the young apprentice progresses. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
I’ve messed with drywall lightly for years and still a beginner watching u 2 lol. thanks for the vids u do great work
Me too, she is 100% right "falling is better than this"
Hej Ben, it really shows how close you are to your children here. Lulu seems to be such a good and grounded kid'
Excellent job Lulu, you have a good teacher!
it is so hard to stop myself from "showing" someone new how to do it rather than just letting them learn it on their own. Nice work Dad! Maybe it is time for me to retire my knives and try a trowel but I doubt I can be as skilled as your kid. She was awesome!
She's hysterical. I love it !
I like the part where she just started dancing out of the blue. It was just enough to spice things up, but not too much. That was great that dad didn’t hit the Killswitch. These kind of things are important when it comes to craftsmanship, not only what’s comfortable physically, but also mentally.
Thanks again, Vanman (Vancouver Carpenter)!
"the math isn't mathing" lol, she's got that "humorous dad who's in the trades" vibe. i have a friend who has rubbed off on his kids like that and it's great
You are an awesome teacher, your daughter is amazing. Thank you for sharing
Tell her as a former child - father helper ( I'm now 71yo ) I am forever grateful for the training . The trades whether you plan to enter the profession is something you can always fall back on. These days having a transferrable skill is priceless and can be a God send.
All dads and daughters can relate to this frustration. "You're doing something wrong but I don't know what"
I enjoyed seeing your daughter pick up the tools & get after it.
I taught what you are doing at our community college, High School juniors and seniors were allowed to enroll. I could only wish they were as good a student as your daughter. 👍
Ben, "I'm not gonna say anything this time", proceeds to talk even more than before!🤣
this is BILLIANT!! great way to do beginner tips and lessons!! I've always found that when new DIYers, like me, dive into these things it's sometimes the simplest things we stumble on cause they're SO simple pros don't even think of them... so having your daughter as the example was brilliant! like all your stuff! THANKS again! keep it up, love this stuff!
Nice to see the next generation learning something practical and useful. We certainly need the trades and these kind of things take years to get really good at. Thank you for the vid! Merry Christmas!
As a fellow lefty, it's hard to learn something like this from a righty. It's easier to stand face to face, rather than beside each other.
This!
I started doing drywall directly with hawk and trowel after watching your videos (and the art of drywall taping), and it's so natural/easy to pick up, much easier than pan and knife. Didn't even bother taking the knives out of packaging except one for small patches.
Another great video with so much useful info! Will have to rewatch again to get it all. Your daughter is great and adds that youthful comedy touch.
Appreciate your videos, been watching for years. A lot of what I have learned from you gets applied in my work. Even if you’re going over something again, the refreshers are nice and I’ll keep watching.
Thanks!
That’s awesome you guys are an awesome family!
Thank you so much!!!
That is so cool that you are teaching your daughter your tradesman skills. Thank you for sharing, and keep up the good work.
Omg, she is adorable!!! I love her. Rewatch your video, she was doing it correctly- you were just confusing her. Lol
Thanks for the videos, I'm a DIYer that has drywalled 2 or 3 rooms before, but I'm never satisfied with my work. I have a bathroom that I need to do, and the drywall is taking so incredibly long for me to do because it's really hard for me to find the motivation and time to get in there and just get it done without fussing with it too much. But your videos and tips help out quite a lot. Thanks!
This is awesome! It's also a look at a right hander teaching a left, which is it's own challenge
It's nice to have a video of you working with a beginner cuz my mudding looks a lot more like hers than yours. I'd like mine to look like yours, but sometimes I'm left with, "so what am I doing wrong?" Your instructions to your daughter help me be better. Thanx.
My first time with a hawk and trowel was similar. I'm good at playing with it, not so much keeping the mud off the floor and feathering. More videos with newbies, and hammering on the basics and nuances are the best videos.
Thanks for the tutorial. Lulu was awesome. You should have her on again. 😊
Thank you for posting this video! I de-wallpapered two bedrooms and bathrooms in my home which has left a ton of damage in the drywall. Been dreading the repair process. This video will help me a lot! Cheers!
My dad taught me how to paint back in the 90s. My Papaw taught him in the 70s. My dad uses a knife and pan, Papaw used a hawk and trowel. I learned how to use a trowel from you. Glad to see the next generation getting the old lessons.
