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Glue gone bad?

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#1 ·
I'm wondering if something went wrong with my glue, or if its just me. I would like to think its the glue, but you never know.

Not doubt it was me, at least for not listening to the voice saying to check my stuff before I went out.

Was out today replacing some drain lines under a trailer. Glue seemed to be a bit dodgy, but still, its glue, what could go wrong. Well, when it came time to test, I had 3 joints leaking. :furious:

I've never had a problem with the multipurpose glue I use, until now. I'm thinking the can has been on my van too long. Maybe it was the bit of water I was fighting.

This happen to anyone else?
 
#15 ·
My pvc glue seems to go bad, a little more quickly lately. Gets jelly like, cuz I buy it by the quart, cuz it is almost same price as pint. So I don't get too ticked off if I gotta throw out the last little bit. But sometimes I think supply house sells me old stuff.:yes: I buy it on an as needed basis, simply cuz if I don't use it fast it does go bad.

But what I do is date the can, the day I bought it, & if it goes bad within the month, I send the crap back. But most of the time, I look at the date, & its older than I would of thought, if I had not dated it. Amazing how time flies.

If that stuff leaked with water draining through it, it was pretty bad.
 
#23 ·
I use rain n' shine and purple primer on underground repairs and/or when I'm fighting water.

I never use that multi purpose hack glue, above ground I use clear primer and clear glue on PVC.

I only use flowgaurd on cpvc, PVc glue is not compatible with cpvc and could weaken the joint.


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#34 ·
PinkPlumber said:
call it what u want...but never have I had a leak....I am talking about under an old raggedy trailer, not Mrs' Johnson's house.

Stop pretending you do everything by the books under one of those.....:cry:
A trailer is someones house too you know

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#37 ·
OldSchool said:
What kind of trailer do you have
I don't have a trailer but I have family that lives in trailers and they would be pissed if someone hacked up their plumbing because of pure laziness.

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#54 ·
Indie said:
You're getting awfully wound up.

What is the proper glue to use?

I'll pass on commenting on the multi-purpose being a hack glue, since I am the OP, and specifically mentioned using multi-purpose. :laughing:
Cpvc gets flow guard gold glue or the orange cpvc glue used inconjunction with primer, I prefer flow guard glue because it doesn't require to be used inconjunction with. primer tends to make the pipe and fittings brittle.

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#59 ·
PinkPlumber said:
CPVC requires no primer.....some codes require it.....but it doesn't need it.

Flowguard gold requires no primer anyway.
If you use the orange glue you must use primer, even says on the back of the can, and my code requires it with the orange glue.

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