How to Bend PVC Pipe With No Tools

[@robertmiller8210]

Simply brilliant! Thank you so much for posting this!!!! 10 thumbs up!

[@robertcampbell5564]

I thank you so very much for showing me this trick. I've got to make 40 lobster traps. I'm going to make them out of PVC pipe. you just saved me a lot of money I thank you so much again I'll recommend your videos to my friends thank you

[@benwillard6751]

The sand trick was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AnthonyChew]

The wife will not be pleased with a. Sand in her pan, and b. Your pipe going limp after a few minutes. Your video is a life saver!

[@TxRealtorSA]

BEST comment 🤣🤣🤣

[@JafferJavaid]

I didn't know we could ACTUALLY bend pvc pipes. You are are genius! Gifted! Thank you so so much!

[@mwmoroney]

A wonderful tip for Do It Yourselfers like myself! I used the sand method to bend a 60-inch piece of 3/4-inch Schedule 40 PVC. Unfortunately I do have a thermometer that measures tempetures greater than 240 degress Farenheit. I started by putting about 1-inch of sand in a 12-inch x 8.5-inch baking pan in the oven at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes. That didn't work, so we put that sand back in over for 10 minutes at 400 degrees. That didn't work either. Back into the oven at 480 degrees F for 20 minutes. At that point, the PVC wiggled just like you showed on the your video. Thank you so much for giving us this information to get us started on our project.

[@DonRead-x5z]

Thanks. Like the sand as it keeps it from kinking if you keep the sand inside the pipe. I built a big fire in the fire pit or used a charcoal grill. Lots of heat but not so hot so as to scorch the PVC. I could turn the pipe in a makeshift spit and move it lengthwise to heat a really long length to make a 4-foot long sweep elbow. Worked great. If you can find a long light-duty spring the diameter of the pipe (I have a spring manufacturer in town that keeps a "boneyard" of previous runs for noodlers such as me) you could slip it over the pipe just before bending it - like bending soft copper tubing with a spring bender. Your parking space puzzle got me for a couple of minutes and then I figured it out. Good one! (Careful to not post the answer so I don't ruin it for others.)

[@theloneviking9145]

Thanks for the advice! I was trying to figure out how to make a couple of bends and you really helped a lot. What I used was my little McCulloch steam cleaner. Put that steam nozzle in that PVC for a minute or so and BOOM I had a nice semi rigid noodle to go whichever way I wanted.

[@mrbrown6421]

4.17.2022 - 4:00PM - In the shop. Very good. I was working with 7 foot thin wall 3/4 inch PVC. Only needed 20 degree bends every 10 inches (7 bends). I used a heat gun (slow) then preferred propane torch (fast), but that torch will burn PVC quickly. Didn't matter for my purpose. THEN I kept a wet rag near by and when done bending, I used rag to PRESS the angle slightly flat for strength, and also cooling it. I attached these 160 degree PVC arcs to 8 ft cane poles to make support arches for bird netting for a chicken coop. BRILLIANT. PVC is smooth, so netting does NOT snag. The wife was mildly impressed since she witnesses my brilliance daily, but regardless, she is MORE brilliant than I am. New things everyday. Mr. Brown North Central Florida

[@morningcoffee1111]

I can’t tell you how helpful it is to see all the methods AND the other things tried. Thank you so much.

[@WordofAdviceTV]

You're welcome! Glad to hear the video was helpful!

[@DollhouseTutorials]

The sand is the best one so far. Very helpful video,thank you

[@zontherocks]

Loved the sand method, to me it looked like total crazy to put sand on the skillet, now I wanna have some sand with carrots and rice, lol. Thank you sir.

[@daleenesterhuizen6820]

Lovely ideas. Thanks form South Africa

[@markokrasa3584]

Buddy this was very useful. I’ve got projects on the go at moms where I need to bury pipe over some hilly terrain for dredging silt out of her pond for free by way of gravity, and also for a water hammer pump for the garden that’s all the way up the driveway at the street. She needs to drag 4 hose lengths up there every day it doesn’t rain. Soon she won’t have to water that by hand ever again!

[@tykeorama9898]

What does this do to the pvc? Does it damage its structural properties? Would you use that pipe for pressurized water line?

