What Color of PVC slides the best?

mrk127

mrk127

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Is it just me or do the different types/colors of PVC slide differently? I think the thick walled light blue pipe slides by the best, is that a common experience?
 
That being said I don’t think it matters. Keep in mind pvc likes to break when it gets cold. So make sure you’re using at least schedule 40 piping or a larger diameter pipe that will yield a greater thickness.
 
From personal experience the deeper the blue the better it slides, black pipes seem to slide differently too. Ive had some sticky pipes before and they were all blue.
 
HDPE (the red pipe in TC and a lot of the black pipe you see in Euro parks/TC/RCFS) is different than PVC. PVC tends to get more brittle and crack in colder temperatures, but is much cheaper. HDPE is more durable, but gets softer and slows down in warmer temps.
 
If you get regular white PVC get solid core instead of foam core. Solid core has red lettering on the pipe and foam core has black lettering. Solid core is heavier and more expensive but it’s designed to be buried and is a lot more heavy duty than foam core.
 
14336899:270on420out said:
If you get regular white PVC get solid core instead of foam core. Solid core has red lettering on the pipe and foam core has black lettering. Solid core is heavier and more expensive but it’s designed to be buried and is a lot more heavy duty than foam core.
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More expensive? Wait does anyone actually pay for their PVC?

Good info tho, thx
 
14336924:mrk127 said:
More expensive? Wait does anyone actually pay for their PVC?

Good info tho, thx
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get a job in construction and you will have all the pvc you want. Or better yet, rail. I got a 10' handrail the other day at work
 
Haven't done a back to back test myself, but I think you're right, HDPE is going to slide better.

HDPE high density poly ethelyne

PVC poly vinyl chloride

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3.PVC is amorphous while HDPE is semi-crystalline.

4.Both are strong and durable, but their strengths vary and they have

different applications. PVC is heavier and stronger while HDPE is harder

and more abrasion and heat resistant.

5.HDPE pipes are found to be able to dampen and absorb shock waves minimizing surges that can affect the system while PVC cannot.

6.HDPE is more suitable for lower pressure installations while PVC is

more suitable for direct burial and trenchless installations.
 
14337386:sarc said:
Haven't done a back to back test myself, but I think you're right, HDPE is going to slide better.

HDPE high density poly ethelyne

PVC poly vinyl chloride

---------------------

3.PVC is amorphous while HDPE is semi-crystalline.

4.Both are strong and durable, but their strengths vary and they have

different applications. PVC is heavier and stronger while HDPE is harder

and more abrasion and heat resistant.

5.HDPE pipes are found to be able to dampen and absorb shock waves minimizing surges that can affect the system while PVC cannot.

6.HDPE is more suitable for lower pressure installations while PVC is

more suitable for direct burial and trenchless installations.
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I have never trusted anybodys reply more than this guys. str8 up validated
 
The blue stuff is called C900 it’s really expensive and obnoxiously heavy because the pipe wall is so thick. They use it in the right of way when there isn’t at least 2 feet of bury depth because it’s way stronger so it will hold up to traffic at shallow depth.
 
14337588:Casey said:
The blue stuff is called C900 it’s really expensive and obnoxiously heavy because the pipe wall is so thick. They use it in the right of way when there isn’t at least 2 feet of bury depth because it’s way stronger so it will hold up to traffic at shallow depth.
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Exactly, the C900 / Blue Brute is the gold standard for PVC tubes imo
 
14337632:eheeth said:
doesn't matter if it's slathered in goat semen
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Semen is the new fluoro. Once fluoro is banned [tag=261198]@dolanslebensraum[/tag] gonna start raving about it once he runs out of his supply of fluoro wax
 
14337588:Casey said:
The blue stuff is called C900 it’s really expensive and obnoxiously heavy because the pipe wall is so thick. They use it in the right of way when there isn’t at least 2 feet of bury depth because it’s way stronger so it will hold up to traffic at shallow depth.
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one time we were getting out water out of one of those blue pipes on the jobsite, the water pressure was so high you could shoot it over the neighbors house. clean out a wheelbarrow in like .5 seconds
 
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