Finally we can have open discussions about shower systems, without someone saying, “my way is the only way!”
@bobcougar77
4 жыл бұрын
But.. It is!
@dennisstone5018
5 жыл бұрын
I use Red Gaurd quite a bit and always brush and roll it on. Apply thinner coats and more of them .Thinner coats dry much quicker. Never had any problems with it .
@silosvince
2 жыл бұрын
amen! brush and roll
@TheMVCoho
2 жыл бұрын
yep!
@CurflanderHolyfield
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheMVCoho same. I do 3 coats with brush and roller as as the fiberglass and this is all on top of my normal pan liner and floor mud
@aaronflores-kh6lh
Жыл бұрын
I think i'm going with brush and roll for my first ever tile job in bathroom. Pray for me brothers
@axiomhi8549
5 жыл бұрын
Great video. It's good so see contractors who are willing to try things and admit that they don't know it all. This is greatly helpful to everyone. Nice job.
@seekthtruth
3 жыл бұрын
Hes not trying nothing. He still wants it to fail. You paint it on, its way too thick again with the trowel. This guys a jerk
@darkloom
4 жыл бұрын
Can't believe people can say anything negative about your process, or you. You are the best.
@datdozier228
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for doing these tests. I’ve always brush and rolled it on, here in Mississippi we make mud pans with pan liners and then coat the showers with a rubber membrane. We rarely use schluter and after seeing your videos, I am glad we stay away from it. I just always felt that thin set is too porous to attatch schluter joints together with. But you are legit testing the industry and I applaud you for it. These companies need to take these into consideration and fix some heavy faulty issues
@yxngmoe8333
3 жыл бұрын
your a really good guy love the way you show repect to everybody with all the hate and good comments bro your doing a great job and keep it up much love bro.
@richardp3624
3 жыл бұрын
You said it perfectly. Great guy, great attitude.
@alexpatrick2522
4 жыл бұрын
Not a tile guy, but trying to learn and I find your videos, particular this one, really informative. Thanks for putting this out there.
@nakedtommy40
2 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad I did not see this instructional before. I’ve been brushing on 3 medium to thick coats before tiling. Dries quick and no failures. I could not peel it off if I had to.
@jackp977
5 жыл бұрын
A lot of learning is learning how not to do it, just as much as doing it properly. I think it's great that you showed the failed video and showed a successful video. It allows us all to answer the question, "what if I apply this to thick, what will happen". You have probably saved a lot of people money who would be willing to apply the thickness of the application at their own discretion. Thanks for taking your time and resources to teach us. This experiment was spot on and the way I would have done it for testing, right down to the ounce.
@GL-tp5hg
4 жыл бұрын
I am not professional; I am just a home owner like to do thing myself. I had very successful experience with REDGARD. I used just brush and roller and applied thin layer multiple times until I finish all the REDGARD I purchased (maybe more than I really needed). The result was great. My shower was done 5 years ago and no leak so far.
@powerpipe6389
5 жыл бұрын
i did my shower 3 years ago . Used a roller for he walls and a brush for the corners. Applied two coats. No problems.
@tinok.8149
4 жыл бұрын
A++++ Thank you so much for taking the time to do all that, and bringing us along to learn with you. I enjoy watching your videos, they have a ton of info. You are very honest humble and transparent with all your work witch is very rare in todays world. Thank you and keep up the great work for the ones that appreciate you!
@proverbs1788
5 жыл бұрын
Hey great job on the video. And it's good to see you handled the negative people with politeness and respect that's awesome. And to all you negative people out there lighten up a bit it's just a red guard experiment
@wallacegrommet9343
5 жыл бұрын
Putting any product to its limits and finding the failure threshold is a useful experiment.
@jimandcolleenchmelik4075
3 жыл бұрын
I am doing my own shower and as a master carpenter who is experienced in the process of following steps your video was most helpful. with respect to applying the redgard. Thanks for taking the time.
@ronmcgowan
4 ай бұрын
Great video!! I appreciate all the hours you put into making videos for us!
@fabulouspinkmk10
Жыл бұрын
You are a humble man!!!!!!! I gained from watching this video, Now I am feeling more confident to use this product and get good results.
@Lildude69505
2 жыл бұрын
Really like your humility dude. Keep it going
@pepaw
5 жыл бұрын
I am not in the trade, but if I was I would be super appreciative of the work and effort you put into this
@DJHO5TEL
4 жыл бұрын
hey boss i allways apply 3-4 coats with brush and roller. been my best method so far. pretty consistent too.