[@billmcgirth]

Is there any pipe thickness that’s too thick and won’t bend? I’m looking at 1 1/4 in pvc

[@hibuddywuzsup571]

I tried the sand method but the wife got upset. I instead used the exhaust pipe and capped the exhaust pipe as she revved the car up. Worked like a charm and it's a whole lot quieter around here.

[@wyzurd]

Haha

[@bysykler4959]

Just buy a new/used heat gun and end this silliness. 😂

[@Ayayayupiyupiyey]

Did you even read the caption, *no tools

[@nicanorbadal689]

I wonder if the sand technique will work to slightly bend big pvc pipe like 5"...to be used as canoe outriggers...or bigger pipe...10" for DIY catamaran like kayak

[@spelunkerd]

Ha ha, I was searching this sand method for bending electrical conduit and I found your demonstration. I'll give the sand a try.

[@kerrygibbs8198]

Excellent information!!! I also appreciate learning what didn’t work!! That was helpful!

[@WordofAdviceTV]

Glad to hear the video was helpful, thank you!

[@SlowTT]

A heat gun seems to work quite well for small bends

[@MiklaDfar]

Put the sand in the pipe cold, with one end capped. Fill 6-12 inches past bend point. Localize heat from a heat gun applied 3-6" above and below bend center. Bend pipe. Spray with cold water from a spray bottle... go to next bend... DONE. Makes it much easier to hand bend and shape on the job without having to try and stabilize multiple bends while cooling... IMHO! But excellent vid on the various ways to heat the pipe! Thanks!

[@SE45CX]

I like your style of presenting: clear instructions, good pace and also sharing the approaches that don't work as well and why.

[@jimatwater7049]

Don’t know if I’d live through it using the kitchen. Wife is badder than me. As for your demonstration I learned a great deal. Thanks

[@nigelhutt9921]

Great video I'm going to try a variation on what you showed and fill the pipe with water then use a heat gun. Hopefully the water will stop it kinking. If not I'll try cool sand and a heat gun. Many thanks for the video

[@robinbaker4219]

Thanks! I've been diddling around with hot water which cools too quickly and doesn't get the pipe hot enough to mold into desired shape, it springs back. I knew I'd saved that play sand 10 years for something....

[@Volusiaev]

What a great idea, especially the sand technique! Thanks for all the info you share!

[@WordofAdviceTV]

Glad you liked it! Thank you for watching and leaving a comment!

[@clairestaffieri4398]

BRILLIANT !!!!! You are so smart !! Thanks.

[@smaring777]

I've been sitting around the last few days wondering how I'm going to make a bunch of 1" EMT connections between my new panel and a pull box about 18" away. The local big box stores don't have a 1" flex conduit and bending 1" EMT to those tolerances takes mad skills. I wasn't even thinking of using PVC conduit because I wasn't knowing it could be bent. You just saved me hours of aggravation! I'm going with the sand technique. Many thanks.

[@WordofAdviceTV]

You're welcome! Thank you for leaving a comment and good luck with the project!!

[@kuggacouragegx6093]

Same here we need more people like that instead making it harder to understand.

[@johnjacobjingle8302]

Most industrial heater for pcv.. just look like a tanning bed with 2 resistance heaters in them, and rollers so you can heat the pvc evenly.. the cheaper ones cost about 600$.. however, not sure why you cant throw it in the oven on broil for a few min..

[@siegfriedparihao6657]

Yu can try using the heat of a candle light/flame..

[@angelcordero7258]

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[@davidm.steeves57]

With the hot sand method, does any sand melt into the inside of the PVC pipe?

[@GloryRenault]

thank you! i’m thinking of making a homemade rollercoaster but! prices are really high rn!

[@JayJay-wf4dr]

Awesome idea, going to use these methods to slightly bend a PVC pipe for cosplay weapon build. Thanks!

[@bilbobagginstwo]

Useful for metal tube bending too, helps avoid buckling if packed with sand and duct taped on ends, built a roll cage once this way

[@WordofAdviceTV]

Sounds like a cool project and good to know that it works well on metal too! :) Thank you for watching and leaving a comment!

[@davemall1]

Did you heat the sand first, or heat the tube with sand in it with a torch?

[@TURNKEYiNK]

Great tips! Thanks 🙏

[@groundwork1962]

Can i use a regular pan to heat sand or has to be a skillet?

[@WordofAdviceTV]

Any pan will work 👍

[@Rosie-h6o]

Can it be done to the larger thicker ones?

