First use of uni finish

I put some coving up in a lounge last summer. Walls and ceiling were a silk paint so I drew a line 3" down the wall & across the ceiling and keyed it with a Stanley knife.
The room was full of furniture and nicely decorated, so I didn't go mad with the knife for fear of too much dust, and no PVA as I didn't want it running down the walls.
Coving was put up with 2 solid lines of BG cove adhesive pushed up hard until excess adhesive squeezes out.

I got the phone call a month later to say some of it was loose!

When I went round it shocked me just how loose it was ... I'm talking 1 finger behind it with a gentle tug and the whole length just fell.
Infact you couldn't tell there had been any coving up as there was no trace of any adhesive left behind.

I carefully brushed some grit to the pencil marks & re-applied fresh coving. Job was a dead loss, but I new I was taking a bit of a gamble trading mess for a sub standard job - It won't happen again!

Just like I know Uni Finish will bite back applying to glossy surfaces.
I re skimmed the upstairs ceilings in a 60s council house last week.
Typical nicotine stained, dirty, greasy, brightly coloured gloss paint.
No way in this world would I have applied Uni to this, even if it was a quid a bag.
Whole lot rollered in Thistle Bondit and skimmed with 2 coats.

I am happy ... it will not fail.
 
PlanB said:
I put some coving up in a lounge last summer. Walls and ceiling were a silk paint so I drew a line 3" down the wall & across the ceiling and keyed it with a Stanley knife.
The room was full of furniture and nicely decorated, so I didn't go mad with the knife for fear of too much dust, and no PVA as I didn't want it running down the walls.
Coving was put up with 2 solid lines of BG cove adhesive pushed up hard until excess adhesive squeezes out.

I got the phone call a month later to say some of it was loose!

When I went round it shocked me just how loose it was ... I'm talking 1 finger behind it with a gentle tug and the whole length just fell.
Infact you couldn't tell there had been any coving up as there was no trace of any adhesive left behind.

I carefully brushed some grit to the pencil marks & re-applied fresh coving. Job was a dead loss, but I new I was taking a bit of a gamble trading mess for a sub standard job - It won't happen again!

Just like I know Uni Finish will bite back applying to glossy surfaces.
I re skimmed the upstairs ceilings in a 60s council house last week.
Typical nicotine stained, dirty, greasy, brightly coloured gloss paint.
No way in this world would I have applied Uni to this, even if it was a quid a bag.
Whole lot rollered in Thistle Bondit and skimmed with 2 coats.

I am happy ... it will not fail.
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absolutely... its not a one fits all solution..
 
I used uni again today. One question please, what are the little white spots of powder I was finding in the mix? It didn't affect the finish but it was slightly irritating.
 
PlanB said:
I put some coving up in a lounge last summer. Walls and ceiling were a silk paint so I drew a line 3" down the wall & across the ceiling and keyed it with a Stanley knife.
The room was full of furniture and nicely decorated, so I didn't go mad with the knife for fear of too much dust, and no PVA as I didn't want it running down the walls.
Coving was put up with 2 solid lines of BG cove adhesive pushed up hard until excess adhesive squeezes out.

I got the phone call a month later to say some of it was loose!

When I went round it shocked me just how loose it was ... I'm talking 1 finger behind it with a gentle tug and the whole length just fell.
Infact you couldn't tell there had been any coving up as there was no trace of any adhesive left behind.

I carefully brushed some grit to the pencil marks & re-applied fresh coving. Job was a dead loss, but I new I was taking a bit of a gamble trading mess for a sub standard job - It won't happen again!

Just like I know Uni Finish will bite back applying to glossy surfaces.
I re skimmed the upstairs ceilings in a 60s council house last week.
Typical nicotine stained, dirty, greasy, brightly coloured gloss paint.
No way in this world would I have applied Uni to this, even if it was a quid a bag.
Whole lot rollered in Thistle Bondit and skimmed with 2 coats.

I am happy ... it will not fail.
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Can cove adhesive be Used on painted surfaces.
I now only use easy fill for coving as it states its compatible on previously painted surfaces.
I Used a bag of gyproc filler years ago red bag. on painted surface and whole lot had to be re done.i would check material spec first.
 
to be fair I dont use cove adhesive to stick coving up... I use drywall adhesive :D and if you get the @knauf stuff ie wickes... its white :D
 
Ye I had a ceiling that had previously been painted with Matt It did go off rather quick .. so I'll vouch for that I wermt hanging about throwing it on either
 
Said it before and I'll say it again its not fit for purpose!!!!!!!

The idea is fantastic and I dearly wanted it to work even the additional cost I would be happy to pay...

HOWEVER....use it on anything other than silk paint at your peril!!!

I bought 20 bags during a really busy period on domestics some time last year to try and claw a day back here and there...

1st job - 1 Silk Paint Wall - Straight in mix up Wow this us Awesome!!!

