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How to Solvent Weld PVC Pipe and Fittings

Step 2Get ready to get messy

Get ready to get messy
Find a nice well-ventilated area. PVC solvent fumes are obnoxious smelling, carcinogenic in the State of California, and probably most other states as well.

Put down some sort of cover on whatever surface you're working on because a lot of times when you squish the parts together, cement will gooze everywhere. That's also what the paper towels are for.

Have some paper towels ripped off and at the ready, mostly so you can quickly clean off excess cement, because you don't have long before the cement starts eating away at PVC you don't want solvent welded. You won't get cancer from it being on your hands for five seconds, but if it really concerns you, wear gloves.
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