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Subject: Welding PVC - OT

From: Simon Whitehead <s.whitehead@...>
Date: 2004-03-11

Sorry for this OT request.

Recently (Back end of last year) there was discussion about making
tanks and bits from PVC. There were also recommendations about how to
weld PVC - which hot air gun to use etc.

I have purchased a suitable gun and some pvc welding rods but I am
wasting a lot of material trying to get a reasonable result. So far
all my results are disgusting and unusable. I would appreciate some
advice with regard to temperatures, types of welding rod and so on.

My gun is a Steinel 2305 and I bought there rods. Are there better
types available? Should I give up and stick to glue (what a failure
that would be!!)?

Simon Whitehead
s.whitehead@...