BG to supersede uni finish

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Minh said:
Remember when I suggested to you where to buy the mega-mixer: I don't work for them but from my experiences, I would recommend their services :)
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You did mate and it was much appreciated. The thing that gets me with unifinish is it's just bg trying to make plastering a diy skill and not an experienced trade.
 
Minh said:
I like to give people the chance to rectify their errors. If the original uni had lived up to the hype it would have changed work as we know it.
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Phew i bet BG was sweating a bit before they realized you will let them rectify their error :)
 
stuart23 said:
You did mate and it was much appreciated. The thing that gets me with unifinish is it's just bg trying to make plastering a diy skill and not an experienced trade.
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When Haynes manuals were first introduced, mechanics must have thought that they'd lose out to diyers. When quick fit pipe connectors were introduced, plumbers must have thought they'd lose out to diyers. There are some tasks that diyers cannot do and that this why there are still specialist trades.

A diy plasterer does not need uni finish. All he needs is Gyprime or Bond-it and he has the perfect surface for skimming. In my opinion, a product like uni finish would benefit us plasterers in the end as it would allow us to do what we do best and that is plastering: as opposed to wasting time preparing substrates :)
 
KevRM said:
Phew i bet BG was sweating a bit before they realized you will let them rectify their error :)
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It's not right to bite the hand that feeds: I'm sure many of you have relied on BG products for many years and even look forward to using their products because you know how it performs and the finish that you can expect. Uni finish may have been an epic fail in our terms, but it would have made a useful addition to our arsenal if it had performed as expected :)
 
Minh said:
It's not right to bite the hand that feeds: I'm sure many of you have relied on BG products for many years and even look forward to using their products because you know how it performs and the finish that you can expect. Uni finish may have been an epic fail in our terms, but it would have made a useful addition to our arsenal if it had performed as expected :)
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The problem I have Minh is that in this economic climate I'm looking at ways to cut back so I see no sense whatsoever in doubling the material costs of my business just to save me rolling some £8 pva before I start. Bringing an expensive product out at a time we are all feeling the bite is so wrong on every level. If they want to bring a new product out it should either be the same price or cheaper than existing products.
 
Also why should it be dearer? your savin a couple of quid on PVA but doubling the price of the finish...........cheeky bastards. I bet it doesnt cost them double to make it? Yeh they might of spent money developing it but hey it ****** up so someone should be shown the door. They were keeping tracks of what was being said on here but took no notice what so ever and just went ahead with putting it out, ive said it before someone should be F*****g shafted for not doing their market research. B&Q never stocked it, neither did a few yards round my way and to be honest i havent actually seen a bag of it, all for the same reason ITS TOO F*****g DEAR. Anyway rant over.
 
Just too add, Fank **** it was too dear coz there would of been a lot of unhappy customers and angry plasterers knocking about and also maybe a few BG reps throwing themselves off very tall buildings.
 
This thread has gone off topic. It wasn't intended to discuss the pros and cons of uni finish or its successor: people have voiced their opinions in previous threads. I was just wondering what they would call their next product :)
 
I've used it on 3 jobs and I've checked on two of them, it's solid :RpS_thumbsup:
The other job, I've rang them and they said it is sound. :RpS_thumbup:
It IS overpriced though. :RpS_thumbdn:
 
bubbles65 said:
I've used it on 3 jobs and I've checked on two of them, it's solid :RpS_thumbsup:
The other job, I've rang them and they said it is sound. :RpS_thumbup:
It IS overpriced though. :RpS_thumbdn:
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Are you talking about unifinish or a Dildo? what did you use it on, the unifinish that is?
 
Minh said:
This thread has gone off topic. It wasn't intended to discuss the pros and cons of uni finish or its successor: people have voiced their opinions in previous threads. I was just wondering what they would call their next product :)
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if i where british gypsum i would produce a self finishing plaster,
have a look at self leveling plaster on youtube from holland, very easy to use and you can cover large areas therefore high earnings
 
johniosaif said:
Are you talking about unifinish or a Dildo? what did you use it on, the unifinish that is?
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I used it over emulsioned walls, old lime walls and unpainted old gypsum walls. As one or two of the members had said they thought the first coat was pulling in too quickly I just used a hand-sprayer to give them a quick spray with water and all went well. The unpainted gypsum pulled in the quickest of the 3 surfaces covered :RpS_thumbup:
 
Thats the first positive thing i have read about unifinish, odd that is it not...if it worked for you why not others..?
 
bubbles65 said:
Eh?
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It pulls in really quick on bare plaster and you mentioned that you used water to knock it back in your previous post. If you wet the surface and allow the water to soak in, it hangs for longer and you don't need to use water on the first coat.
 
Right, maybe I wasn't clear in that post, but that's what I was saying. I sprayed the walls prior to applying the first coat.

By the way I'm not one of those who apply the first coat and then go for a walk or whatever, I just turn straight back round and get the second coat on :RpS_thumbup:
 
bubbles65 said:
I used it over emulsioned walls, old lime walls and unpainted old gypsum walls. As one or two of the members had said they thought the first coat was pulling in too quickly I just used a hand-sprayer to give them a quick spray with water and all went well. The unpainted gypsum pulled in the quickest of the 3 surfaces covered :RpS_thumbup:
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Minh said:
Have you considered wetting the wall before applying uni on bare plaster instead of knocking it back? :)
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bubbles65 said:
Eh?
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Minh said:
It pulls in really quick on bare plaster and you mentioned that you used water to knock it back in your previous post. If you wet the surface and allow the water to soak in, it hangs for longer and you don't need to use water on the first coat.
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Hang on, do you really think I would be chucking water on the first coat before I topped it off, you cheeky fakker!!!!!!!!
 
bubbles65 said:
Right, maybe I wasn't clear in that post, but that's what I was saying. I sprayed the walls prior to applying the first coat.

By the way I'm not one of those who apply the first coat and then go for a walk or whatever, I just turn straight back round and get the second coat on :RpS_thumbup:
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I wasn't sure whether you had sprayed the wall or the first coat of plaster. It's good to see you used your initiative on bare plaster :)
 
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