Just thought I share an awful experience last night during my basement
reno. In the end, everything went well, but it almost didn't.
I was glueing some PVC pipe last night and I had to get to an elbow
above the water heater. It was a tight spot, so I climbed on a chair
and put my can of purple PVC primer on top of the water heater. Well,
somehow the can tipped over and spilled all over the top of the water
heater and went down the sides. I was panicking as I tried to get a
rag to clean it off and now I have an overwhelming smell of primer.
Then the water heater made this unforgettable loud "humming/vibrating
sound". At first I thought it was the flame arrestor mechanism kicking
in, so I immediately shut off the gas valve. The vibrating/humming
stopped. At this point I thought my water heater was screwed. So I
waited an hour to vent the area and clean up thoroughly around the
water heater, then I relit the pilot, turned it on, and everything
worked again. Although I now have a purple water heater, everything
seems to be ok. Thank God my water heater was not running when this
occured, only the pilot was lit at the time.
So my question is does anyone know why the water heater was making
that sound?
And not that this is important , but is it possible for me to paint
the water heater maybe a latex white?

On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:47:29 -0800 (PST), Mikepier
wrote:

Just thought I share an awful experience last night during my basement
reno. In the end, everything went well, but it almost didn't.
I was glueing some PVC pipe last night and I had to get to an elbow
above the water heater. It was a tight spot, so I climbed on a chair
and put my can of purple PVC primer on top of the water heater. Well,
somehow the can tipped over and spilled all over the top of the water
heater and went down the sides. I was panicking as I tried to get a
rag to clean it off and now I have an overwhelming smell of primer.
Then the water heater made this unforgettable loud "humming/vibrating
sound". At first I thought it was the flame arrestor mechanism kicking
in, so I immediately shut off the gas valve. The vibrating/humming
stopped. At this point I thought my water heater was screwed. So I
waited an hour to vent the area and clean up thoroughly around the
water heater, then I relit the pilot, turned it on, and everything
worked again. Although I now have a purple water heater, everything
seems to be ok. Thank God my water heater was not running when this
occured, only the pilot was lit at the time.
So my question is does anyone know why the water heater was making
that sound?
And not that this is important , but is it possible for me to paint
the water heater maybe a latex white?

Fumes from the PVC glue probably lit off in the heater.
Don't see why you can't paint it.
It's already painted in the factory isn't it?
Wouldn't use latex, maybe a high-temp enamel spray.
Just turn off the gas first, including the pilot.

--Vic

Fumes from the PVC glue probably lit off in the heater.
Don't see why you can't paint it.
It's already painted in the factory isn't it?
Wouldn't use latex, maybe a high-temp enamel spray.
Just turn off the gas first, including the pilot.

--Vic- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

The surface actually is not hot at all.Thats why I though latex would
be fine.

"Mikepier" wrote in message
...
Just thought I share an awful experience last night during my basement
reno. In the end, everything went well, but it almost didn't.
I was glueing some PVC pipe last night and I had to get to an elbow
above the water heater. It was a tight spot, so I climbed on a chair
and put my can of purple PVC primer on top of the water heater. Well,
somehow the can tipped over and spilled all over the top of the water
heater and went down the sides. I was panicking as I tried to get a
rag to clean it off and now I have an overwhelming smell of primer.
Then the water heater made this unforgettable loud "humming/vibrating
sound". At first I thought it was the flame arrestor mechanism kicking
in, so I immediately shut off the gas valve. The vibrating/humming
stopped. At this point I thought my water heater was screwed. So I
waited an hour to vent the area and clean up thoroughly around the
water heater, then I relit the pilot, turned it on, and everything
worked again. Although I now have a purple water heater, everything
seems to be ok. Thank God my water heater was not running when this
occured, only the pilot was lit at the time.
So my question is does anyone know why the water heater was making
that sound?
And not that this is important , but is it possible for me to paint
the water heater maybe a latex white?

Not sure about the sound, maybe the vapors did combust and self extinguish
within the shell.

We put some supposedly plastic burger baskets inside our dishwasher and now
we have a dishwasher that is purple on the inside, and it looks like the
color was slung with a paint brush.

The water heater at our cabin was painted in 1986 by a very talented artist
with squirrels, a waterfall, vines, trout, and lots of greenery. I'm going
to hate when it goes out. We drain it every season, and every time we fire
it up, cross our fingers.

You dodged a bullet, my friend.