[@WordofAdviceTV]

It should be possible though I haven't tried it myself.

[@raczyk]

Any issues with making cuts to the PVC pipe after bending it?

[@mastermolar]

so dang helpful! Thanks a million for doing this channel!

[@agahajak]

Great video as always Jay! take care

[@WordofAdviceTV]

Thank you for watching and leaving a comment!

[@meaningfulmakings]

Just amazing!!! So pleased I found your video.

[@thiodorchalkias8906]

It looks nice methods! thanks for sharing!!!! I was try with a 60mm PVC pipe at 10 atm with heat air gun and filling with sand but the results was disappointed .....

[@atms001]

thanks for such brilliant ideas.. Just a thought....How about using a Hot Air Gun ? attaching the adaptor that can slot into the pvc. perhaps wrap the adaptor with a small strip of rag or it will just melt the pvc. in seconds.

[@sawu3668]

Brilliant.👍🏻

[@albertod4161]

Great inversion man 😎

[@balrajgurol7409]

Excellent sir

[@bobcaulfield9997]

great solution!

[@Dabbacommentary1M]

I am from tamilnadu,India I am also watching ur video for super idea

[@zacharyvanderklippe5855]

Great Video. Gave the steam trick a try, worked great, but I was working with a piece of PVC with an expanded end for coupling to other pipes. This expanded section shrunk significantly during the steaming process and I couldn't use it anymore.

[@benjamincurtis6711]

yeah, you can control it a lot better with the sand. you can add room temp sand into it first to get coverage on the section that you dont want malleable, then dump the hot sand in on top so the ends are not affected.

[@yogi799]

You're brilliant.

[@tuannguyen-ly7xu]

Brilliant!! Thanks for sharing! Happy Holidays.. Be Safe and Be Happy

[@davidnollmusic363]

Thanks for your very helpful video! Wishing you all the best!

[@CleberLRamos]

Fantastic! Very good!!

[@EXECUTIVE_LUCKY]

It’s 87 if you guys were wondering.. Just look at the parking spaces upside down and the numbers will be in order lol.

[@kenliu808]

Thanks! I was wondering what it was. Great perspective observation.

[@icestreet]

its too funny

[@davidreynolds4684]

If you get in a pinch and you need a bend where looks arent an issue. Wet the pipe with pvc primer and or glue. Light the primer and carefully make your bend. This will work on thick schedule 40 and 80 even big diameter.

[@tuannguyen-ly7xu]

WOW! it's simple and brilliant!!!! Thanks a lot. Happy Holidays

[@1uncheels]

Can you fill the pipe with boiling water and cap both ends? Will this have and effect somewhere between the steam and sand method?

[@bilhenrywalker6841]

I need to bend 6" PVC tube in into various shapes for a new series of sculptures I am planning. Any advice for me?

[@robertmontefusco5885]

Do you know of a way to make rigid pvc connections when there is no room to bend or flex? Sometimes I also need to make multiple connections at the same time. I might be able to get 2 done but not 3 due to inflexibility and short time span for solvent to set. Is there an actual training video on how to do this?

[@robertoromero2052]

Good presentation, very helpful.

[@bewell4743]

⚘ for all the wonderful wives out there that put up with their man in their kitchen. 😉👍🏻

[@kkovler1]

Had no idea you could do that to make a bend in pvc pipe! Once again a good video.

[@WordofAdviceTV]

Thank you! Yeah, it's pretty cool to see how flexible those pipes get!

[@everettpresson9277]

Will this work on a 2 in pipe.

[@Azninjazn]

does the type of sand matter?

[@ecomamaadmin3328]

Does the cap also get warped ... with the ability to work as a cap with its new shape?

[@brudo5056]

About the sandmethod: For a small project I first pored the sand in the pipe to have the right volume and then I pored the sand out of the pipe in some cleaned cans that I then heated. The cans were manipulated with a grab plier. The advantage of using these cans was a more secure poring into the tube… Anyway your sandpan also works 😀

[@beneg417]

This is so cool!!

[@antoniogalluccio4213]

Is it good for waste water instead of fittings?

[@kamilkarbari4906]

Superb idea👌

[@lifehacksmalayalam7321]

Will the sand stick on the inner walls of the pvc plz do replay

[@JaspalSingh-gk8wy]

Very good idea

[@aiwditbh]

Does sand fill allow creating tighter radius without kinking, compared to steam?

