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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mike Banks on August 21, 2022, 12:10:57 pm

Title: Cost of Resin
Post by: Mike Banks on August 21, 2022, 12:10:57 pm
Wow, what's with the massive hike in the Resin costs these days.   Has gone up so much over the last few years.   

With this is mind, is the Unger resin any good being slightly cheaper or is it false economy.

Also as I am in a a soft water area I'm resin only for water production.   It worked out the cheapest method back then, but now not so sure.   What's the best RO system these days?










Title: Re: Cost of Resin
Post by: dd on August 21, 2022, 01:31:59 pm
Depends how quickly you want to produce your water. I have a small ro-man 300gpd unit hooked up to a static tank. It produces significantly more water than I use over a 24 hour period.
Title: Re: Cost of Resin
Post by: EandM on August 21, 2022, 02:10:15 pm
I bought some MB-115 from Vyair in May for £89 and it's now £150 !!
Title: Re: Cost of Resin
Post by: Splash & dash on August 21, 2022, 02:41:09 pm
I bought some MB-115 from Vyair in May for £89 and it's now £150 !!


I think you need to change suppliers .(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1661089264_30317539-3D19-4F6D-8D93-6AC8680F5149.png)
Title: Re: Cost of Resin
Post by: EandM on August 21, 2022, 06:27:00 pm
I bought some MB-115 from Vyair in May for £89 and it's now £150 !!


I think you need to change suppliers .(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1661089264_30317539-3D19-4F6D-8D93-6AC8680F5149.png)

Thank you, I wasn't going to re-order from them but that price rise is insane!

I found something comparable for £106 but even so.

I think it was Vyair who'd gone up to around £100 and then dropped back again.

Title: Re: Cost of Resin
Post by: Shrek on August 21, 2022, 06:45:18 pm
Wow, what's with the massive hike in the Resin costs these days.   Has gone up so much over the last few years.   

With this is mind, is the Unger resin any good being slightly cheaper or is it false economy.

Also as I am in a a soft water area I'm resin only for water production.   It worked out the cheapest method back then, but now not so sure.   What's the best RO system these days?

Might be something to do with fuel , gas & electric going up?
Title: Re: Cost of Resin
Post by: Pete Thompson on August 21, 2022, 09:52:29 pm
Resin is manufactured from crude oil, so is subject to the global market fluctuations of that.

It also requires energy to manufacture, which now costs more.

And don’t forget, even if it costs exactly the same to manufacture as it did 3 years ago, there’s no way Purolite, Dow, or any other manufacturer is going to squander the opportunity to hike prices and blame Russia.

My advice is simple, pass the cost on. And do it fast because at the moment, if you increase prices, customers are fully expecting it.
Title: Re: Cost of Resin
Post by: Rob.Hall on August 22, 2022, 09:02:24 pm
Try clean spot.
Very competitively priced.
4 different types.
Title: Re: Cost of Resin
Post by: richard connett on August 23, 2022, 07:48:49 am
 I only use an Ro 40 40 from the cleaning warehouse Wolverhampton. Cost around £450 if I can remember correctly . I’m in a hard water area and it takes my water from 350ish to 3-6 which is good enough in my book.
If you are buying resin then an ro must pay for itself many many times over
Title: Re: Cost of Resin
Post by: james peters on August 23, 2022, 08:13:58 am
I only use an Ro 40 40 from the cleaning warehouse Wolverhampton. Cost around £450 if I can remember correctly . I’m in a hard water area and it takes my water from 350ish to 3-6 which is good enough in my book.
If you are buying resin then an ro must pay for itself many many times over

Not for me, I am on a water meter. with my tap water hovering around 50.
that said I have contemplated getting an R O. the resin lately is  not like it used to be
Title: Re: Cost of Resin
Post by: simon w on August 23, 2022, 01:35:54 pm
Maybe we should have a thread on CIU listing all the current cheapest suppliers for the consumable parts we use.  Would help keep the WC suppliers competitive
Title: Re: Cost of Resin
Post by: Granny on August 29, 2022, 03:40:21 pm
Got a tip off a mate at the weekend he knows the bloke who runs this outfit.
Don't know about quality etc but price not bad.
£76 for 25 litres ex vat.
https://windowcleaningstuff.co.uk/shop-all/unger-resin-25l-dib25/
Title: Re: Cost of Resin
Post by: Shrek on August 29, 2022, 04:23:31 pm
Got a tip off a mate at the weekend he knows the bloke who runs this outfit.
Don't know about quality etc but price not bad.
£76 for 25 litres ex vat.
https://windowcleaningstuff.co.uk/shop-all/unger-resin-25l-dib25/

Is this a polishing resin? No, Unger RESIN 25L DIB25 is better quality than resins sold for polishing.

What does it do if it doesn’t polish ? 🤔
Title: Re: Cost of Resin
Post by: the king on September 03, 2022, 08:23:25 pm
I only use an Ro 40 40 from the cleaning warehouse Wolverhampton. Cost around £450 if I can remember correctly . I’m in a hard water area and it takes my water from 350ish to 3-6 which is good enough in my book.
If you are buying resin then an ro must pay for itself many many times over

Not for me, I am on a water meter. with my tap water hovering around 50.
that said I have contemplated getting an R O. the resin lately is  not like it used to be
    get your self a external water meter no sewerage charges