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solvent
A solvent (from the Latin solvō, "loosen, untie, solve") is a substance that dissolves a solute, resulting in a solution. A solvent is usually a liquid but can also be a solid, a gas, or a supercritical fluid. Water is a solvent for polar molecules and the most common solvent used by living things; all the ions and proteins in a cell are dissolved in water within the cell.
The quantity of solute that can dissolve in a specific volume of solvent varies with temperature. Major uses of solvents are in paints, paint removers, inks, dry cleaning. Specific uses for organic solvents are in dry cleaning (e.g. tetrachloroethylene); as paint thinners (toluene, turpentine); as nail polish removers and solvents of glue (acetone, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate); in spot removers (hexane, petrol ether); in detergents (citrus terpenes); and in perfumes (ethanol). Solvents find various applications in chemical, pharmaceutical, oil, and gas industries, including in chemical syntheses and purification processes.
Mixture of miss measuring and changing of products to get something to fit the sink has left me with the below issue.
Plumbing coming from the sink is not fixed yet, on the pipe on the vertical down was just a scrap being used to see if I could force it, trap off to the right a second sink is...
Hiya, my toilet has 110 pipe going to master boss fitting. It's not glued and loose. I think as it's going to master boss that's why it's never glued. It has one drop of water leak after every flush. What I can use to stop leak at same time in utue if It needs to be removed it can be removed...
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I have a 40mm pushfit branch / boss that I want to convert to solvent weld.
I want to get rid of the pushfit aspect altogether, is this possible?
If so, how?
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TL/DR: Should I replace 90-degree bend with a smaller type to increase the fall from the shower tray?
I am replacing a bathtub with a 1500 X 800 Sonas shower tray which I will place on 4-inch blocks, probably with some 18mm marine ply on top...
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I’m about to board and tile over a load of newly fitted waste pipes.
I’ll be running water through the pipes to check connections (solvent weld) before going ahead but was wondering how much testing I should do? Would a leak show immediately or would I have to run water for hours to...
Hi all. Has anyone used this stuff before when having a weep on a solvent joint? I got a joint on the soil pipe connecting to the underground drainage pipe which would be a nightmare to rip out?
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I'm currently DIYing my bathroom and have a soil stack with 3 waste pipes bossed into it (bath, basin and bidet) - all waste is currently push fit under the floors.
Before I tile the floor, I'm going to replace all the push fit waste with solvent weld - it's not leaking but seems prudent...
Hi, does anyone know of a slow dry/cure solvent cement for ABS waste pipes please?
Got some 50mm floplast ABS waste pipes in a tricky ceiling that will be a pain to get the cement on, line up and push together before the normal solvent cement goes off - in the 15 seconds you get to fit them...
I am having an extension built and as part of that the soil stack has been moved. The tee where the toilet joins the stack was leaking badly and my builders fix is to keep applying solvent weld to the outside of the joint which has reduced the leak. My view is the joint should be disassembled...
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I currently have a Koi set up and it's all done with Toolstation push fit connectors (these are an odd size and different to polypipe ones, the ends have a 'clip' that holds the rubber seal in).
I have emptied the system due to leaks popping up all over the place, i have elbows, Tee's...
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I am redoing my bathroom and I want a floor drain in it. I looked online and found the following:
floor drain.
I showed this to the plumber who was doing the bathroom and he said the size of the outlet is not the standard 40mm but it would be fine if we use a 50mm to 40mm adaptor...
Hi had a guy come fit a new shower for me and he had taken the compression nut off the shower waste and solvent welded the end of a flexi hose connector directly to the waste outlet will this be ok?
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He didn't put an adapter on just straight in
I have this at home: Glue
and I need to solvent-weld these abs drain piping:
pipe and elbow
Can I avoid purchasing solvent cement? Or would that present some problem?
Thanks.
In reality though, it's done all the time. Most don't realise it shouldn't be done and the reasons why. So why?
What are the potential problems and the likelihood of those problems happening over time if an MuPVC to ABS joint is made and brought into service for hot and cold drainage?
Is...
Is I believe what this is. Posted a pic of some a while back and think Shaun identified it thus.
Want to change the inlet and float valve the pipework pictured feeds. I know in both instances I could change washer but want to have a plan B and C.
Am I likely to find that my fibre washers, hep...
One of my boys blew himself up,last night, and is in a burns unit for a few days, he will recover. It was not a gas bang , he had an open solvent glue tub open adjacent to,the boiler which he had the casing off, it fired on we think ignited the fumes from the glue pot and
He is where he is now...
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