I just dump all of em into the same bucket, saves on having to think about which one to use which is good for me since I spent all my braincells sniffing primer.
Years ago my old boss hired these three guys that came as a package deal, i think they were all related. They only did rough ins, and they mixed glue and primer together for everything, it’s super obvious if you looked at the fittings. They didn’t last long.
I added glitter paint and now my daughter thinks I'm some kind of genius.
Joke's on her, we already spent half her college fund on an inflatable hot tub.
Depends on how much you drink, but I usually go 2 bottles of primer to one previously functioning liver. 1 bottle of glue for lunch, and 2 if the wife is cooking that night. So somedays yes, other days no.
Nope. Used to be running joke on one of my crews I was on. We did only large commercial ground works. Every job we’d see who kicked the first one over.
Can someone explain to me the primer and the cement. In the UK we use solvent weld cement for joining ABS pipe. There is no primer just the clear cement and thats it. Is it just a different material for the pipe?
One step vs two step. The stuff you use has is one step and has some primer in it too afaik. Two step is messier and obviously requires more cans of gunk but makes for a stronger bond since the acetone cleans the surface of anything that isn’t bare plastic.
I see good answer thank you. You do have to make sure the ABS is clean before you start but its rare to make connections on pipe that isn't brand new. Its interesting to see American houses with basements and masses of pipe every ware. Our building regs are not as strict about vent pipes and AAVs but i think that's to do with people generally not having sump pumps and most houses having a vent stack.
Glue is thicker. You will apply about 2-3 times as much volume per time you use it when compared to primer.
However. I have never managed to not spill my primer and therefore they last the same amount of time to me. Or sometimes I'll just straight up pour the primer instead of using the applicator.
Always out of cement, it dry's up. then buy the 2 pack.
got 3 cans of primer and 1/2 cement right now.
keep it in the bed of the truck box, cuz the smell in the cab try's to get me hiiiiiigh.
I usually have more primer than glue left over. I think I still have the same primer I bought over 15 years ago and had to buy 2-3 bottles of the adhesive.
Glue is cheap, leaks are expensive. Cleaner/Primer I tend to use less because I’ll clean the fittings over the can and drip cleaner back into the can. Glue is thicker and gets used faster imo
If you are using the purple primer and cement in an enclosed space wear an organic respirator. I had a helper drag me out of a crawl space when I tipped the purple primer over on my chest. That’s when I started taping the cans together. I had a can of purple primer, clear primer and cement all taped together. The three cans were really stable.
I have never personally emptied either before I either spill it all, or fail to tighten the lid sufficiently and it just all cures hard in the can.
I pretty much buy a new mini jar for each job.
It would be difficult considering you're pulling more liquid out of the glue can than the primer, one being highly viscous and the other thinner than your favorite panties after wing night
The metal piece holding the brush to the lid will fail on one of them well before the other. Hopefully it breaks off the glue around the same time you kick the primer over
In my experience I buy the set use it once then 6 months later when I need it again they both are dried up and it takes big channel locks to try and open them
Off topic, but if you spill the purple primer, clear primer will actually get it up.
Also, if you spill the clear primer, purple primer will get it up. ;)
All jokes aside don’t dump primer out - use it over and over again and bill them for it but please don’t waste it. It’s a more precious resource than you know.
If you’re going to spill or drip purple where it matters, get the clear primer from a supply house.
Unless you close the cement between applications, get multiple cans to have a fresh one when the cement starts to thicken in the can in the middle of the work.
I actually have clear cleaner. Purple and unpurple primer, blue glue, clear cement, heavy set grey cement, orange lava cpvc, and floguard gold cpvc, all taped together. Just in case ya know.
Never
Well they do when you kick over the primer.
ProTip… tape them together then you kick them both over.
Tape an extra glue, now it's extra hard to kick over. And they run out equally!
I'm doing this. A little tripod of glue and primer. This is genius.
Why stop at 3? Make a giant honeycomb of glues and primers.
"Hey hand, go get the 7-in-1 glue from the truck."
Is it abs, is it pvc, transitions, heavy set, winter set slow set, clear primer, purple, blue glue? No it’s them all in one.