[@WordofAdviceTV]

Yes. That's the cool thing about sand, it prevents kinking.

[@Quentyn73]

For potable water connections you can use salt instead of sand

[@WordofAdviceTV]

Never tried using salt, thank you for the suggestion!

[@fulljoy4me]

I needed to take some of the bend out of a 90deg ELEC sched 40 (gray) elbow. I put on a pair of cheap flannel gloves and held it over sweetie's kitchen electric stove. rotating it several times without touching the stove top. It took about 90 seconds and didn't return to its original shape. I'm 80 yrs old, lazy and impatient. lol. Kentucky USA

[@classic287]

Why does the Swedish navy have barcodes on their ships? So when they come to port, they can Scandinavian.....

[@WordofAdviceTV]

Lol, thank you for the joke Mr. Classic! :)

[@Jimjolnir]

xD I love it.

[@wertiaaudit5746]

Scan the navy in

[@richardprather2900]

Could you use hot water instead of sand??

[@davcot3675]

Have u tried this with grey PVC conduit? Is it the same as this white plumbing PVC

[@WordofAdviceTV]

I have not tried it myself but have seen others do it and it works the same.

[@bidyutroy7814]

Excellent Idea.

[@erichin888]

can i use hair blower to heat up the part that i wanted to bend ?

[@waynewatson-cedarbranchhiv8491]

A big torch, like a weed burner torch works the best . Just have to move fast so not to scorch. An handy to have a sprayer with water to cool off quickly once you aquire the shape / bend you want. Have bent hundreds of thousands of pipe like that. 1/2" - 5" an grey electrical pipe bends better than white water pipe .

[@Bluedevil710]

I have a question I'm wanting to bend a 3" 5' pvc pipe and I capped both ends already is it dangerous for me to use a heat gun just enough for me to Bend it a few inches 😅 I'm thinking not and probably need to jist buy new pipes but hopefully not

[@strictlylaborhvac5141]

Well, 1 thing I'm not suprised about. Another Great Video.. 👍

[@khaledbenaida3532]

CAN I experiment with copper pipes instead ?

[@QsdrMasder]

هل تنفع طريقة البخار الساخن مع cpvc

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

With the steam method I had a thought, you could use a wallpaper stripper to heat up the pipe and that way you can have the pipe on your bending rack while it's still full of steam.

[@vnesmuonnam]

will heat gun work?

[@asifahussain6959]

What size pipe have you used here?

[@mckenziekeith7434]

Did you ever try hot oil? Seems like it might work. Anyway, great video.

[@kennypayton5103]

Use a propane torch. You need to keep moving it back and forth so you don't burn it. Done this a lot. Works great.

[@joefrancise2380]

First step is very easy thank u

[@JoanNicolaïJonic]

I like the tip! I'm gonna build a Didgeridoo with PVC pipe an have to make a few bends in the pipe. You mentioned the sand was about 400 degrees. Is that in Fahrenheit or Celcius? We use Celcius overhere 🙂 Thanks!

[@WordofAdviceTV]

That was in Fahrenheit. 🙂

[@LAHover]

Thank you! this is going to help me big time! :D

[@ရွှေဇီးကွက်-မ၇ပ]

Thanks you ❤

[@asifshafi65]

Very good

[@asifahussain6959]

Hi, I accidentally bought this pipe PVC 12MM x 3M IPS SERIES 200 PIPE (1/2 inchesx10 ft) rigid. I already cut it into two pieces 5.5' and 4.5'. I need to shape them in an arch so I can tie them together to make a moon shape. Will your hot sand approach work on this material? Also how long do I bake the sand for at 450 Fahrenheit? Thank you for your help.

[@workinprogress4579]

Do you think the customer would mind much if I fire up their cooktop with a skillet full of sand? lol Neat stuff

[@woifmachatch2101]

Im about to try the sand method on a short one inch pvc pipe, I wonder if itwill work 😂😃👍

[@oommdtube]

Your the bomb my friend !!!!!

[@RafaAelM]

Just tried the vapor method with a 2" pipe and it worked but it cooled down really quickly

[@brendelporter3575]

87 The numbers are inverted… finally my dyslexia came up useful! The sand looks like the best option…