I've always loved your videos and now getting to meet your daughter is awesome. She is doing a great job!!
Another very excellent video, thank you!! Your daughter did awesome too 🥳
It is so lovely to look at you both, you are lucky to share this with your daughter
When you're so good you forget the mistakes that can be made
Thank you for another great video sharing your talented skills! I've learned so much which has made my improvement projects come out so much better in far less time. So nice to see you and your daughter working together and her eagerness to learn! Please keep the videos coming! Happy Holidays!
This reminds me when my dad taught me. Hawk and trowel control first. Then learn everyday from mistakes to become better and always take knowledge from others and learn from yourself.
More videos. Even just for your own records. The time flies and ia so precious. 😢
This was great! I learned so much and realized a few things I did wrong the last time I tried this. Thanks for sharing! God bless you and your family, Merry Christmas
with plaster you get the knack . I usually do not turn my hawk that steep. I absolutely love your videos ! They are great. You are a very talented craftsman. Wishing you and Yours a Very Blessed CHRISTMAS !
Plaster is a different beast. I'll give it another go some day.
She's doing great and will get maximum efficiency upon practice! She's doing pretty good for age and experience.
Great video! They seem like such simple tools but they were so much harder to figure out than i anticipated.
great video. i learned mudding from this channel and have some tips for learning. The information overload is super real, at some point you have to get on the tools for a couple hours and try to figure it out. then at the end of the day, I would take note of the issues i was having and then dive back into these videos to get tips on how to correct those issues. Just focussing on those issues prevented infomation overload. Then i would just rinse and repeat that process to get better. Spending time on the tools is absolutely crucial because its so based on feel. Another tip I have is not to jump right to the trowel because its definitely tougher to learn than the knives. I used the knives with both the pan and the hawk. First i got good with the knives, then I would try the trowel here and there when it makes the most sense (corner beads, large fills) and clean it up with the knives. Im still not great with the trowel but its ok because I'm not doing big jobs. Also, working on walls is alot easier than ceilings so its better to learn that first. Honestly you can do everything with a 6 inch knife except skim coating pretty much, and its easy to control. I lean on it alot.
Hey Ben! I have an idea for a beginner-focused video for you to consider about judging how much joint compound to use as you work, based on something you said in this video.
When I finish (not often), I usually run into problems with how much compound I'm trying to work with at a time and apply to various joints. I only do drywall jobs when I am already on-site for carpentry or tile-setting work and the small size of the drywall work makes hiring in a dedicated finisher inefficient and expensive. So, I'm still a beginner and not doing this every day. Inevitably as I'm working, I get too much or too little mud on the hawk or the trowel and waste time getting messy, spreading too thin, overfilling, scratching the paper, etc. And because I'm inexperienced, I don't always notice these problems until the next coat when it is more costly to fix.
I know that you have touched on basically all of these issues at some point in other videos (with tips about leaving a gap under the knife when taping flats, checking butts for how much fill is needed, etc.), but I can never remember where or when to go looking for them. So, at least for me and my beginner problems, it'd be helpful to have a collection of everything "mud management" in one place. That includes how much mud you can cleanly work with on a hawk/trowel/wall, roughly how many hawks/knives worth you typically end up using for various joints, and any quick checks you can do while everything is still wet to spot problem areas. I imagine you do this stuff by feel, but I'm curious if there's some system or "landmarks" that can be plucked out for a beginner to check against.
EDIT: I'm especially curious about if you load your hawk, spread some distance (like 4ft or something) and then finish, how much of the mud actually ends up staying on the wall? It can be hard to tell when you're working because of course you just push that excess to the next area, sometimes without even putting it back on the hawk.
Great video as always!! It can be a challenge teaching a lefty or vice versa can be a struggle. Trying fo flip the motions in your head to make your hands do it is really hard! I'm a lefty myself and can relate!!
Imagine being mentored by one of the greats and happens to be your dad! 🎉😊 this is invaluable stuff she's lucky 🎉
Love the father/daughter tutorials!
This is great! This reminds me that I need to redo my bathroom ceiling.
Great stuff good job guys. Keep the tips coming I did learn some tips and I have been doing it for a while now.