Steve B wrote:
wrote in message
...
Just thought I share an awful experience last night during my basement
reno. In the end, everything went well, but it almost didn't.
I was glueing some PVC pipe last night and I had to get to an elbow
above the water heater. It was a tight spot, so I climbed on a chair
and put my can of purple PVC primer on top of the water heater. Well,
somehow the can tipped over and spilled all over the top of the water
heater and went down the sides. I was panicking as I tried to get a
rag to clean it off and now I have an overwhelming smell of primer.
Then the water heater made this unforgettable loud "humming/vibrating
sound". At first I thought it was the flame arrestor mechanism kicking
in, so I immediately shut off the gas valve. The vibrating/humming
stopped. At this point I thought my water heater was screwed. So I
waited an hour to vent the area and clean up thoroughly around the
water heater, then I relit the pilot, turned it on, and everything
worked again. Although I now have a purple water heater, everything
seems to be ok. Thank God my water heater was not running when this
occured, only the pilot was lit at the time.
So my question is does anyone know why the water heater was making
that sound?
And not that this is important , but is it possible for me to paint
the water heater maybe a latex white?

Not sure about the sound, maybe the vapors did combust and self extinguish
within the shell.

We put some supposedly plastic burger baskets inside our dishwasher and now
we have a dishwasher that is purple on the inside, and it looks like the
color was slung with a paint brush.

The water heater at our cabin was painted in 1986 by a very talented artist
with squirrels, a waterfall, vines, trout, and lots of greenery. I'm going
to hate when it goes out. We drain it every season, and every time we fire
it up, cross our fingers.

You dodged a bullet, my friend.


Hmm,
Did you oprn a window for venting the fume? If safety enginer watched
you working like that it could be a cause for you being fired. This time
you were lucky.

On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:26:48 -0800 (PST), Mikepier
wrote:

Fumes from the PVC glue probably lit off in the heater.
Don't see why you can't paint it.
It's already painted in the factory isn't it?
Wouldn't use latex, maybe a high-temp enamel spray.
Just turn off the gas first, including the pilot.

--Vic- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

The surface actually is not hot at all.Thats why I though latex would
be fine.

I mentioned spray enamel thinking you have a white heater.
My car is white, and the paint is peeling off in places.
Hood and both back fenders.
Pretty dark gray factory primer underneath.
Some rust on the rockers too.
Once a year before we go to Florida I get a couple cans of white gloss
spray enamel. Maybe 4 bucks total.
Mask off a few areas I might get paint on, then hit the bad spots.
Maybe 10 minutes. Don't even sand.
Car is white again.
Perfect for Florida.
You might cover the glue stains the same way with one can of auto
spray paint.

--Vic

"Tony Hwang" wrote in message
...


Steve B wrote:
wrote in message
...
Just thought I share an awful experience last night during my basement
reno. In the end, everything went well, but it almost didn't.
I was glueing some PVC pipe last night and I had to get to an elbow
above the water heater. It was a tight spot, so I climbed on a chair
and put my can of purple PVC primer on top of the water heater. Well,
somehow the can tipped over and spilled all over the top of the water
heater and went down the sides. I was panicking as I tried to get a
rag to clean it off and now I have an overwhelming smell of primer.
Then the water heater made this unforgettable loud "humming/vibrating
sound". At first I thought it was the flame arrestor mechanism kicking
in, so I immediately shut off the gas valve. The vibrating/humming
stopped. At this point I thought my water heater was screwed. So I
waited an hour to vent the area and clean up thoroughly around the
water heater, then I relit the pilot, turned it on, and everything
worked again. Although I now have a purple water heater, everything
seems to be ok. Thank God my water heater was not running when this
occured, only the pilot was lit at the time.
So my question is does anyone know why the water heater was making
that sound?
And not that this is important , but is it possible for me to paint
the water heater maybe a latex white?

Not sure about the sound, maybe the vapors did combust and self
extinguish
within the shell.

We put some supposedly plastic burger baskets inside our dishwasher and
now
we have a dishwasher that is purple on the inside, and it looks like the
color was slung with a paint brush.

The water heater at our cabin was painted in 1986 by a very talented
artist
with squirrels, a waterfall, vines, trout, and lots of greenery. I'm
going
to hate when it goes out. We drain it every season, and every time we
fire
it up, cross our fingers.

You dodged a bullet, my friend.


Hmm,
Did you oprn a window for venting the fume? If safety enginer watched you
working like that it could be a cause for you being fired. This time
you were lucky.