@woodworker1953
4 жыл бұрын
I use red guard all the time but I roll it on also before I set tile I use kerdi ban in all my corners. Maybe over kill but never had a leak or grout cracking in the corners! Keep up the good work. Been tiling over 20 years and always want to be the best and willing to learn different technics.
@OGCJ10
2 жыл бұрын
So the Kerdi band over the red guard ?
@regibson23
5 жыл бұрын
Gotta test rolling it on. Troweling looks like a complete pain.
@harlangreen1840
5 жыл бұрын
YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT DEMONSTRATION OF THE GOOD ,THE BAD AND THE UGLY OF PRODUCT INSTRUCTIONS,,,THANK YOU
@C-LOS420
3 жыл бұрын
This guy touch bases on what to do and what not to do? Cause and effect pertaining mixs and other chemicals solutions. This is important for the DIY's guys
@MistrMyke
5 жыл бұрын
Ignore the idiots. Your practical demonstrations are very helpful.
@rxchng
5 жыл бұрын
Hey Isaac, love these videos that you experiment with different tiling products! Thanks so much for doing it and sharing it! Awesome and God bless!
@jasonmcguire4933
5 жыл бұрын
I use a roller like most. Would love to see a video of how many coats is needed to achieve their guild lines. I'm assuming that you still have more red guard. Do a small test just like this 5sqft of dry wall roll a coat tell covered let dry roll the next tell you've used up the needed red guard. it takes us 3-4 coats but we tend to round up to the next .5 gal. We don't hydrate we do a heavy coat 1st letting it soak in and by the time the first coat is done the first wall is dry and ready for coat 2. Time from 2 to coat 3 is 2-3hrs and we put a fan on low in the shower to keep air moving and work in a different part of the room. The other thing with the heavy first coat is it helps to cover screw heads the edges of the mud where we put seam tape on and any small holes in the dura-rock that the builders are using in the showers where I'm from.
@justinofboulder
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video....been enjoying your content! While it's not "rocket science", I am glad to hear there are others out there who take pride in the trade!
@briansandyoutdoornature5842
5 жыл бұрын
By the way, you do a great job on your videos. I set a lot of tile. Most people out there don't even come close to the quality of work I do. And you my friend are right up there with me. I stopped counting at a hundred thousand square foot of residential tile.
@justinofboulder
5 жыл бұрын
There are a few of us who do quality work.... ;)
@Eatprepd
5 жыл бұрын
quality is more important than quantity
@alanlicht7633
5 жыл бұрын
I like your 7 day kerdi tests, which, as you have pointed out, are about 6 days more then anyone would test a shower pan. That being said, I would really like to see someone, anyone, do a 7 day test with kerdi membrane or kerdi board and seal the corners and changes of planes with red guard and Red Guard Fabric Membrane instead of Kerdi band and thinset. A combo of both systems! I know it's not practical in the real world, but neither is a 7 day test. But, I think there is a damn good chance it will pass that 7 day test! So, what do you say? Anyone else wanna see this?
@Tilethoughts
5 жыл бұрын
Are you referring to the redguard membrane they sell at home Depot it's similar to kerdi band?
@hobson3724
5 жыл бұрын
Just do it Issac. Please
@nathanwebb4671
5 жыл бұрын
I want to see it too. Im trying to save $ on an addition 676sf on top of my rancher Been a year from start date. With just me, my veterinarian marineand 3 time cancer survivor father in law, and his brother in law - (a 70yo pastor whos wife just found out she has breast cancer) have done it all. I am truly blessed. But cant chock down the price for a kerdi shower kit 42 x 60 is close to $500 . So im thinking hot knife slope cut some rigid foam panel and kerdi membrane that . Or try to use the Oatey pre slope with kerdi membrane. Will you try it and test it? It'll save me money both ways fail or pass.
