dipping tubes

[hitman]

I made up some dipping tubes for cresting arrows out of 1 and1/2" pvc pipe and put caps on the bottoms and used caps on top to store my paint. I went in last night and the tubes were collapsed almost flat. Luckily they did not rupture and blow paint all over the house. Anyone have this happen.

[JEFF B]

wow!!!!  :eek:  what happend was it to hot for them . looks like ya may have to make em out of aluminum tube and just put a cork in the top with a pin hole in it to let any presure out.

[lpcjon2]

Never heard of that Probably to thin of a wall on the tubes or the paint came under some type of presure

[JamesV]

The paint could have had a chemical reaction to the PVC. What kind of paint. Hot paint like Lacquer will melt PVC and maybe the solvents in other paints. I think only water-based paint could be stored in plastic.

James.............

[Bjorn]

Yes, had that happen too..................now I only use water based poly.

[chad graham]

BOHNING EATS PVC!

[karrow]

i would think lacquer based paints mite do that. but i dont know? i use pvc for my tubes and just dump what i dnt use back in the can and clean them out with thinner and i have no trouble

[Tree Rat]

Make your tubes out of copper. 1" with a 1 to 1-1/2 adapter for a resevoir

[Swamp Yankee]

Lacquer + PVC = mush.  Polyethylene golf club tubes work with corks on the ends.

[hitman]

thanks guys. It was Bohning paint. Must have eat it up. Sounds good ,what several of you said. I'll do something different.