Re: "water based paint" for cpvc

[Ed Clarke]

In article <11037233...@news.queue.to>, Howard Goldstein wrote:

> Some of the pipes are outdoors though and the CPVC manufacturer
> recommends shielding them from UV to avoid brittleness. A "water
> based paint" of some unspecified type is an allowable covering.

Any outdoor LATEX paint is water based. Benjamin Moore makes a good
paint. Unless you have a huge amount of above ground pipes, you'll
probably get away with just a quart of paint and a quart of primer.
Pick a dark color - it cuts down on UV better.

[willshak]

On 12/23/2004 7:01 PM US(ET), Howard Goldstein took fingers to keys, and
typed the following:

>On 22 Dec 2004 14:39:17 GMT, Ed Clarke <cla...@cilia.org> wrote:

>Thank you Ed, I'll look for the good paint. Do you think I'll be able
>to get decent UV veiling with with multiple coats of a lighter color
>on top of the primer to avoid a dark color? Or would a primer+darker
>color+primer+lighter color be better in that the outside of my home is
>painted off-white and the pipes would look funky if they weren't a
>close match.
>
>
I'm lost in all of this conversation. Where the hell is pvc pipe, used
for water, above ground?
I have a couple of grey electrical conduit pipes exposed for about 16"
before they go into the ground, but no water pipes, pvc or otherwise.

--
Bill

[Greg]

>I'm lost in all of this conversation. Where the hell is pvc pipe, used
>for water, above ground

Places where water doesn't freeze. Generally that is coastal South Florida in
the US, maybe southern Ca?

[willshak]

On 12/23/2004 7:54 PM US(ET), Greg took fingers to keys, and typed the
following:

>>I'm lost in all of this conversation. Where the hell is pvc pipe, used

So, when you are showing guests around your house, do you have to say,
"Watch out you don't trip over that pipe there"?

--
Bill