@codyrobison6817
4 жыл бұрын
@@nathanwebb4671 your an idiot
@nirmaljassal1810
3 жыл бұрын
Lz
@bbrown5887
5 жыл бұрын
Great video and I appreciate your humble honest approach to try and give people examples, perspective etc. Constructive criticism is very important and appropriate but above that it’s just dysfunctional people who unfortunately need to make themselves feel good by overly criticizing others. I recently checked out your videos specifically searching for shower sealing tips and appreciated the information provided. I just finished doing the sealing of my shower and I used the Schluter pan system that actually had the membrane. I finished the entire pan with their corners etc just to keep the pan consistent, then Redguard for the walls over Denshield backer. I made sure all surfaces were clean before starting and then rolled on 3 coats for the walls and brushed the corners well inserting fiberglass mesh into them. The thinner multiple layers for the walls worked really well for me with excellent adhesion. The thinner coats dried much faster and a circulating fan sped that up even more. I’m very satisfied with how well it adhered to the walls and I’m sure when applied right it would do the very same for the pan. Keep up the great videos as learning is just as valuable from failures as it is successes.
@alexandralesnick5128
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. Extremely helpful.
@illokano
5 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for a StarrTile to follow up on his red guard video. You so quick👍🏼👍🏼
@renaissancemen1
5 жыл бұрын
That guy is a pre slope short of a code built shower.
@datdozier228
3 жыл бұрын
@@renaissancemen1 😂😂🤘🏽
@mattmills4651
5 жыл бұрын
Good demonstration on Redguards recommended coverage
@curtishatch6414
5 жыл бұрын
Good job Isaac, love your devotion to your trade your very helpful to us!keep doing what you do it works👍👍
@davidpenland6991
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Thank you for doing this. It answers questions you cannot find elsewhere.
@waltercastillo5921
4 жыл бұрын
Trowel recommendation is to use the flat side as a skim coat to key in the first application to the substrate then use a roller for 2 more applications letting the 2nd coat dry before applying the 3rd coat . I agree the coverage is a little less then what is needed especially if you use a duraroc board because of all the pinholes . But the pinholes actually give the redgard something to grab onto which makes me sleep easier at night .
@86CJ74U2NV
4 жыл бұрын
I've done two tile showers now with REDGUARD and no PVC liner. One is over a year old, the other is a few months old. I roll the floor with a 3/4" nap and a paint brush in the corners (with fiberglass mesh). I apply three thin layers to get the recommended thickness. I flood test them before tiling and they all hold water perfectly. If I'm putting in a cement pan, I'll never use PVC again.
@edwardpopa4854
5 жыл бұрын
Nice man way better second time around! Am I the only one who was oddly satisfied watching this red guard spread around by the trial? Cool cool!
@steverone7623
5 жыл бұрын
You, landberg and star tile need to get together for a KZitem meet, the trifecta of KZitem tile pros. Starr gets a bad wrap man, he's atleast preaching waterproofing and showing home owners what to expect and what red flags to look for. I feel his channel is geared more towards that direction, maybe not what "the pros" are looking for in a tile channel. He's probably double my age so i have to believe he's survived this long because he's talented and does quality work
@steverone7623
5 жыл бұрын
@@TileCoach these videos are great and can be used positively to share different ideas and techniques used all over. Some people are just assholes i suppose
@renaissancemen1
5 жыл бұрын
Isaac Ostrom don’t be so cordial. That guy talks against preslopes. There is no room for that. He throws some scientific terms into the mix to make him sound legit and you have the makings of a clown cult of anti pre slopers. I’m a remodeler. I do pre slopes.
@steverone7623
5 жыл бұрын
@@renaissancemen1 i have to believe you're some jealous jerkoff, atleast starr tile posts videos showing his work, some dickbag with no content going around criticizing people is whats wrong with youtube
@krehbein
5 жыл бұрын
Renaissance Man If the shower pan/mud bed is waterproofed with a roll on membrane or something like Kerdi then what does a preslope do?
@mrsmith9350
5 жыл бұрын
@@krehbein if you do as your saying, you are creating a pre slope lol. The secondary now is the thinset tile is set with. Your in essence making a waterproofed, sloped surface your going to directly stick tile to
@doughgetta92
5 жыл бұрын
We do commercial an we usually do three coats an we roll it on with a roller never with a trowel
@eugeniustheodidactus8890
5 жыл бұрын
These monolithic membranes need a consistent thickness, and applying with a roller is usually the right thickness for this product and others such as Proseco.
