I'm making a waterwall out of ABS pipe.
I cut the pipe into lengths, between 1 foot and 1.5 feet. I primed them with a plastic spray primer, then I painted them with a metallic spray paint. Now I need to stack them one on top of each other.
I though I could just glue them with pipe cement. It worked BEAUTIFULLY on my test piece which was unpainted. I tried it on my painted pipes, but there was a chemical reaction, the dried paint smeared off, it burnt my skin (just a wee little bit) and now it doesn't stick. I even tried sanding off a strip on the two pipes, but the cement still didn't hold.
How can I stack these pipes?
2007-11-06 02:34:16 · 6 answers · asked by _Zith 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Pipe cement will not work for this. Use an epoxy. Pipe primer and cement causes a chemical reaction with the pipe to make the joints watertight. It is not actually a glue for what you are trying to do.
2007-11-06 04:57:59 · answer #1 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Painted On Abs
2016-11-08 07:41:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Long screws. Or you could get some more pipe and glue them together before you paint them. As I remember, the pipe is rather inexpensive to buy.
2007-11-06 02:37:48 · answer #3 · answered by killbasabill 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scrape the paint off or get a new pipe
2007-11-06 02:37:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
get new pipe. glue it all together, then paint.
2007-11-06 02:38:01 · answer #5 · answered by doug c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-03-17 17:01:23 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