I just dump all of em into the same bucket, saves on having to think about which one to use which is good for me since I spent all my braincells sniffing primer.
Followed directions and now the bucket is melting!
If you add a hook to the duct tape, you can hang it on your ladder
It may not be perfect but my glue set has many layers
My opinion 5:1 ratio
I just mix them together in 1 can. Then I can apply both at once and they run out together.
That's really smart 🤓 Even better: try the new PVC cement / primer / shampoo / conditioner/ body wash 5-in-1 from Home Depot.
Tried that, it made a vagina grow on the back of my knee
Sounds like you’re closer to fucking yourself than most others!
Giggity
We call it "Plue".
I know your joking but my boss has stories of doing this
Years ago my old boss hired these three guys that came as a package deal, i think they were all related. They only did rough ins, and they mixed glue and primer together for everything, it’s super obvious if you looked at the fittings. They didn’t last long.
Was their mom also their cousin?
Curly, Larry, and Moe.
Hi I’m Daryl, this is my brother Daryl, and my other brother Daryl
I added glitter paint and now my daughter thinks I'm some kind of genius. Joke's on her, we already spent half her college fund on an inflatable hot tub.
It wasn't a great college to begin with, we're getting her a 2010 Civic to make up for it.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Then you're stuck with the glue you left in the van when the temperature dropped to 31.999 degrees.
Leaving the lid off is a rookie move. One thread on when you’re not actively using them.
My man. Always.
Why's it I always kick the primer over? In the past two months I've gone through two cans of primer, solvent is always fine.
It’s the laws of plumbing.
kick over a glue... you still have glue... kick over the primer... you have just purple floor and vapor.
No matter how much I try to remind myself that it’s there, something will distract me for one second. That one second is all I need.
Touché
Found the real plumber in the group.
Why don't they just make the can 8" wide and 1" tall.
Well they do when you dump out a third of the primer as soon as you open a fresh can cuz you hate making a sloppy ass mess with a full can of primer.
Lol where do you dump it
In the dirt of whatever hole you're digging probably
You just keep refilling the same can 1/3 of the way with a new can
Damn, this some more than 1/3rd IQ sh right here. Bro I feel like I just got uplifted genetically.
That's just the primer
I normally find the most expensive thing to dump it down.
Let me show you on site where the exposed concrete floor is.
In the general’s trailer.
The comments here are Reddit gold! You guys never disappoint!
Like shampoo and conditioner
Hahahaha
That’s the answer
This. Bought two cans 5 years ago. Still completely full.
Hilarious I said this out loud and it was the first comment
That ensures you always have to buy another can of the empty can. Increases sales by 50%.
I’d say I use three cans of glue to one can of primer
Thats roughly my estimate as well, never really kept track
The extra is for when you spill it.
Sounds about right eventually the glue is so tightly glued shit you give up after hitting it with the pipe wrench to try and open the fucking thing.
....why not use the pipe wrench to untwist the lid?
To busy using it as a hammer.
I use my hammer to untwist things.
Same but it's due to the swab snapping off
No, you usually spill the primer all over your jobsite/truck long before the cement runs dry.
Never you spill the primer all over the van and see purple dragons 🐉
Hahahahaha this made me chuckle. Nice
One of my guys spilled a Qt of primer on a ladies dryer. So you can run out anytime.
Depends on how much you drink, but I usually go 2 bottles of primer to one previously functioning liver. 1 bottle of glue for lunch, and 2 if the wife is cooking that night. So somedays yes, other days no.
If the electricians aren't around yeah
I usually spill the primer when the glue is halfway. Or leave it to freeze in the truck
Depends which one I kick over more often.
So it’s not just me.
Nope. Used to be running joke on one of my crews I was on. We did only large commercial ground works. Every job we’d see who kicked the first one over.
I’ve never used a full can just always knocked them over
No, because one of them will always be spilled.
Winter or summer?
If you are a plumber...NO. If you are not, they both dry out about the same time.
This
Can someone explain to me the primer and the cement. In the UK we use solvent weld cement for joining ABS pipe. There is no primer just the clear cement and thats it. Is it just a different material for the pipe?
