Date:         Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:49:45 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: westy sink p-trap
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I posted a subsequent update on this dave, the plastic does soften
with PVC primer, so it is indeed PVC or related plastic.

But its very brittle, prob. from age.

alistair

On 28-Jun-10, at 7:19 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote:

---- Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
> are you sure its PVC? mine sure doesn't look like it. I could try
> some PVC cement and see if it melts it.
>
> I am loathe to cut into the spout. Considering how brittle the part
> that broke off was, I don't want to weaken the structure at all.
>
> alistair

Looked like it to me, but I'm not an expert on plastics.

David McNeely