Varnished wallpaper and unifinish?

[casplas]

i have pva'd and skimmed both types of paper before now , my bosses at the time told him of the possible outcome he said carry on , let pva dry overnight then half hour before skimming it pva again and to be honest it was no different to any reskim other than a nice pattern appearing as it was drying, i was there for a week doing this kind of work and that was 18 year ago its still in place and not one crack , so does it work or not?
in saying this boards are paper and pva seals if its not moving it shouldn't crack , made myself sound like a chancer but my boss was paying at the time and he run a plastering firm

 

[Vincey]

I would go with the pre grit then you can check the background the next day then make a better decision. I wouldn't use PVA I think the water out of the finish passes through the background which is what you don't want. The pregrit also provides a mechanical key which will give you a better chance of it staying on.

 

[hail hail]

in saying this boards are paper and pva seals if its not moving it shouldn't crack , made myself sound like a chancer but my boss was paying at the time and he run a plastering firm

Do you PVA your boards?

 

[zombie]

ive skimmed over it before pal don't worry...

I just applied a strong pva solution and chucked a couple of hanfuls of skim in with it for a bit of suction etc

 

[Vincey]

There no need to pva or grit with unifinish.

 

[zombie]

There no need to pva or grit with unifinish.

YES!!! BUT NO FACKER SELLS IT AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

 

[Vincey]

What town do u live near?

 

[flynnyman]

There no need to pva or grit with unifinish.

But this thread is about skimming over wallpaper

 

[zombie]

Im south Yorkshire pal...but im damned if im going to feck about going around the houses phoning all the builders merchants up I detest em all with a passion all cloak and dagger and bullshitters...

all I want to do is just drive to my local wickes/bq and pick up a couple of bags as and when I need at my convenience...

really cant be arsed having to explain what the product is to merchants then arguing the toss over prices and having to buy pallet qty s blablabla...

tbh...its just like the same problem with trying to get knauff plasteres etc and that's why it wont sell never mind the previous bad press of failures etc

shame because id defo have given it a try by now...

 

[casplas]

Do you PVA your boards?

no not unless they have been up a long time and discoloured , you me and everyone plastering needs to control the substrate before plastering

 

[PlasterCraftDundee]

Im south Yorkshire pal...but im damned if im going to feck about going around the houses phoning all the builders merchants up I detest em all with a passion all cloak and dagger and bullshitters...

all I want to do is just drive to my local wickes/bq and pick up a couple of bags as and when I need at my convenience...

really cant be arsed having to explain what the product is to merchants then arguing the toss over prices and having to buy pallet qty s blablabla...

tbh...its just like the same problem with trying to get knauff plasteres etc and that's why it wont sell never mind the previous bad press of failures etc

shame because id defo have given it a try by now...

Come to my local B&Q. Selling cheaper than multi

 

[Vincey]

Come to my local B&Q. Selling cheaper than multi

On my way

 

[Vincey]

But this thread is about skimming over wallpaper

I know ...Scottish Stu said he seen that kind before n suggested uni will stick.uni will stick as well as any grit or pva surface.
It's upto the plasterer what they do

 

[Donzo]

I have done a lot if these jobs on that paper.I bluegrit it then tight coat of bonding plaster,doctored so it sets quick, then if any bits bubble sort it.don't want it to bubble on finish then that's a lot more
Hassle.tell customer what u r doing to cover your tail.that paper is pretty much impossible to remove totally.