Phil H2 said:
Gary,
Have you ever worked with PVC pipe. Globs happen - fact of life. It takes practice to avoid globs. Experiance reduces the mess, reading direction (while good the first try) don't cut it. Gosh, the variables in the type of cement can make a difference. The ambient temperature seems to make a difference. Saying that you never have PVC cement globs is like saying you never have solder globs that need to be wiped-off or never have leaks in soldered joints. I can solder pipe everyday for months without leaks, as soon as I say that I never have leaks, guess what happens.
"Pretty" is a sign of craftsmanship and a person's pride in their work. The time required to make a professional looking job is negligible. I would never dress up a joint by cleaning it with primer; but I am not going to make-up a bunch of reasons why I don't like the idea. I don't know if it is a good idea or a bad idea. I wipe off any excess. 99.9% of my work with PVC has been with medium and heavy bodied gray cement. For me, the ideal joint has just enough cement to form a fillet between the fitting and pipe.
On a more informative note, chamfering the inside of the pipe provides a smooth water passage. Chamfering the outside prevents the pipe from scrapping PVC from the fitting's socket. A sharp edge on the OD can act like a plane that can scrape a big shaving of the softened PVC whichs ends up in the inside of the joint and also compromises the joint's integrity.
Phil, yes I have, 20 years on water lines.
"making up reasons"! fillet phil...
Yes it takes practice to do anything right. I didn't say I never had globs, I simply said done right, you, well actually my good buddy Steve, won't have globs; as you too are saying. BTW, can you help me out and interpret what he said up there?
Doing things right has always given me a great sense of personal worth and professionalism but how do you know what my plumbing looks like?
Solder globs do not have to be wiped off, and if I have a glob, I add a bit of heat and have it drop off while helping it with my roll of solder. I do not wipe joints. I'm soldering multiple and various fittings in two separate short lengths, 1-5' each, of tubing and I solder all at once. Wiping can move joints before solder totally solidifies and that causes weak and leaking joints.
Yeah I have the tool to do internal and external chamfering of plastic tubing/pipe. And I ream copper tubing.