This specification was developed to provide a means of joining a pressure-free ABS tubing system using solvent-cement transition joints, such as those used for joining a residential ABS storm sewer drain with a PVC sewer system. The use of approved solvent-cement (glue) is the main means for joining ABS pipes and fittings, and does not require use of a primer. PVC, CPVC, and ABS pipes are typically joined using the same method, i.e., solvent cementing, also known as solvent welding.
One exception is transition cement, which is used for welding ABS pipes and PVC pipes together.
Both types of piping may be used on top or bottom, but ABS and PVC are more prone to warping if exposed to sunlight. PVC pipe offers greater flexibility, but ABS is stronger and able to resist higher impacts.
Both ABS and PVC are used for pipes as they are non-toxic and abrasion resistant. Whenever parts of ABS pipes must be replaced, or new installations of drainage pipes must use PVC. When working with these materials, the biggest difference is ABS pipes have a single-step process to join pipes, whereas the PVCs process has two steps.
ABS piping does not need a primer, but you will need to prime the male and female sides of any PVC connection. ABS pipe can be sealed immediately with a special cement block, but the ends of PVC piping should first be treated with a purple primer before applying their cement. ABS pipes are easier to install than PVC pipes, because PVC pipes require a purple primer before every joint is glued, and joints then need to hold together for five to 10 seconds to allow the glue to set.
PVC pipes need to be primed before they are cemented, otherwise, the cement will not form the correct weld. All other uses of PVC, such as irrigation, will need a primer, no matter what cement is used. According to Oateys folks, CPC cement can be used with no primer if the local codes allow it.
For both PVC (polyvinyl chloride) and CPVC, primer should be applied at both fitting outlets and at the ends of the tube, using the brushes found in primer containers. Next, apply the appropriate cement lining to the end of the pipe and fitting socket, again using the brush provided inside the cement lining can. The process involves applying a primer on the exterior of the pipe and inside the fitting, which cleans and prepares pipes made from polyvinyl chloride.
The inner part of the fitting and the exterior of the pipe are cleaned, then ABS cleaner is applied. You can use sandpaper or a chemical cleaner to clean your pipes and fittings. While a PVC cleaner is used to clean PVC surfaces, PVC primer is used to bind pipes and fittings firmly.
PVC cleaners are used to strip away the grease, dirt, and oils on the surfaces of the PVC, making it clean. Plastic pipe cleaner is used to remove all the dirt or oil on ABS tube surfaces. Apply a cleaning agent, like the general product shown, to the tube prior to applying the abs cement.
Well, yes, the Red Hot Blue Glue may moderately work to clean and soften the pipe, readying it for cement. In some jurisdictions, PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) is used for utility pipes into buildings, but not distribution into buildings. PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) is used for both water supply and drainage — but for water supply piping, only when pressure-rated.
Today, two plastics are generally used for drainage, waste, and vent pipes in homes; ABS (black) and PVC (white, mainly). This plastic material is used for making ABS pipes, which have been used to build drainage pipes since the 1960s because of ABSs resistance to shocks and durability. For a wide range of home and yard plumbing tasks, ABS pipe is one of the most helpful materials that can be found.
You can also use a tube cutter made especially for plastic pipes, and shears are available to easily cut smaller sizes of PVC. To cut and join ABS pipes, you need to know how to join the fittings using either miter boxes or tubing cutters.
Plastic piping can be joined to non-identical metal fittings using push-fit gaskets, which are placed in the cast-iron fitting. PVC and ABS DWV pipe can be joined to cast iron, DWV copper, and galvanized vent tubing using flexible couplings. It is worth noting that PVC can also be joined using mechanical methods, such as compression fittings, male-to-female adapters, rubber sleeves with clinches, and push-fittings (although these methods vary from each tube, and are usually considered less reliable than adhesives). ABS-made pipes could be used for basically the same purposes you would use PVC pipes.
For additions, ABS may sometimes be a more economical choice, even if the pipes themselves are more expensive than PVC. You might be wondering why anyone would buy transition cement to connect ABS to PVC when general-purpose cement would do the same job, and much more.
Transition cement is used to connect ABS to PVC pipes, Transition cement is NOT used as a substitute for the correct solvent-based types of cement used to make connections with similar materials. The intent is neither to create a spec for general-purpose solvent cement for ABS-PVC which will be used in mixtures of ABS and PVC pipe materials nor is it to prescribe a cement that can generally be used on both materials.
Where joining of plastic pipe with other types of plastics or with other types of piping materials; approved listed adapters or transitioning devices, and lists of the particularly intended transitions should be used.
Joining pipe to pipe fittings requires a specially manufactured primer and cement — not a regular glue, but a chemical solvent that melts down the surface of piping made from polyvinyl chloride, and then quickly hardens again, fusing the parts together.