Glue and cleaner or glue and primer? I always used primer. The company Im with now gives us cleaner, no primer. I thought it was a bit strange but everyone else here says its the same thing. Any input?
pvc cleaner instead of primer?
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I went to a house to clean out a tub drain the other day, the HO must have been on here reading your guys' posts because he said he did the piping and there was no primer on any of the joints, needless to say the trap came unglued. I'm not trying to be a jerk but I'm assuming that everyone here understands the importance of primer and why it is used. It's an important asset in the connection. Trust me when I say that a glue joint with primer will hold up a lot longer than one with just cleaner then glue...
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Thx biz I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who knows lolplbgbiz said:
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Lol what a jerkOldSchool said:
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I would have a heyday if an inspector called me on that . I am the type of anal freak who strives to not have it showing. I would pretty much be kicking his ass right down the street. Inspector /failed tradesman
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You guys got it all wrong! The clear is for service guys with white trucks. So when it spills in the truck, It doesnt leave that purple streak on the white paint.
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How`s about clear primer they do make it I buy it all the time.
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You sound like the old man I apprenticed under. We would be doing rough in, me in basement and him upstairs, he would periodically yell out "cleaner , primer , glue... got that dumba$$?"
Eloquent old ba***rd he was..:laughing:
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Not in WI.reedplumber said:
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I have always used primer as well, but both will work I suppose.
Have not been free to get on in a while. Let me give more background information I suppose. In KY you can use clear primer like stated before. I am aware that it is a 3 step process but most people skip the cleaner step. The small company I started with we used clear primer followed by clear glue. I thought every good licensed plumber in KY did the same. I recently switched to a much bigger plumbing company, been around since mid 70s. I was astonished to learn they use cleaner and glue, no primer. They claim it is the same thing as clear primer. Our pipes do last, they do pass inspection. They do hold air tests. I think using primer makes a better "liquid weld" but apparently cleaner works as well. And I'm told another local even bigger company only uses glue, nothing else because its faster. There stuff also passes inspection. I guess no one else on here uses only cleaner followed by glue though? It works, but I don't see why anyone would want to.
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