I hate purple primer

Mark Hunt

I feel as though I should bring two cans of primer on the job.

The first one I will just dump out on the floor immediately on arrival and use the second one for the job.

Saw a "cops" episode where a paint huffer was stopped on the street by the police. When they asked him what the silver stuff all over his face was he answered, "Leepsteeck".
I can't imaging anyone wanting to huff purple primer, but I do not think I could keep a straight face if I found someone with purple "Leepsteeck" all over their face!

Mark H



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Mark Hunt

I look


like I voted 10 times in the Iraqi election!

But code is code.

How do they make it thinner than water????

Friday rant.

Mark H

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bob young

USE no-hub and be happy

Dave Yates (PAH)

some of our local inspectors

won't allow no-hub joints below grade, but will above grade and don't like fernco couplings one bit.

Others in neighboring townships won't allow no hubs above, but will below but like fernco couplings above grade.

Yet another won't let fernco be used above grade but loves their use below grade.

That purple nonsense cost one overbearing PI his job. It was the hill I was willing to die (or should that be dye) upon. Also the same day I finally decided enough was enough from PI's that make up rules to suit their moods. Best be written down and in the code book or passed properly into law. If not, it's not happening. Tis a long story best told with libations.

Mark Hunt - AKA: Pappa Smurf!

Just be happy you don't live in our neighboring town of Dover!


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jim lockard

I refuse

to take purple into someones home. After witnessing 2 plumbers on differant jobs ruin a customers floor with purple. We use clear primer for a/c drains in the home. I would think a smart inspector would understand. J.Lockard

bob young

fernco

fernco couplings are great if used properly. the problem begins when used to jury rig misaligned and wrongly measured piping. in the hands of an amatuer it becomes a disaster. might as well use hoses and innertubes.

Mad Dog_2

Marco

Gotta be smarter than the inspector....tint your glue sligthly with Purple primer. Makes a nice, neat yet visible purple ring. Of course, we always prime anyway. Don't you love it mark? The new codes like everything else in this country including education are being dumbed down to "level" the playing field so we, the guys who do things right - regardless - need to do inane things like use purple primer to prove we primed it. That's ok...we always find a way to beat them. Mad Dog

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Mike T., Swampeast MO

Add one small can of purple to a large can of clear. There will still be a definite purple haze to prove you primed but you won't be so dyed in the process... Last inspector I dealt with didn't have a problem. I was about out of purple but had plenty of clear.

Dave Palmer_3

I

once spilled a quart on a new cement floor,I freaked ran out side to grab rags and speedi. When I came back in it had soaked into the floor and never stained. Customer came in and wanted to know if I was ok,I was sweating like a pig,and it was November,LOL Dave

Mark Hunt

But that's illegal


and I NEVER break the law!!

For shame putting those devious ideas in my head!



thanks!

Mark H

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jeff_51

we have to show purple too

they let us get away with cleaner under the sink for the trap adapter, and have run out of purple once in wahile and always clean way out on the pipe so they can see yo used clear, but the 'spector dudes don't like it. Had a can of purple so long one time, it lost it's color. Used it anyway and left right there so the inspector could check it out. Still had some left in the can when he came for rough-in inspection and it still stunck real good, so he let it go. Ya gotta bite your tounges sometimes, but it pays to stay on good terms with em

Mark Hunt

IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!


A can of purple primer only lasts 15 minutes. FACT!

That's how long it takes to kick the can over and the entire contents run out on the customers new floor!

Did I mention I hate purple primer????

Mark H

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Geo_5

Mark Hunt

Mark,I hired a guy a few months ago and boy did I pay for this one.Set him up on a 3-Family , very simple stuff.Came by the first day and he had the first and second floor's roughed,wow I thought to myself,all to code too!!,stopped by the third day to give him a little money and noticed there was only one can on the ladder(glue).....no cleaner....I nicely asked wheres the cleaner....CLEANER! NEVER USED THE STUFF!,all you need is glue he said.I cut everything out.Yes the purple stuff sucks but boy that would of saved me some time.

Steve Ebels_2

Yes Purple sucks.............

But even the clear stuff will eat the finish off new linoleum in .2 nanoseconds. Another story told best after about 2 hours of the afore mentioned libations.

Tony_23

dumbing down

That's like the new romex colors so the inspectors won't have to read the jacket or check the size of the wire the old fashioned way. Now it's color-coded by gauge, red for 10, yellow for 12, etc.
And I thought inspectors were supposed to be smarter

Brian (Tankless)

I found a purple glue

fools 'em every time.

But I always prime anyway. REALLY, honestly, I do.

It's in my bucket, I'll take a pic.

B in purple glueland.

Weezbo

what will it melt down next?

they ought to make a can of it for ten fittings what you didnt use you could throw in the gas tank and burn off,rather than carry it around waiting for the first available chance for it to spill all over the tools or out onto the new vynil as it seeps out of the tool bucket someone drilled a hole in ....Just for You ) Keep the faith and the purple primer too

Dave Yates (PAH)

anti-spill method

Duct tape the primer and cement cans together.

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ScottMP

Excellent

then the whole thing can glue together on the Linoleum

I knocked over a can of primer on a brand new linoleum floor. Spent my lunch hour buffing and polishing the floor. ????? I don't think anyone ever said anything.

