Problems with new thistle uni finish

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I've been plastering 17 years, have never looked on a forum before (hi everyone)
I came across this page because I have had a call back to a job where the plaster had completely come away from the painted artex ceiling-yep you got it, I used unifinish...
Not only will I want compensation for having to go back to the job and hacking off the loose plaster and reapplying, but I have lost faith in BG as a company for having this on the market for so long with these problems. Most probably like many on this forum I am the type of plasterer that loses sleep over this kind of thing, I started to doubt myself and even started applying for a "normal job" because I doubted myself in this job. Thanks BG, just a shame it took you so long.
Sure enough when it first came out I rolled my eyes and said "that's impossible, you'll always need unibond" but I trusted that BG would take the steps to ensure it was right and at £10 a bag, you'd think the right technology was in place!
 

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Bet they say you should have used thistle bond it. I don't think it's spec'd over artex either

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Superbia contracts said:
I've been plastering 17 years, have never looked on a forum before (hi everyone)
I came across this page because I have had a call back to a job where the plaster had completely come away from the painted artex ceiling-yep you got it, I used unifinish...
Not only will I want compensation for having to go back to the job and hacking off the loose plaster and reapplying, but I have lost faith in BG as a company for having this on the market for so long with these problems. Most probably like many on this forum I am the type of plasterer that loses sleep over this kind of thing, I started to doubt myself and even started applying for a "normal job" because I doubted myself in this job. Thanks BG, just a shame it took you so long.
Sure enough when it first came out I rolled my eyes and said "that's impossible, you'll always need unibond" but I trusted that BG would take the steps to ensure it was right and at £10 a bag, you'd think the right technology was in place!
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When did you do the ceiling? Been different batches brought out.
 
Superbia contracts said:
I've been plastering 17 years, have never looked on a forum before (hi everyone)
I came across this page because I have had a call back to a job where the plaster had completely come away from the painted artex ceiling-yep you got it, I used unifinish...
Not only will I want compensation for having to go back to the job and hacking off the loose plaster and reapplying, but I have lost faith in BG as a company for having this on the market for so long with these problems. Most probably like many on this forum I am the type of plasterer that loses sleep over this kind of thing, I started to doubt myself and even started applying for a "normal job" because I doubted myself in this job. Thanks BG, just a shame it took you so long.
Sure enough when it first came out I rolled my eyes and said "that's impossible, you'll always need unibond" but I trusted that BG would take the steps to ensure it was right and at £10 a bag, you'd think the right technology was in place!
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Welcome to the forum

@BritishGypsum maybe you can contact....
 
Superbia contracts said:
I've been plastering 17 years, have never looked on a forum before (hi everyone)
I came across this page because I have had a call back to a job where the plaster had completely come away from the painted artex ceiling-yep you got it, I used unifinish...
Not only will I want compensation for having to go back to the job and hacking off the loose plaster and reapplying, but I have lost faith in BG as a company for having this on the market for so long with these problems. Most probably like many on this forum I am the type of plasterer that loses sleep over this kind of thing, I started to doubt myself and even started applying for a "normal job" because I doubted myself in this job. Thanks BG, just a shame it took you so long.
Sure enough when it first came out I rolled my eyes and said "that's impossible, you'll always need unibond" but I trusted that BG would take the steps to ensure it was right and at £10 a bag, you'd think the right technology was in place!
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Looks like you went over a skimmed ceiling that has what I would call a figure eight pattern on it, it doesn't look painted unless it was painted with nicotine :)
 
Superbia contracts said:
I've been plastering 17 years, have never looked on a forum before (hi everyone)
I came across this page because I have had a call back to a job where the plaster had completely come away from the painted artex ceiling-yep you got it, I used unifinish...
Not only will I want compensation for having to go back to the job and hacking off the loose plaster and reapplying, but I have lost faith in BG as a company for having this on the market for so long with these problems. Most probably like many on this forum I am the type of plasterer that loses sleep over this kind of thing, I started to doubt myself and even started applying for a "normal job" because I doubted myself in this job. Thanks BG, just a shame it took you so long.
Sure enough when it first came out I rolled my eyes and said "that's impossible, you'll always need unibond" but I trusted that BG would take the steps to ensure it was right and at £10 a bag, you'd think the right technology was in place!
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Hey! We'd like to give you a call about the issues you've had with Thistle UniFinish. Could you drop us a DM with your contact number and location so one of the team can get in touch? Thanks!
 
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