Yeah, let's get a little more oxygen in here. That's what we need
......................

helloooooooooooooooooo

Lesson learned, believe me. This was a total lapse of judgement.
I'm just glad nothing bad happened.
This was the first mishap in my basement reno and hopefully my last.

Is it safe to assume that you know it doesn't do the vibrating/humming
thing every time someone uses the water in the house?...

Mayne this would be a good excuse to buy an insulating blanket rather
than painting... (Not that you couldn't do both.)

On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:05:22 -0800 (PST), Larry Fishel
wrote:

Mayne this would be a good excuse to buy an insulating blanket rather
than painting... (Not that you couldn't do both.)

Excellent idea.

If you've got a digital camera, please post some pictures on
a free hosting site. That's got to be memorable. And then,
yes, some white paint should cover. How many people going to
see it anyway, other than the web site pictures?

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


"Mikepier" wrote in message
...
Just thought I share an awful experience last night during
my basement
reno. In the end, everything went well, but it almost
didn't.
I was glueing some PVC pipe last night and I had to get to
an elbow
above the water heater. It was a tight spot, so I climbed on
a chair
and put my can of purple PVC primer on top of the water
heater. Well,
somehow the can tipped over and spilled all over the top of
the water
heater and went down the sides. I was panicking as I tried
to get a
rag to clean it off and now I have an overwhelming smell of
primer.
Then the water heater made this unforgettable loud
"humming/vibrating
sound". At first I thought it was the flame arrestor
mechanism kicking
in, so I immediately shut off the gas valve. The
vibrating/humming
stopped. At this point I thought my water heater was
screwed. So I
waited an hour to vent the area and clean up thoroughly
around the
water heater, then I relit the pilot, turned it on, and
everything
worked again. Although I now have a purple water heater,
everything
seems to be ok. Thank God my water heater was not running
when this
occured, only the pilot was lit at the time.
So my question is does anyone know why the water heater was
making
that sound?
And not that this is important , but is it possible for me
to paint
the water heater maybe a latex white?

I'm sure you're not the only guy to spill purple primer. A
friend of mine purple polka dotted the kitchen floor. Wife
was not ammused.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


"Mikepier" wrote in message
...
Lesson learned, believe me. This was a total lapse of
judgement.
I'm just glad nothing bad happened.
This was the first mishap in my basement reno and hopefully
my last.

On Feb 15, 8:05*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
I'm sure *you're not the only guy to spill purple primer. A
friend of mine purple polka dotted the kitchen floor. Wife
was not ammused.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
*www.lds.org
.

"Mikepier" wrote in message

...
Lesson learned, believe me. This was a total lapse of
judgement.
I'm just glad nothing bad happened.
This was the first mishap in my basement reno and hopefully
my last.

I'll try to post some pics later. But in the meantime I just finished
painting it with regular latex semi-gloss and it came out pretty good.

On 2/15/2011 10:47 AM, Mikepier wrote:
Just thought I share an awful experience last night during my basement
reno. In the end, everything went well, but it almost didn't.
I was glueing some PVC pipe last night and I had to get to an elbow
above the water heater. It was a tight spot, so I climbed on a chair
and put my can of purple PVC primer on top of the water heater. Well,
somehow the can tipped over and spilled all over the top of the water
heater and went down the sides. I was panicking as I tried to get a
rag to clean it off and now I have an overwhelming smell of primer.
Then the water heater made this unforgettable loud "humming/vibrating
sound". At first I thought it was the flame arrestor mechanism kicking
in, so I immediately shut off the gas valve. The vibrating/humming
stopped. At this point I thought my water heater was screwed. So I
waited an hour to vent the area and clean up thoroughly around the
water heater, then I relit the pilot, turned it on, and everything
worked again. Although I now have a purple water heater, everything
seems to be ok. Thank God my water heater was not running when this
occured, only the pilot was lit at the time.
So my question is does anyone know why the water heater was making
that sound?
And not that this is important , but is it possible for me to paint
the water heater maybe a latex white?

I tried to blow up my house using spray shellac primer in my kitchen.
Fortunately, I failed. At the time, I did my seriously messy work when
the children were in bed. Summer, hot, still evening. Windows wide
open, no breeze. Gas range in kitchen, burner pilots out. Plastic
tarps covering everything in room. Start spraying like mad to cover
stains on ceiling, prep for painting. The room becomes a solid cloud of
primer and no breeze to vent. No sooner finished than I remembered that
the pilot for the oven was still lit. My first instinct was to get out
of the house, but the fam were sleeping. Dove under the tarp to blow
out the pilot. During that project, painting and papering the room, I
burned off the tip of a utility knife, trimming paper around a wall
switch. I was wearing rubber gloves in case I did that little trick, so
no harm to me.

