gluing PVC

geoj

geoj

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There are different types of glue so you should read the glue bottle it will tell you.
 
al&burke

al&burke

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Hi Teresa - I use the grey colored product, I usually leave it for a day, haven't had a problem.
 
acrylic51

acrylic51

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Are you gluing regular PVC? Is the glue your using for PVC or something on line of ABS or such? Regular PVC type glue you can honestly give it and hour tops and put it into service....I usually run a little water through the pipe though.
 
acrylic51

acrylic51

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If it's designed for regular PVC 1hr tops.....you could actually put it into service right after it's dried, but I try to hold out for an hour.....
 
acrylic51

acrylic51

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You should be good....have you ever dripped PVC glue inside your tank or in water??? I've knocked a can of PVC glue over into a tank while the tank was fully stocked and running.....
 
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fishhugger

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Originally Posted by acrylic51 http:///forum/thread/383375/gluing-pvc#post_3352624
You should be good....have you ever dripped PVC glue inside your tank or in water??? I've knocked a can of PVC glue over into a tank while the tank was fully stocked and running.....

So what happened? Lol, don't leave us hanging.
 
acrylic51

acrylic51

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Nothing ba actually!!! The glue clumped up on the water surface and was able to scoop it out easily, but I also run carbon, which would have helped with bad toxin, so another reason to run carbon.
 
2quills

2quills

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The rain or shine stuff actually is good to use in minutes. It's designed for making emergency repairs on plumbing that you really need to keep or get back in service asap.
 
2quills

2quills

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Sorry, I probably should have asked if this was drain pipe or return pipe but I think you are using pvc for both. Drain pipe with any pvc cement you can pretty much put in operation after about 15 minutes. On return plumbing that is going to be putting the pipe under pressure wait 4 hours. I'm probably a little late to this party though.
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by Jstdv8 http:///forum/thread/383375/gluing-pvc#post_3353867
I've never even glued any of my PVC LOL
It comes apart so easy, even a tiny bump. I didn't glue my spray bar made of PVC, I bumped it puttig on my lights and it came apart and fell. But that wasn't any big deal. However I can't imagine with the way you guys do everything in PVC not gluing it.
 
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jstdv8

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I move mine all the time, twist an elbow to make it work better or adjust this here, yada yada, its customizeable hehehe
 
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