@stevenschneider7443
3 жыл бұрын
I've used red guard a couple times and don't know it ever failed (old house and a 3x3 foot space) so the last video of yours before I went ahead with it again was all about "over aplication", and really reassuring to see this one about "proper application" makes it a usable product. I will note, the substrate is always going to be a factor (other video the deck mud hadn't solidified) and my current application checked Ina coupke spots and I had to scrape it off in a couple spots and re-apply the base (I think it was leveler dust (small half bath space I had mix and apply inside of)). But everything is looking good between floor and shower walls once the finish/decoupling-water barrier coats were applied. I will agree, that for a one time user, instructions are kinda vague on how much to apply and how, but really that's kind of a tile wide industry problem like thinset coming in 50 lbs bags, and only needing 1/3 - 3/4 bag, either get a scale to weigh what your using or hope your opinion of peanut butter consistency is the same as the designer. Very observer/operator heavy on what us what and unless your in the spacific trade, it may or may not hold up being just a little off. I've mixed a soupy thinset and made it work for me in the moment, and may show failures some day, and made stiff thinset that could also crumble some day, but so far... seems to have worked. 🤷♂️
@brandonmunden1541
5 жыл бұрын
Mesmerizing to watch--I like how much can be done with the trowel. Precise
@GeorgeBrabant
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Isaac! I really appreciate you taking the time and then sharing the knowledge! You're a good man!
@kevinyoungblood9999
4 жыл бұрын
Love it. Like your humility!!
@rogerkolodziej5730
4 жыл бұрын
Great follow-up video . I appreciate you taking the time to figure out what went wrong on the first go around. I have an irregular shaped shower pan area in a wet room and so I have to use Red Guard or similar or live with way too many cuts in the vinyl pan material. I'm nervous about using Red Guard and will likely put on a third coat just to be safe. It should get total thickness to close to the 40 mil PVC liner. Thanks
@kkatlvolvo
5 жыл бұрын
Great video and your sincerity definitely comes thru. Nice job.
@jonathanwarren5605
5 жыл бұрын
Yes much better. I still like to use my kerdi trowel first. Let that dry a few hours and then flat trowel to fill the ridges in. Keep up the great videos.
@youarehere1716
3 жыл бұрын
mils are 1/1000 of an inch. millimeters are 1/1000 of a meter. HUGE difference. You've pointed that out in other videos. Good call!
@carlmccoy662
5 жыл бұрын
Seems like an adhesive roller, like for contact cement, would give the right amount of thickness (they are at lowes by the melamine/formica laminates)
@andrewmcneill1406
4 жыл бұрын
Hey Isaac, Andrew McNeill of McNeill L&R in Barrie, ON Canada. I enjoy your videos! As part of my renovation work I do a lot of tile and custom shower work. I have been using Redgard for at least 6 years, mostly as a pan linear over my drypack shower beds. I have found that a brush is the best way to cover the area and acheive the correct thickness. It usually only takes about 1-2 hours for the first coat to cure, often less. I will always do 2 coats and sometimes 3. My results have been excellent thus far. As you found out, you don't want to put it on too thick...that's the big thing. I have yet to use it on shower walls over drywall? I generally don't use drywall in showers at all, usually Kerdi board which doesn't need Redgard. Thanks again!
@FromThe3PointLine
3 жыл бұрын
Beginning of video: "thanks for checking out one of my videos" Yeahd dude I'll support your channel with a view and a like. I mean that's what we are here for right?
@turboflush
4 жыл бұрын
I would like to see a roll on application thickness.
@sam.man.TX22
3 жыл бұрын
I’m need to try and do things myself and I’ve super appreciated of these kinds of videos and such. You and a couple others have really got my knowledge well. A video on how to level walls that r jacked up from old wood and old houses and stuff would be helpful as well. Think I make some stuff harder than it has to be. Thanks man and keep it up
@MrBradfordwill
5 жыл бұрын
Great job Isaac. Love the modesty.
@holdernewtshesrearin5471
2 жыл бұрын
Ive found its best to.use a paint brush to apply Redgard and multiple thinner coats with thorough drying time between coats works best to prevent blistering and cracking. 3 coats on all seams and corners, 2 coats on walls and 6-9 coats on the floor and drain. I end up with the floor about 1/16" thick with the fiberglass mesh tape or cloth and about half that without the mesh or about 30 mils.