My daughter came home from a neighbor's when she was little. Came into
the kitchen, over near the stove where I was fixing dinner.....until I
smelled gasoline. I dragged her outside and asked where the gasoline
smell came from. She and the neighbor child had gotten some tar on
their hands and feet and neighbor cleaned it off with gasoline! ****!
I read an article in Reader's Digest, years and years ago, about the
person with the worst burns (99%?) ever to survive....have cared for
only one burn patient in my nursing career, and it is unforgettable.
The RD subject was a little girl who had gotten into some paint, cleaned
it off herself with gasoline in the bathroom prior to taking a bath.
The rags and gasoline were in the bathroom, the water heater came on......

Who sees your water heater, anyway?

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


"Mikepier" wrote in message
...

I'll try to post some pics later. But in the meantime I just
finished
painting it with regular latex semi-gloss and it came out
pretty good.

On Feb 16, 8:11*am, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
Who sees your water heater, anyway?

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
*www.lds.org
.

"Mikepier" wrote in message

...

I'll try to post some pics later. But in the meantime I just
finished
painting it with regular latex semi-gloss and it came out
pretty good.

Well, probably only me, but it is not even a month old and it was a
nice bright white. I installed it myself, so I have some pride in
doing my own work.

On Feb 16, 6:36*pm, Mikepier wrote:
On Feb 16, 8:11*am, "Stormin Mormon"





wrote:
Who sees your water heater, anyway?

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
*www.lds.org
.

"Mikepier" wrote in message

...

I'll try to post some pics later. But in the meantime I just
finished
painting it with regular latex semi-gloss and it came out
pretty good.

Well, probably only me, but it is not even a month old and it was a
nice bright white. I installed it myself, so I have some pride in
doing my own work.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I've spilled enough purple stuff that now after I apply it I put the
top back on.

"Mikepier" wrote in message
...
Just thought I share an awful experience last night during my
basement
reno. In the end, everything went well, but it almost didn't.
I was glueing some PVC pipe last night and I had to get to an elbow
above the water heater. It was a tight spot, so I climbed on a chair
and put my can of purple PVC primer on top of the water heater.
Well,
somehow the can tipped over and spilled all over the top of the
water
heater and went down the sides. I was panicking as I tried to get a
rag to clean it off and now I have an overwhelming smell of primer.
Then the water heater made this unforgettable loud
"humming/vibrating
sound". At first I thought it was the flame arrestor mechanism
kicking
in, so I immediately shut off the gas valve. The vibrating/humming
stopped. At this point I thought my water heater was screwed. So I
waited an hour to vent the area and clean up thoroughly around the
water heater, then I relit the pilot, turned it on, and everything
worked again. Although I now have a purple water heater, everything
seems to be ok. Thank God my water heater was not running when this
occured, only the pilot was lit at the time.
So my question is does anyone know why the water heater was making
that sound?
And not that this is important , but is it possible for me to paint
the water heater maybe a latex white?

"Mikepier" wrote in message
...
Just thought I share an awful experience last night during my
basement
reno. In the end, everything went well, but it almost didn't.
I was glueing some PVC pipe last night and I had to get to an elbow
above the water heater. It was a tight spot, so I climbed on a chair
and put my can of purple PVC primer on top of the water heater.
Well,
somehow the can tipped over and spilled all over the top of the
water
heater and went down the sides. I was panicking as I tried to get a
rag to clean it off and now I have an overwhelming smell of primer.
Then the water heater made this unforgettable loud
"humming/vibrating
sound". At first I thought it was the flame arrestor mechanism
kicking
in, so I immediately shut off the gas valve. The vibrating/humming
stopped. At this point I thought my water heater was screwed. So I
waited an hour to vent the area and clean up thoroughly around the
water heater, then I relit the pilot, turned it on, and everything
worked again. Although I now have a purple water heater, everything
seems to be ok. Thank God my water heater was not running when this
occured, only the pilot was lit at the time.
So my question is does anyone know why the water heater was making
that sound?
And not that this is important , but is it possible for me to paint
the water heater maybe a latex white?

FYI - If it is a hot water pipe, I think you should be using CPVC and
not PVC...

