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Mon Nov 22, 2004 10:41 PM

Project update: Did all the gluing of all the PVC parts for the amazing traveling expen. There are 6 4' x 3' panels. Each one requires 20 parts to be glued. Took me about 20min per panel to glue them all. Some important lessons when gluing PVC:

  • The Purple stuff is by far the nastiest. It's the "primer" and it's very easy to splash around. The applicator gets about a gallon at a time (way more than it should).
  • Always apply both the purple (primer) and the glue to the inside part first (the joint). It's less likely to leak out all over everything than the pipe part is to drip everywhere.
  • Make sure you attach all the joints first and make sure they are on the same plane as each other before you attach the pipe sections between them.

Next on to the netting and the "hinges". I cut a section of netting tonight (it's cloth netting and it says proudly on the label: Never RUSTS!). I tried twist ties to keep it on there, but that didn't tighten it up very well. Next test was zip ties. They seemed to work pretty well and I have a ton of them to use. Will try and finish putting it together tomorrow.