The Plumber formally known as Hunt.

Mark " Prince " Hunt.

We don't have to use the purple.

Scott

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Mark Hunt

Now that's


a great idea Weezbo.

Of course, there is nothing like the smell of purple primer wafting out of your tool compartment first thing in the morning.

Lets you know you're alive.

Mark H

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ScottMP

BY THE WAY

For a Friday rant, I got your purple primer all covered.

I spent three and a half hours with four Lawyers Friday morning doing a deposition for a job which had a frozen pipe.

It did ALOT of damage. I won't go into it.

Just Freakin imagine three and a half hours of question from guys who don't understand what we do and just won't me to saying something contradicting what I said an hour ago. AARARARGGG.

Wasn't to bad untill the last fifteen minutes when one little "cockaroach" tried to get me to loose it by yelling at me.

..... I had a few drinks last night ......

Like being put in the shark cage at the aquarium.

Purple Primer my a%^.

" Another Knock on the door and it was the cow and the pig " My favorite Lawyer joke.

Scott

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Mark Hunt

Now that


truly sucks.

Mark H

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Mark Hunt

And you thought


we only did new boiler installs!

"Purple rain.......purple rain....."

Mark H

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Mark Hunt

There's always a reason


why someone "smokes" out the work.

Usually means they are skipping something.

Mark H

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Darin Cook_3

Markies not kidding

He has the can of purple death kicked over in at least 10 minutes on every job. He is very consistent.








Darin

Mark Hunt

Thanks buddy

You always say the nicest things!

Aren't you supposed to be in the woods or something???

Mark H

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ScottMP

YA

YA, it did.

I mean Yes, thats correct.

Scott

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Darin Cook_3

C'Mon

You know I got your (purple) back!







Darin

Dave Palmer_3

I

could still spill it,lol

Steve Ebels_2

Gotta go farther back for Scott

Purple Rain is too new. Try Purple Haze ala Jimi Hendrix, it's more in keeping with Milne's time frame. :):):)

Mad Dog_2

Always do that but ........................................

once I get in to a groove I've been known to kick the double wide can over too! Mad Dog

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Mad Dog_2

HOw about the greatest Metal band ever..........................

DEEP PURPLE Mad Dog

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Mad Dog_2

I always buy a large glue and medium primer

because by the time you get to the bottom the glue, you still have too much primer and its disgusting looking. Mad Dog

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Constantin

Sorry to hear that...

... that cannot have been fun.

It puts my frustration in perspective whenever I discover issues in the utility room, like

• the closed return valve on the basement manifold that had one 15-58FC dead-heading. The only reason I discovered it was because I wondered why the basement loop was not getting warm even though the pump was running. The ball-valve lever on the return was perfectly hidden by the supply header mounted in front of it.
  
• The pressure on the solar circuit has also dropped 10psi.
  
• Several 15-58's are screaming bloody murder.
  
• Someone had set the heating system to DHW-only the other day.
  
• ARGH!

I hope the beer was cool and refreshing... still sailing or is it a wee bit nippy up there these days?

jeff_51

calling Mark Hunt

you are of course right abut kicking the can over, I do it EVERTIME I open a can of purple, we are an ABS shop which is the only reason it lasted so long. I have to duct tape the glue and primer cans together to keep from kicking em over

Pat Clark_2

You guys be careful

out there. You never know when you might run into "Purple People Eaters"

Don't worry Mark, I hate purple primer too, but it does work better than those little smelly trees you hang from your mirror to "de-odor-ize" the van.

We use mostly ABS here also, which I like a lot better. The black splotchy designs on your jeans are really neat and it drives the wife totally bonkers when you peel those little chunks off your hands in the middle of the night.

Pat (Alaska Time) Clark

Liberal Lenny

Purple is good for one thing

Once in a while check you apprentices nose, any traces of purple you know what he's been up to! Next..............

jim lockard

I always buy

the smallest cans of primer and glue, rather have a case of little ones then a gallon can to go bad or spill.

leo g_13

Hey Pat,

if you don't mind the proctologist jokes, try some REAL latex gloves. I get mine from a furniture store. Some pair last 2 days before melting. No more hand boogers!

Leo G

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Weezbo

well that idea has also crossed my mind *~/;)

the bigger the can the more likely we will kick it just took the small can of purple primer out of the van,it was sitting there all "innocent" like ....

mp1969

Uniform Code(s)

> I feel as though I should bring two cans of

> primer on the job.

>

> The first one I will just

> dump out on the floor immediately on arrival and

> use the second one for the job.

>

> Saw a "cops"

> episode where a paint huffer was stopped on the

> street by the police. When they asked him what

> the silver stuff all over his face was he

> answered, "Leepsteeck". I can't imaging anyone

> wanting to huff purple primer, but I do not think

> I could keep a straight face if I found someone

> with purple "Leepsteeck" all over their

> face!

>

> Mark H

>

>

>

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In Wisconsin we have a uniform state plumbing code and we do not have to use purple primer. We have to test all new installations and bigger remodel projects. We have input to code review, therefore we have pretty much eliminated the use of the notorious purple primer.It is a very senseless and ugly product.
I know some states have local or county type codes but this seems cumbersome and costly to me.Our uniform stste code works great and eliminates inspectors who have their own preferences.

MP 1969