@tonan5440
4 жыл бұрын
To determine the recommended thickness: instructions say 1ga per 80sqft, ie., 1ga/80sqft. Convert 1ga to cubic feet. So the problem becomes 0.1337cuft/80sqft = .00167ft. Now multiply this result by 12in/ft to obtain inches of thickness you get .020in. That's 20 thousanths of an inch! You cannot trowel .020in no matter how good you are. You must roll it on. First pass is probably close to .020in, 2nd pass fills any this spots. That aside, why would you use a notched trowel anyway if your trying to waterproof? Seems like the wrong approach to me.
@russelldieterle8846
3 жыл бұрын
the Einstein of tile good dude
@sladeoriginal
5 жыл бұрын
So much simpler to just use a paint roller in addition to a waterproof membrane in the corners, edges, and substrate transitions.
@lsellclumanetsolarenergyll5071
5 жыл бұрын
OK best results I got is using actually a 1/2nap roller and roll it on with 3-4 coats on a shower pan and it's holding on my installs for now almost 20 years without a single issue. I use cheap nylon naps on 9" rollers and coat in thinner layers more often still I see the sold dark red is covering close to 80% of the see thru on the material. Write with a black marker on the sub surface. Once you can't really read it anymore you have a good thickness and apply it with a roller safes your butt big times.
@truthof7382
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video as always. Custom gives away depth gages for free. Makes everything go real fast. Apply, measure and keep going.
@agruici
5 жыл бұрын
Some people are assholes on the internet. Work of art glad we all learned something!
@snytty
5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful, beautiful job, showing exactly how it needs to be done. It seems that Custom's literature tends to contradict itself quite a bit. Some parts say hold the trowel at 45°. Some say 80sf/gallon, twice. Some even say to use 93 mils for a waterproof membrane. All three are conflicting. Assuming the total 40sf/gallon is, in fact, the goal.. then this video helps a lot.
@ibrahimwehbe1153
3 жыл бұрын
Love your professionalism
@GilBatesLovesyou
5 жыл бұрын
Yo Isaac, I'd like to thank you for trying to do independent tests in this industry, it's very important. As it's seemingly two sides, one who are legal eagles afraid of getting sued, and another basically who go "well my pappy did it this way so..." kind of stuff. It's like motor oil, diesel motor oils a lot of times are better motor oils than gasoline car motor oils, but oil manufacturers won't recommend them for gasoline cars for a lot of reasons, mainly legal environmental ones. But actual independent testing shows they're awesome. I know you'll probably never get a Robinson floor machine or something, but still, keep up these tests. I'd love to see Aquadefense, Hydroban, etc, tested troweled, brushed, rolled, make tiny swimming pools, whatever. The more reasonably scientific testing we have out the better, so thank you! :)
@joshualand5467
3 жыл бұрын
We got us a real movie star here!
@othomas4592
2 жыл бұрын
This was super helpful - I learned so much - thank you so much
@slc.images
4 жыл бұрын
Had me really nervous about my own redgard application :)
@stevesanderson8360
5 жыл бұрын
Why keep fighting that trowel? Even though RG approves a trowel, USE A ROLLER!. You'll get even distribution and a perfectly smooth, flat finish in less than half the time.
@wallacegrommet9343
5 жыл бұрын
Multiple rolled-on coats will get you to the desired film thickness, right? Plus the cure is more optimal.
@tileman30years6
5 жыл бұрын
Use a roller and a fan and it will speed up the process
@MistAtsiM
5 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@MistAtsiM
5 жыл бұрын
@@TileCoach you need to use a thick roller cover. Can't be standard 1/2 or even 3/4. You need 1 1/4 or more it works much faster and better.
@salotesua9480
5 жыл бұрын
@@tii2015 Go to a proper established tile store for guidance
@garydavidh9511
5 жыл бұрын
Exactly!! Why spend more money when you don't have to? Red Guard is a GREAT application to WATERPROOF your shower job! Kerdi is an EXPENSIVE system that does the same thing and has the same chance of FAILING! Nothing lasts forever, The most you can hope for is 10-12 years with a good install. It's 2019, nobody will have a shower for more than 5-8 years. REMODEL, REMODEL REMODEL.
@drewsday6221
5 жыл бұрын
I agree with you guys. Always used a roller to apply all these types of water proofing and always put my fabric on with same material. I have been installing tile for 30+ years and never used any of this stuff. I also have been fortunate to renovate bathroom that I have done from 30 years ago and found no failure in any of my work. I always feel none of this new stuff cant hurt but if you are doing the right job from the begining you dont need any of it. All these waterproffing materails just make a bad tile job last longer. Learn how to do your job correctly if you are going to call yourself a professional .
