Things You'll Need:
- electric table saw or fine-toothed saw
- medium grain sandpaper
- PVC primer
- PVC Cement
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Step 1
The first thing you'll want to do is cut your PVC pipe. This is the first place that something can go wrong. If you use a saw with big teeth, you may not get a smooth edge, and a smooth edge is very important for gluing PVC together. Instead, use a table saw with fine teeth. Also, you can even find hand saws especially for cutting PVC if you don't want to go the table saw route.
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Step 2
After you cut the PVC, make sure that there are no plastic shredded parts (burrs) hanging on to the piece. Get rid of them with some sandpaper, and for the big pieces, perhaps a utility knife.
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Step 3
Make sure your PVC pipe is clean and dry before you begin to glue it.
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Step 4
Put a PVC primer on the pipe immediately before applying the PVC cement. What this does is "melt" the plastic a bit, so when you apply the cement, you have more of a weld. It is easy to find both PVC primer and PVC cement at your local home improvement store.
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Step 5
Add the PVC cement, attach the piece of PVC you want to glue, and twist. Make sure that it remains in the position that you want it to be in. You will find that the PVC cement sets pretty fast.
