"water based paint" for cpvc

[Howard Goldstein]

Thanks to "something" [1] that caused pinholes in my home's copper pipes I broke down and had the entire hou$e replumbed with cpvc.

Some of the pipes are outdoors though and the CPVC manufacturer recommends shielding them from UV to avoid brittleness. A "water based paint" of some unspecified type is an allowable covering.

Could someone suggest a suitable brand I might find in the US, or failing a brand name, a type I can look for that I guess won't be so reactive as to dissolve the cpvc? Thanks in advance

[Ed Clarke]

Any outdoor LATEX paint is water based. Benjamin Moore makes a good paint. Unless you have a huge amount of above ground pipes, you'll probably get away with just a quart of paint and a quart of primer. Pick a dark color - it cuts down on UV better.

[Howard Goldstein]

On 22 Dec 2004 14:39:17 GMT, Ed Clarke wrote: : In article , Howard Goldstein wrote: : : > Some of the pipes are outdoors though and the CPVC manufacturer : > recommends shielding them from UV to avoid brittleness. A "water : > based paint" of some unspecified type is an allowable covering. : : Any outdoor LATEX paint is water based. Benjamin Moore makes a good : paint. Unless you have a huge amount of above ground pipes, you'll : probably get away with just a quart of paint and a quart of primer. : Pick a dark color - it cuts down on UV better.

Thank you Ed, I'll look for the good paint. Do you think I'll be able to get decent UV veiling with with multiple coats of a lighter color on top of the primer to avoid a dark color? Or would a primer+darker color+primer+lighter color be better in that the outside of my home is painted off-white and the pipes would look funky if they weren't a close match.

[willshak]

On 12/23/2004 7:01 PM US(ET), Howard Goldstein took fingers to keys, and typed the following:

I'm lost in all of this conversation. Where the hell is pvc pipe, used for water, above ground? I have a couple of grey electrical conduit pipes exposed for about 16" before they go into the ground, but no water pipes, pvc or otherwise.