I love the videos with your daughter!! It remind me when I work in home with my daddd ❤
Best training ever. You see things you never see from a pro
My daughter would like to become a mechanic but it’s a hard trade to get into. You need years of training and certifications. She works on our cars, can replace brakes and rotors, shocks, etc. We got an old 99 Honda CRV that’s been sitting dead in the driveway for a year up and running again. While trades don’t pay as much as an IT job like mine there’s little chance of them being outsourced to a foreign country or replaced by AI. Glad to see you passing your knowledge on to your daughter. Best wishes and Merry Christmas to you and your family!
I am a teacher at a vocational high school (Votech) in suburban Philadelphia. We have a couple of young ladies in Auto Technology and five in Building Trades. It is a great opportunity worth looking into if your daughter is in high school. Good luck to her.
this was a genius way to teach us how to do it
Cool video! This actually did helped because she does what we newbies do. Thank you
Cool that she talks and looks like you lol. Keep passing your skills on, your kids and viewers will keep these skills for a lifetime.
This reminds me of my clawhammer banjo lessons--hand position and technique are everything! It's frustrating to be a student...
Man I wish you lived in Jersey... I would hire you in a heart beat. I got screwed over so bad by some contractors and I'm so jaded and pissed off that I'm just doing it myself now.
Sorry to hear it.
Being she’s has the hawk in her right hand and you in your left makes it somewhat harder. I have always tries using the trowel but always gave up. But your explanation is awesome. Practise makes perfect…well over time…lol.
I am competent at many trades, as I've renovated 6 houses in Vancouver over the last 40 years, but drywall mudding is one that eludes me, I can do it but it never looks awesome, so I usually leave it to the pro's.
I like your channel and watch with interest and I've got a drywall repair to do this afternoon, but I'm reluctant to go all in and buy the professional gear and practise as drywall mudding is tough to get good at it.
Perhaps when I retire in a few years I'll give an honest go.
I can plaster but I use a hawk and knife to drywall! For the life of me, I’ve not been able to figure out how to use a hawk and trowel to drywall 😂 here’s hoping you can teach me!
like father, like daughter...lovely family
Wish you had guys had done this sooner! My hawk and trowel are collecting dust because I end up making more of a mess on the floor than on the walls 😂😂
It's Kirk Giordano plastering he's the man! Listen to him for sure! Great job dad!
Nope. “On the Trowel” two different channels. Kirk Giordano is great though.
Looking forward to your four year old getting good enough to pump out some intense piano soundtracks to your videos. Bit of Vivaldi’s winter while you coat some corner beads would be a banger
Good job Luc ❤️
I like that Lulu is a lefty.
Amazing "mini-me" look a like. Great episode. All the best and happy holidays VC Fam.
Passing down the knowledge and skill thats what its all about
Happy holidays and Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁
You need to record more of these with the piano lessons going in the background. I was completely unaware of it until it stopped. Of course you did pointit out, but it was a noticable difference after they stopped. Something very peaceful about it in the background and fitting for your presentation style and tone.
It doesn't seem too unreasonable to ask them to do traveling piano lessons at your other projects does it?
3:03 "hold the hawk" and she is about to burst laugh, maybe because hawk tuah? :)
She's adorable! THIS is what TRUE femininity is about...capabilities, contribution, &HAPPINESS w/o ALL the slicing of the face. i foreseee her taking over your channel 🤣 because she's just adorable! (typing as a mom here...)
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Great show😊
watching you folks mixing material, makes me want a pizza...🍕🍕
I've been using pan/knife for over a decade now... never used hawk/trowel... Kinda tempted to try it just to see how bad I would be! 🤣🤣
Watching your videos has turned me from Hawk Pooey, to Hawk Tuey. Mud on that thing!!
There is something wrong with my phone. Looks like your shirt is black.
Nice vid and instruction as always. You guys make a great pair.
Adorable...She's going to be a pro!
New channel alert: The Vancouver Carpenter's Daughter
Thank you once again ☺️
TOP NOTCH CONTENT!!
3:33 re an 'inefficiency: your hawk is in your left hand while hers is in her right, so you were seeing a (possibly confusing) mirror image of yourself. Does handedness play a role in this technique?
Nope. It’s what I said. She kept using one side to load the trowel and one side to clean it.