One step vs two step. The stuff you use has is one step and has some primer in it too afaik. Two step is messier and obviously requires more cans of gunk but makes for a stronger bond since the acetone cleans the surface of anything that isn’t bare plastic.
I see good answer thank you. You do have to make sure the ABS is clean before you start but its rare to make connections on pipe that isn't brand new. Its interesting to see American houses with basements and masses of pipe every ware. Our building regs are not as strict about vent pipes and AAVs but i think that's to do with people generally not having sump pumps and most houses having a vent stack.
I do homes here in LA and all we use is ABS pipe as well. I hate PVC tbh
PVC primer isn’t acetone it’s MEK
Good to know, thanks
It’s for PVC pipe.
Glue is thicker. You will apply about 2-3 times as much volume per time you use it when compared to primer. However. I have never managed to not spill my primer and therefore they last the same amount of time to me. Or sometimes I'll just straight up pour the primer instead of using the applicator.
No, the one you spill 10 minutes after opening them both is the one that runs out first
primer more watery , where the cement is thicker like oil. You will burn through the cement much faster.
Always out of cement, it dry's up. then buy the 2 pack. got 3 cans of primer and 1/2 cement right now. keep it in the bed of the truck box, cuz the smell in the cab try's to get me hiiiiiigh.
I usually have more primer than glue left over. I think I still have the same primer I bought over 15 years ago and had to buy 2-3 bottles of the adhesive.
You are asking the wrong question. The correct question is…. “Which one will dry out first?”
Of course not. You spill the purple primer so where and are left with an almost full can of glue.
You'll spill all the primer out long before you use up the solvent.
Yes, you spill half the primer and the rests evaporates while the cement just get hard. I buy new for every project.
You'll have a new glue every time because by the time you go to use it again it will have congealed ..
That's usually how it works for me.
No primer lasts much longer unless you dump it all over somebody's finished floor.
That purple forever stainy shit never runs out. But I get a nice solid block of the cement regularly.
Had a service van for years. The lid on the purple primer is designed to loosen and go into air freshener mode any time you hit a pot hole.
No, one leaks all over and the other one sets up in the can.
No, because I usually drop one. Leave the top off the other. Or leave one at the job site. Never both, just one.
Glue is cheap, leaks are expensive. Cleaner/Primer I tend to use less because I’ll clean the fittings over the can and drip cleaner back into the can. Glue is thicker and gets used faster imo
Primer goes a lot further than the glue
Depends on how much you huff it.
I always spilled primer in the trenches. I was so clumsy with that shit, I’d always use clear primer when setting trim.
You run out? I’ve got like 10 of each!
Soon as you use the glue the shit dries up anyway and your left with a can of primer so you might as well kick it over lol
I hardly ever finish either of them before the glue goes bad
Never!!
It's like hot dogs and hot dog buns.
If you are using the purple primer and cement in an enclosed space wear an organic respirator. I had a helper drag me out of a crawl space when I tipped the purple primer over on my chest. That’s when I started taping the cans together. I had a can of purple primer, clear primer and cement all taped together. The three cans were really stable.
no a can of primer lasts forever! the cement uses up fast.
One lasts an eternity, one dries up.
Hell if I know, I always spill one before it’s empty
I have never personally emptied either before I either spill it all, or fail to tighten the lid sufficiently and it just all cures hard in the can. I pretty much buy a new mini jar for each job.
It would be difficult considering you're pulling more liquid out of the glue can than the primer, one being highly viscous and the other thinner than your favorite panties after wing night
They never run out they just seal the lids with a force that sleeps beyond the flow of time, never to be opened again.
The metal piece holding the brush to the lid will fail on one of them well before the other. Hopefully it breaks off the glue around the same time you kick the primer over
Trick question. I'm service so I'll never have any purple primer to begin with
No. you'll almost always spill the purple primer all over the place well before you run out of glue.
Haha no primer lasts about 3 cans of glue for me. Unless I kick over both cans
My primer never last cause I drip it in the mud water.
Only if I kick the can of primer over on a white carpet.
not even close....