On Feb 17, 11:57*am, "Bill" wrote:
"Mikepier" wrote in message

...





Just thought I share an awful experience last night during my
basement
reno. In the end, everything went well, but it almost didn't.
I was glueing some PVC pipe last night and I had to get to an elbow
above the water heater. It was a tight spot, so I climbed on a chair
and put my can of purple PVC primer on top of the water heater.
Well,
somehow the can tipped over and spilled all over the top of the
water
heater and went down the sides. I was panicking as I tried to get a
rag to clean it off and now I have an overwhelming smell of primer.
Then the water heater made this unforgettable loud
"humming/vibrating
sound". At first I thought it was the flame arrestor mechanism
kicking
in, so I immediately shut off the gas valve. The vibrating/humming
stopped. At this point I thought my water heater was screwed. So I
waited an hour to vent the area and clean up thoroughly around the
water heater, then I relit the pilot, turned it on, and everything
worked again. Although I now have a purple water heater, everything
seems to be ok. Thank God my water heater was not running when this
occured, only the pilot was lit at the time.
So my question is does anyone know why the water heater was making
that sound?
And not that this is important , but is it possible for me to paint
the water heater maybe a latex white?

FYI - If it is a hot water pipe, I think you should be using CPVC and
not PVC...- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

It was a regular drain line I was working on.

On Feb 17, 11:28*am, Mikepier wrote:
On Feb 17, 11:57*am, "Bill" wrote:



"Mikepier" wrote in message

....

Just thought I share an awful experience last night during my
basement
reno. In the end, everything went well, but it almost didn't.
I was glueing some PVC pipe last night and I had to get to an elbow
above the water heater. It was a tight spot, so I climbed on a chair
and put my can of purple PVC primer on top of the water heater.
Well,
somehow the can tipped over and spilled all over the top of the
water
heater and went down the sides. I was panicking as I tried to get a
rag to clean it off and now I have an overwhelming smell of primer.
Then the water heater made this unforgettable loud
"humming/vibrating
sound". At first I thought it was the flame arrestor mechanism
kicking
in, so I immediately shut off the gas valve. The vibrating/humming
stopped. At this point I thought my water heater was screwed. So I
waited an hour to vent the area and clean up thoroughly around the
water heater, then I relit the pilot, turned it on, and everything
worked again. Although I now have a purple water heater, everything
seems to be ok. Thank God my water heater was not running when this
occured, only the pilot was lit at the time.
So my question is does anyone know why the water heater was making
that sound?
And not that this is important , but is it possible for me to paint
the water heater maybe a latex white?

FYI - If it is a hot water pipe, I think you should be using CPVC and
not PVC...- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

It was a regular drain line I was working on.

==
You were lucky that there wasn't an explosion...those vapors are
nothing to fool with.
==

On Feb 17, 2:23*pm, Roy wrote:
On Feb 17, 11:28*am, Mikepier wrote:





On Feb 17, 11:57*am, "Bill" wrote:

"Mikepier" wrote in message

....

Just thought I share an awful experience last night during my
basement
reno. In the end, everything went well, but it almost didn't.
I was glueing some PVC pipe last night and I had to get to an elbow
above the water heater. It was a tight spot, so I climbed on a chair
and put my can of purple PVC primer on top of the water heater.
Well,
somehow the can tipped over and spilled all over the top of the
water
heater and went down the sides. I was panicking as I tried to get a
rag to clean it off and now I have an overwhelming smell of primer.
Then the water heater made this unforgettable loud
"humming/vibrating
sound". At first I thought it was the flame arrestor mechanism
kicking
in, so I immediately shut off the gas valve. The vibrating/humming
stopped. At this point I thought my water heater was screwed. So I
waited an hour to vent the area and clean up thoroughly around the
water heater, then I relit the pilot, turned it on, and everything
worked again. Although I now have a purple water heater, everything
seems to be ok. Thank God my water heater was not running when this
occured, only the pilot was lit at the time.
So my question is does anyone know why the water heater was making
that sound?
And not that this is important , but is it possible for me to paint
the water heater maybe a latex white?

FYI - If it is a hot water pipe, I think you should be using CPVC and
not PVC...- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

It was a regular drain line I was working on.

==
You were lucky that there wasn't an explosion...those vapors are
nothing to fool with.
==- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

OP just used one of his 9 lives.

I once accidently ran a tiller into the main service cable for my
house. if it wasnt for the rubber handle grips my neighbor just put
back on the borrowed tiller I would be dead nearly 30 years........