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Default Technique for dry fitting PVC pipe?

replying to trader4, DrainerDuder wrote:
Take some scrap pvc pipe and chop it up with a pvc/hand/chop saw. Save all
the pvc "saw dust" and be sure it's ONLY pvc saw dust. Clean fitting hubs and
pipe ends with dry cloth and sprinkle pvc dust into fitting hubs and on pipe
ends (static will usually keep dust in place) then dry fit. The pvc sawdust
will act as lube. After dry fitting is successful you will easily be able to
disassemble plumbing. Before cementing clean all pipe ends and fitting hubs
with damp cloth and then pvc cleaner. Then prime and cement all pipe
together. Because the dust is in itself pvc any stray particles left after
cleaning will be mostly broken down by pvc cleaner primer and cement and fuse
with all material. Hope this helps.

PS. Be 100% your sawdust is 100% pvc. Preferably the same type of the kind
you are fitting. (Ie. All Sch 40 type)

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