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Plastererjonesy84
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That looks nice
Vincey
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Cheers I got a fresh pallet today..sig doing lowest price's £6.90 +vat a bag now
thebearbeef
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See thats the exact sort of use i think it has, no messing about just in and out without messing with pva or grit.
thebearbeef
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Do you buy it by the pallet load though to get that price?
Vincey
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No same price for single bag or pallet..I started getting a pallet cus i only using unifinish on all my jobs now (except if it's bare plaster over a large area) cus just fed up spending time pva ing..as soon as I pull up at jobs all I am thinking is where is the water tap..sheets down ,mix and let's get out of here..at the price £6.90 they do it at I am happy to pay,at £10 plus as people have said before it's to much and u might as well pva and agree with them it's all about cost for self employed plasterers all the time.
Plastererjonesy84
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That is a quality price, I had a feeling it would come down now people seem to be liking it abit more
thebearbeef
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@ £8 ish a bag i think i'd be tempted to give it a go and start using it regular on any private jobs it was suitable for. To me pva is a bit of a ballache on paint because your waiting for it to go tacky enough or sliding round the wall. It'd be in and out as u say for small jobs and the small cost increase is no issue really
thebearbeef
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Think B&Q in Binley do it mate.
thebearbeef
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Haha
Vincey
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Where I live there are not that many rooms in people's homes that are 32 ft (10m) long by 22 ft (7 metres) and most are ok with having my person guarantee that if there are any problems with any of my work I will come back and redo it free of chargé.I always use my own judgement on whether a ceiling needs reboarding or if I can reskim over artex.i had one ceiling fall down after a reskim over artex and that one the customer pva (with the dilution to weak)for me that was in 2003 I wish uni was about then cus I know it would of been fine.try not to turn this post into a total slag off of unifinish if u have not used it.if u have and have proof of a failure post the pictures for all to see that's why I put pictures on they speak louder than words that the product is good.
Vincey
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Cuz I use it every day the mono guys talk machines and mono cus that's what they use everyday I don't render everyday so pointless me talking about that
stuart23
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Each to there own, I'll give you my view on it. I expressed my concern to bg about the price but was told to pass the price rise onto the customer. I'm just sick to the back teeth of big companies trying to take every last penny they can out folks pockets so the shareholders can buy another mansion. Not slating the product, it has its place, to want twice the price of multi is pure greed and it's the reason I won't use it.
It would be interesting to know why it's twice as much? Fair enough they have done some research and spent money developing it but isn't that just keeping up with progress? So let's say there is another ingredient added it can't be twice as much in price to a bag of multie? Let's just simplify it and say they have mixed a powder form pva in the mix (simple I know) but probably something similar it surely isn't moon dust. They have got their formula and if it works happy days, but don't give us something we already have and replace it with a product twice as expensive but without a saving. Put it at the same price as multie and get rid of multie because it is no longer needed and it's not really a multie because of unifinish. Blow the others out of the market and release it on its own as uni finish which in my eyes is one finish. If you have the confidence in the product I'm sure the saving you make on the multie will compensate the moon dust 
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@BritishGypsumJust a thought can uni be used on its own ie boards, moisture boards and everything multie does including pregrit and skim?
Just to add also sand and cement? So this gear is exactly the same as multie but in some cases no need for a pre grit primer or pva? @BritishGypsum
Just to add also sand and cement? So this gear is exactly the same as multie but in some cases no need for a pre grit primer or pva? @BritishGypsum
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Danny
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good question....
Vincey
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Price winds me up to brother I said in another post I can't believe cost of it ..and @stuart23 may have a point I said again in another post there is a difference between what a company thinks on a price and how much it means to a plasterer if materials are priced to high...because every penny counts.same with say beads 50p one place and £2 at another uni £6.90 at sig and £11 at another I will just go sig if they hike the price up I will find somewhere cheaper if I can't I go back to my mate dodgy trotter who gets pva £5 and use multi from who ever is cheapest .It would be interesting to know why it's twice as much? Fair enough they have done some research and spent money developing it but isn't that just keeping up with progress? So let's say there is another ingredient added it can't be twice as much in price to a bag of multie? Let's just simplify it and say they have mixed a powder form pva in the mix (simple I know) but probably something similar it surely isn't moon dust. They have got their formula and if it works happy days, but don't give us something we already have and replace it with a product twice as expensive but without a saving. Put it at the same price as multie and get rid of multie because it is no longer needed and it's not really a multie because of unifinish. Blow the others out of the market and release it on its own as uni finish which in my eyes is one finish. If you have the confidence in the product I'm sure the saving you make on the multie will compensate the moon dust
Vincey
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Yes the only one I would say pva is needed is a big area of bare plaster the rest all ok.
Most builders yards will think the product is saving the contractor and loosing them money on primers
so no point in multie if they were the same price?
Vincey
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Maybe ...mate check out the other dude in the unifinish users post he went over a wall of crap and seems to of been ok and posted pictures this is what I am saying.
I think it works and if it does nice one, but to have confidence in it I need to see bg have confidence in it, but at this price it feels like they are covering their arses. I really believe they are offering an alternative to multie but not really offering it or not realising what they have. It's not a magic trick "look at what I just done". What are they trying to do? Offer more products and make more money? I doubt they will but I don't think they see it, it's the same factory with the bag machine and mine and all the s**t you need to make plaster. Buy one colour ink and bag it all as multie ( if the people from the multie printing department lose their jobs I apologise but it's called change) oh I feel really guilty 
well it's your own fault for voting lib dem lol
well it's your own fault for voting lib dem lol
stuart23
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I think if they had kept the price lower this would be flying off the shelves and you've got to look at it as an almighty own goal that it's sitting in builders yards by the pallet untouched. As I've said before I've not had a problem with the stuff unless it's really high suction backgrounds but one coat of pva and it's great on old dry dusty plaster.
Vincey
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I don't know what @BritishGypsum can do in terms of the price of the product and yes u r right @stuart23 if it was lower it would imo fly off the shelf..i do hope that something happens in terms of price and the opportunity for uni to be a success is not missed...so many people I think want to use it its crazy they will not CUs of price.I have got to sleep now
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