2nd Job - H/S/L Silk paint Wow this is amazing phoned a couple of spread mates up singing its praises!!!

3rd Job - Living/Dinning Room - Stripped wall paper walls, mixture of paint and skim plaster - absolute complete disaster must have had to 5 possibly even 6 coats and I still couldn't control the suction, Was brushing the wall with the splash brush etc to try and keep on top.

If that doesn't fail at some point I'll stand hanging, had to PVA before applying the remaining 10 bags!!!

Then the stupid un mixed up white spots everywhere just make the finished area look gash!!!

Liberty, liberty, liberty end off!!!!
 
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zombie said:
Said it before and I'll say it again its not fit for purpose!!!!!!!

The idea is fantastic and I dearly wanted it to work even the additional cost I would be happy to pay...

HOWEVER....use it on anything other than silk paint at your peril!!!

I bought 20 bags during a really busy period on domestics some time last year to try and claw a day back here and there...

1st job - 1 Silk Paint Wall - Straight in mix up Wow this us Awesome!!!

2nd Job - H/S/L Silk paint Wow this is amazing phoned a couple of spread mates up singing its praises!!!

3rd Job - Living/Dinning Room - Stripped wall paper walls, mixture of paint and skim plaster - absolute complete disaster must have had to 5 possibly even 6 coats and I still couldn't control the suction, Was brushing the wall with the slash brush etc to try and keep on top.

If that doesn't fail at some point I'll stand hanging, had to PVA before applying the remaining 10 bags!!!

Then the stupid un mixed up white spots everywhere just make the finished area look gash!!!

Liberty, liberty, liberty end off!!!!
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What you needed is a masterclass in using it from our very own @Vincey then you would of been competent in using it lol
 
gps said:
What you needed is a masterclass in using it from our very own @Vincey then you would of been competent in using it lol
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No...what I need is 5 minutes with him and a lump hammer...until he begs for forgiveness for causing me probably the worse day I've had in plastering in 20yrs...

Yeah I know I should have done a test area in hindsight or even pvad before hand bla bla bla....

But hey it fooookin says on the b*****d bag silk, matt, skim, stripped walls, backing coats, plasterboard you'd kind of just believe it!!!!

Grrrrrrrr @Vincey !!!!!!!!!??
 
zombie said:
No...what I need is 5 minutes with him and a lump hammer...until he begs for forgiveness for causing me probably the worse day I've had in plastering in 20yrs...

Yeah I know I should have done a test area in hindsight or even pvad before hand bla bla bla....

But hey it fooookin says on the b*****d bag silk, matt, skim, stripped walls, backing coats, plasterboard you'd kind of just believe it!!!!

Grrrrrrrr @Vincey !!!!!!!!!??
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Might of noticed I kept out of this thread tbh it's been good to just read everyones comments but gonna reply to zombie cus he cool, unifinish is different every time it's used (mainly all different surfaces everyday etc) and I been in the poop too, like you say treat walls you know where you are and multi, no problem but same can be achieved with unifinish if a spread wants to but I understand a lot don't want that "hassle", main thing I'm bothered about is it doesn't fall off, fair enough stokes had a shitter and there was one last year on here I just hope their ain't no more as I've never lied about it not failing on me.
 
Donzo said:
Can cove adhesive be Used on painted surfaces.
I now only use easy fill for coving as it states its compatible on previously painted surfaces.
I Used a bag of gyproc filler years ago red bag. on painted surface and whole lot had to be re done.i would check material spec first.
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You are saying don't put up coving with cove adhesive?
I am saying NOTHIING water based will adhere to a slick greasy surface.

Easy fill, Cove adhesive, Lafarge bonding compound or Uni finish would all have enjoyed the same freefall flight to the Axminster.
 
Vincey said:
Might of noticed I kept out of this thread tbh it's been good to just read everyones comments but gonna reply to zombie cus he cool, unifinish is different every time it's used (mainly all different surfaces everyday etc) and I been in the poop too, like you say treat walls you know where you are and multi, no problem but same can be achieved with unifinish if a spread wants to but I understand a lot don't want that "hassle", main thing I'm bothered about is it doesn't fall off, fair enough stokes had a shitter and there was one last year on here I just hope their ain't no more as I've never lied about it not failing on me.
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@Vincey ...You know I love yer really fela...I'm only playing! Xxx
 
PlanB said:
You are saying don't put up coving with cove adhesive?
I am saying NOTHIING water based will adhere to a slick greasy surface.

Easy fill, Cove adhesive, Lafarge bonding compound or Uni finish would all have enjoyed the same freefall flight to the Axminster.
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No i am not saying that,,,,,the point i am asking is i cant find any data on cove adhesive that it can be used on painted surfaces without any primer.o_O
U said u put coving on silk paint not greasy surface in thread.
I aint talking about uni.
 
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