In this lesson you’ll learn about:

• Our secret technique for getting deep stone textures quickly and easily
• How to create a look of individual stones
• How to shape your stones
• Smoothing out stones
• Moving stones
• What slag is and how to remove it
• How to get a deep, detailed grout
• How to finish off your curb and keep the most color

In this lesson you’ll learn about:

• Dealing with a dry mix
• Improving your speed and efficiency
• Fixing a misalignment in your curb
• Smoothing out the edges and turns of your curb
• How to avoid blowing out a curb
• How to fix a blown out curb
• How to move large stretches of curb quickly
• Tips for loading the extruder
• How to level out the extruder

In this lesson you’ll learn about:

• Adding color
• Cleaning up the edges of your curb
• How to decide the length of each stone
• Extruding tips
• How to fix an over-troweled curb

The start of a real, on-site job for a client. Watch the whole thing unfold.

In this lesson you’ll learn about:

• Preparing for a job
• Sodcutting/bededging
• Cleaning up before a job
• Extruding
• Dealing with a wet mix

The start of a real, on-site job for a client. Watch the whole thing unfold.

In this lesson you’ll learn about:

• How to put curb next to a wall
• Applying colors
• Learn our secret method to getting the perfect natural stone look
• Creating natural sized and shaped stones
• Getting a natural stone look through color
• Maximizing your time on the job site
• The overall workflow of pouring and extruding
• How to find the right mix
• How to end a pour
• Tips on shoveling the mix into the extruder

See a real, on-site job for a client.

In this lesson you’ll learn about:

• Working with wet mix
• Tapering off an edge of curb
• How to apply colors
• Which colors to use and how long colors will last you
• How to deal with cracks in your curb
• Designing the curb around the existing landscaping
• Providing value to your customer
• How to set yourself apart from the competition
• Removing slag
• Getting a natural stone texture
• Shoveling tips

See a real, on-site job for a client.

In this lesson you’ll learn about:

• Fixing curb when the cable breaks through
• Working with a dry mix
• Building out a curb by hand
• Ending curb at a fence or column
• Adding control joints
• Creating a natural stone texture
• Designing a curb
• Designing a tree ring
• Ground prep for a tree ring
• Extruding a tree ring
• How to get a smooth finish across the entire curb
• How to make a perfect circle for a tree ring

See a real, on-site job for a client.

In this lesson you’ll learn about:

• Finishing a tree circle
• How to get a perfect tree circle
• The importance of trenching for a tree circle
• Pouring a tree circle
• How to round out a tree circle
• Getting the deepest stone texture possible
• Adding grouts to a tree circle
• Adding control joints to avoid any cracking

See a real, on-site job for a client.

In this lesson you’ll learn about:

• Finishing off a tree circle
• How to connect the two ends of a tree circle
• How to apply pressure when using a trowel
• Best troweling technique
• How to apply the natural stone texture
• Overlapping the natural stone texture
• Tips for having a mix running
• Creating an end

See a real, on-site job for a client.

In this lesson you’ll learn about:

• Rounding out a tree circle
• Troweling tips
• How to get an even trowel
• How to fix a flattened curb
• How to get more out of your yard signs

See a real, on-site job for a client.

In this lesson you’ll learn about:

• How to use a bed edger
• Dealing with tall grass and tight yards
• How to remove extra grass and dirt
• Preparing the ground with sand
• Picking out a color based on the home

See a real, on-site job for a client.

In this lesson you’ll learn about:

• Organizing colors
• Prepping colors for application
• When to seal
• Matching colors to home
• Mixing
• Proper amount of water to add while mixing
• Starting the extruding process
• Repositioning misplaced curb
• Troweling around corners

See a real, on-site job for a client.

In this lesson you’ll learn about:

• Troweling
• Applying color release
• Natural stone texturing
• Brushing and touching up textures
• Creating joints
• Creating corners
• Creating custom keystones

See a real, on-site job for a client.

In this lesson you’ll learn about:

• Texturing individual stones
• Chip brushing and smoothing out stones
• Cutting control joints to look more natural
• How to pick control joint spacing
• Dealing with a wet mix
• How to avoid a wet mix
• Following a proper line while extruding
• How Assurance affects your mix
• Cleaning a trowel
• Moving a misplaced curb

See a real, on-site job for a client.

In this lesson you’ll learn about:

• Minimizing waste on the job site
• Natural stone texturing
• Adding control joints
• Cleaning off a trowel
• Building curb where an extruder can’t fit

See a real, on-site job for a client.

In this lesson you’ll learn about:

• Touching up natural stone curbing
• Adding small final touches to natural stone
• Cleaning up a job site
• Handling client approval before starting a job
• Prepping a yard for extrusion
• Starting a mix
• Extruding
• Troweling
• Full job from beginning to end