32 oz. Heavy Body, Slow Set PVC Cement (Gray)

I needed this for a building project, not a plumbing project. The idea was to build a "tot-dock" for swim lessons. Of necessity, sometimes it was necessary to apply glue to as many as four joints at once before joining two assemblies together. Therefore I really needed slow-set PVC cement. This product got the job done, but the open time shown on the spec sheets were quite optimistic in my opinion. I planned my assemblies such that the more complicated setups were performed in the morning, when the temperatures were in the 50's. I should have had a couple of minutes to get the cement applied to multiple joints, and then get them together. In reality, it was more like 45 seconds…which was just enough time. The project was a success, but if you need long open times to apply cement and get everything squared-up and together, this may not be what you want. It did seem to hold well, and because it's fairly thick it was easier to control or stop the cement from running all over.

I purchased this product in an attempt to double the cure time for making PVC solvent welds. I had a large job in tight spaces where fitting alignment was critical. Although the product did allow about 6 minutes to set, it was so viscous that it was hard to brush on the pipe ends and into the fitting sockets in a reasonable amount of time. It's almost as if any curing time gain was lost in applying the cement. Of course, this may have been an old can that had set on the shelve for months before I bought it.