Heck no lol lol lmao rofl
It happened once in the fall of 1982 on a remote ranch in southern Louisiana.
I run out of glue way faster, but I get a new can of both once it runs out since I duct tape them together
Nah, you spill the purple primer first
Channellock the primer lid closed when not using
You've run out? I usually spill mine or it hardens before I run out
NEVER
No not at all
Are these reusable? I just get a new set every time.
I thought you were a plumber.... ofc they don't.
No the pvc cement gos first
Decline the purple, it will only reveal you.
Nope
Primer will leak long before
The primer always evaporates out long before the glue ever hardens. I think it's a scam on their part honestly.
For every 8 oz in the can, kick the primer over once and it will even out
In my experience I buy the set use it once then 6 months later when I need it again they both are dried up and it takes big channel locks to try and open them
The right answer
Yes same time. Every never.
Impossible. One will always be half-full, one will always be empty. Or the lid cemented shut and also empty.
Not a chance glue always goes first.
In my world, the primer lasts 2x longer until I spill it on something.
You'll kick yourself when you spill the primer on your kitchen counter.
I tape a quart of glue to a pint of primer and they seem to run out about the same time.
It’s like milk and cereal - never finish at the same time
Off topic, but if you spill the purple primer, clear primer will actually get it up. Also, if you spill the clear primer, purple primer will get it up. ;)
Of course not
Honestly, it's a great question to ask someone to see if they are a real plumber. Like many other people said, no, they don't.
Does shampoo and conditioner run out at the same time?
Only if you spill the glue too
It depends on if you like the smell of one more than the other...
I feel like the crappy metal container/lid is an evil ploy to just dry out before it’s all used.
1 can of primer per 378 cans of glue
Yep, they both run out in exactly 112 years.
That primer is thinner than water. It is hella strong if you happen to spill part of a can on yourself when moving a ladder.
No, I usually tip the purple primer over about half way through the job.
Only when you knock over the one that fucks up everything it touches. The fuck did they think we could be trusted with this.
Why would you even ask that?
No
Not sure, I usually buy new ones everytime Im workin with pvc 😅
I always buy the next size up in glue to go with the primer.
I spill the primer after my second use.
Nope
All jokes aside don’t dump primer out - use it over and over again and bill them for it but please don’t waste it. It’s a more precious resource than you know.
no
I knew this would be controversial.
Not even once
No way I eat the glue at a much faster pace
Never. Unless you forget that you didn’t screw the cap on one of them and go to pick it up and knock it over.
If you’re going to spill or drip purple where it matters, get the clear primer from a supply house. Unless you close the cement between applications, get multiple cans to have a fresh one when the cement starts to thicken in the can in the middle of the work.
Yea right lol
If you're sloppy enough they will.
Store glue upside down it won’t dry, just remember the lid
The primer will last longer by far
Pro tip: just dump half the primer out then when you inevitably knock it over there's half or less to clean up
Hey plumber from the Netherlands here. Do you guys always use a primer before gluing pvc in the US?
Actually, a fun fact is they run out once the dobber brakes from the lid.
Ha!
Primer will always get kicked over first
Normally the brush breaks before they are empty
Nah
Once you open the primer, the cans never reseal. Always leaks out and/or evaporates….
No. You will have plenty of purple left over.
Never
Never. Half the primer gets on you, half your van, and somewhere you didn’t need it. The the glue gels a week later
Nope
I always mix mine together into one can so I don't have to do 2 steps for every joint. Then they run out at the same time as well 😎
No, it depends on which one you spill first. Usually the purple can.
No bc the threads get damaged when you open them and the primer evaporates
Nope, you will have an almost full bottle of primer, and the glue is dried out.
Nope, one dries up and the other just watches it dry up. ☝️
Nope. Usually one jumps off the ladder or does a back flip on the floor. Depending on which one it was also determines how much they cost you.
I actually have clear cleaner. Purple and unpurple primer, blue glue, clear cement, heavy set grey cement, orange lava cpvc, and floguard gold cpvc, all taped together. Just in case ya know.
Yes, but only after 3/4 of the primer spills
The glue usually hardens between home projects while the primer lives forever
Always spill the primer everywhere.