@robgreenough1164
3 жыл бұрын
Much better pal.glad ya sorted the first nightmare out 👍😂
@ijursic
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all you are doing Isaac.
@rtheprizeisright7323
2 жыл бұрын
Have you talked about different sub-straights, like cement board, plywood, durock, cement board? I would think the rate of absorption, would matter with the way, the redgard is applied also. So full confession, I have a vested interest, i am going to be in the next few months putting a shower enclosure, on my bathtub walls, but i wont be tiling it, I'm putting the durock cement boards (the real rough boards with cement sandwiched between 2 pieces of fiberglass sheets), as the walls, behind more-lite paneling with a tile-like design(on the morelite) on the front of the paneling. Traditionally this is has been down in the NEPA area for probably 70 years. The problem is everybody puts plywood behind it, then nails the morelite to the paneling and as you can imagine 5 years later you need to replace this. [l However, I want to put redgard as a added waterproof on the walls, along with hanging the morelite with a bathroom friendly adhesive, to minimize the holes. I would use like a PL-premium product and the a few nail along the top and I would over coat them with a a clear caulking to prevent water penetration and rusting of the nails.) The previous owner put those 3 piece white shower enclosures over a plywood backing with, I kid you not black flexseal around the bottom because of course the shower wasn't installed correctly or lipped properly. Should I use cement to joint my seems on the cement board or is there something better? And would the same coverage of the redgard apply as cement board I'm sue you know doing tile work is quite absorbent before you get a barrier on the boards. And if you put this same cement board on the floor for like a walkway inside your house, where tile will be used, as a place to put your shoes on snowy or wet days or your tiling a whole floor do you recommend using this cement board on top of plywood on the floor and then once again what do you use for the butt joints cement or is there something else? You put out great videos, their content is amazing how you do everything from material experimentation, to nontraditional materials. Keep up the great videos from a loyal fan. thanks, Ron
@chrispappas6131
2 жыл бұрын
Your comment about "hoping that Redgard Company sees this video" is killing me. You've set yourself up to be a leader in the tile industry, how is it that you're not calling the company to discuss your finding with their decision makers?
@MrELauj
4 жыл бұрын
Good comeback video bro .. keep it up
@maikwho
Жыл бұрын
In the red guard application video it says to go against the trowel grains, not with them. That may impact your result on trowel angle.
@TonyWadkins
5 жыл бұрын
Paint rollers will not do 80 sq. ft per gallon in a uniformly thick layer. Yes you can use a thicker roller to get 20 to 60 sq ft but it is no longer uniform. Thick rollers are for rough textures like textured ceilings not smooth surfaces. I wish Custom Bldg Products would address this discussion as to whether several light coats with a paint roller will achieve the same thing as two thick coats for minimal pan liner thickness. Otherwise we are all doing it wrong. Thanks Isaac you rock!
@creedbarnett4948
5 жыл бұрын
Wish Custom would "invent" a roller that will meet their spec of 80 sq ft/ gal
@Tilethoughts
5 жыл бұрын
I would guess that 90% of redgard is installed at incorrect thickness.. and I also agree it's something they definitely need to address..everybody sees two coats but they don't look any further into the thickness of the coats roll on two and call it good.
@luct3368
5 жыл бұрын
It makes sense to me, to work out SqM/SqFt area to waterproof; then measure the total amount of redguard for that area, and just roller it on in thinner coats till it's all used up. 2 thin coats will dry in the same time that one thicker coat will. Just use a fan or gentle heater to speed up the thin coats. On some jobs the 1st coat will be dry before you're ready to start applying the second. Yes, it's more rollering, but a big roller is pretty quick.
@rbilardo47
5 жыл бұрын
Dude, forget what the directions say about using a trowel, please just use a roller it will go on much evenly and easier and will dry much quicker. You are too scientific, it's easy, if I can do it you can too. lol Love your vids, keep them simple and keep them coming. Thanks for all the input.
@SB-yq3sn
2 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work
@paccionepianoservices
3 жыл бұрын
love your videos....we are about to Red Guard our shower pan/curb...fingers crossed!
