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Best of Make: Volume 2
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Best of Make: Volume 2

by The Editors of Make:
August 2015
Beginner to intermediate
392 pages
16h 26m
English
Make: Community
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Stain PVC Any Color

BY SEAN MICHAEL RAGAN

PVC PIPE IS GREAT, BUT IT’S KINDA UGLY

— it only comes in white, gray, sometimes black, and clear. Sure, you can paint it, but paint can flake and can screw up dimensional tolerances. Stain doesn’t flake or add thickness, so the pieces will still fit together.

CAUTION: Work in a well-ventilated workspace and wear gloves and goggles when handling the solvent or dye.

1. Mix the stain.

Visit makezine.com/projects/stain-pvc-any-color-you-like for a list of dye-to-PVC-cleaner ratios for red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, brown, and black.

Using your pipette, draw up the required volume of each dye and transfer it to the PVC cleaner container. Be careful not to cross- contaminate the ...

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