New Article: A Purple Primer Pen for Marking PVC Pipe

[rgsparber]

Have you ever wanted to quickly mark text or numbers on PVC pipe? Here in Arizona, Magic Marker and label maker tags fade in less than a year. Yet the Purple Primer used to prepare PVC joints seems impervious. This article shows you how to modify a $5 pen to meter out Purple Primer.

The challenger was that this primer is mostly acetone which melts most marker bodies. The solution was to buy a marker used to remove nail polish. Most nail polish remover contains a lot of acetone.

If you are interested, please see

http://rick.sparber.org/PPP.pdf


Your comments are welcome. All of us are smarter than any one of us.


Thanks,

Rick

[PJs]

A good solution to all that stuff before and fits with what JR has been working on with the Dykem applicator. Glad you found something that works! ~PJ

[rgsparber]

I just painted some Purple Primer on the outside of a Magic Marker and the plastic was unaffected. The next time I have an empty marker, I will refill with primer. Great finding!

I have tested regular gel pens and that plastic melts when in contact with primer. I suspect it would melt with Dykem too.

Rick

[DIYer]

Thanks Rick! We've added your PVC Pipe Marker to our Measuring and Marking category, as well as to your builder page: Rick's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

PVC Pipe Marker by Rick Sparber

tags: marking