@T6Tarek
5 жыл бұрын
I have spoken to reps from custom and was told two coats was a minimum to make sure there was full coverage that's why I ended up doing three coats and as I stated in the last video after 3 coats I generally average 30mil. I appreciate your work I enjoy watching others in the trades not to criticize like a lot of people but to continue learning and help when ever possible.
@sancop
5 жыл бұрын
Home Renovision gives a good version using the brush/roller method, but he does 4 coats. 😊
@englishlad8085
4 жыл бұрын
Good video mate , I use red guard quite a lot I use hydroban more but I do use plenty of RG, I have been applying it with a heavy Matt roller and I do 3-4 coats and it ends up much like yours in thickness, personally I think it’s a great product I haven’t had any fails that I know of , hydroban will always be my favorite just because of the thickness it goes on and the rubbery finish , it just depends on the home owners budget.
@davidreish211
3 жыл бұрын
There is another set of directions that I got from custom years ago and it is recommended not to exceed 15 Mils per coat and a Max of 30 mils per coat, but if you do one coat at 30 mils it will crack every time, the correct milage for a pan is 30mils and 60 mils for a steam shower
@aj502
4 жыл бұрын
Hey...There ya go! :) I'd still use a brush/roller @ thinner layers though. Each layer drys way fast and you just "paint" over it. BTW - your 1st Redgard fail vid you said not to "paint" it on. No, just literally "paint" it on...Over and over. Use a thin roller so it doesn't get all absorbed in the roller. ;) P.S. Yes, I know I'm almost a year late but...
@briansandyoutdoornature5842
5 жыл бұрын
1 gallon / 80 ft, when rolled her brushed on with a few coats you can easily burn that much up. Just like anything else that has to dry, even mud, when to thick, it will crack. Multiple thin layers. Just like anything else. Drywall mud, paint, polyurethane, and many more things are best done in thin layers. An overly thick layer of anything I mentioned above will crack.
@557ronb9
3 жыл бұрын
I put two coats and apply with a roller. use mesh tape on seams and corners do not put on to thick and let dry between coats
@garypeterson824
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for using a scientific approach to determine what 80 sq.ft per gallon looks like. That's very helpful! I am thinking of using redgard on the walls around a newly installed bathtub. I was thinking of using a paint brush and roller to put on the thin coats. I will also use a fabric in the corners thanks to another one of your excellent videos. Do you think the paint brush and roller process will be an acceptable way to apply the redgard to the walls? I am also not certain about how to meet the tubs edge with the wall board material or what is the best wall board for a DIYer guy to use. Thanks for your compassion for humanity it is very helpful to me. It's been a tough year! I'm sure for you as well. Very nice to hear your words.
@sexylexy22100
Жыл бұрын
As far as best wall board for diy foam tile backer it's like 3 times the price but you install it tape the seams and done its you're board and you're membrane
@garydavidh9511
5 жыл бұрын
Why would you trowel on a WATERPROOFER? It's MADE to PAINT ON
@TheCdrbaby
4 жыл бұрын
Great video's:) I personally like to use a short nap roller for my first Cote then switch to a long nap and I roll on as many cotes as needed to get a solid color like if I was panting a purple wall white. I like the texture long nap adds it feels like the mortar can really grab:)
@squirtinlongcock2674
4 жыл бұрын
It says to roll it after and that is for crack preventing
@troy9616
4 жыл бұрын
Good test. But I’ve been applying with a brush and roller.
@Imwright720
2 жыл бұрын
I’m not using that for a shower pan but I’d use it for a wall and floor. . Getting ready to.
@anicetus001
3 жыл бұрын
I worked with a tilers that would apply this by sponge. They half assed everything, and they do a lot of really expensive jobs out here in Seattle.
@ronimbeau4868
4 жыл бұрын
I’m glad the first try failed. If I hadn’t watched your video I would have applied it thick also. (More is better) right? You saved me a lot of pain! Thanks.
3 жыл бұрын
Try using a 3/4" nap each direction... talk about sharks skin. great grab for vertical shower tiles.
@myowngig
3 жыл бұрын
Love your honesty
@davidbryant2552
4 жыл бұрын
First time doing floors i wanted some of this around the bathtub and I dumped some out and tried to trowel it i got abt 2sq ft done and could tell I didnt like it i got a roller and kinda pushed it around the floor (roller didnt spin) grabbed a stiff bristle brush which happens to be the cheapest kind and it smooths it out easily and thick enough but dries pretty quick
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