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PVC is one of the most useful items you can have on hand, whether you’re a prepper or a homesteader or just someone with a house. PVC (short for polyvinyl chloride) is strong, durable, lightweight, and affordable. And it’s not just used for plumbing.
If you’re clever, you’ll be able to find lots of uses for PVC pipe. Sensible Prepper, a very clever guy, came up with 17 survival uses for it. Some of these might surprise you.
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Here’s his list:
- Make a survival cache.
- Gather wood.
- Make a PVC bow.
- Make a quiver.
- Make a weapon.
- Make a stake.
- Make a canteen.
- Make an ice pack.
- Carry water.
- Make a fishing kit.
- Make a fishing pole.
- Make a periscope.
- Make a storage container.
- Make a clamp.
- Gather/carry things.
- Make a PVC target stand.
- Make a blowgun.
Watch the video below to see these uses demonstrated.
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If you are using PVC pipe to store food products or water, Please use food grade PVC pipe, as regular PVC pipe may be made with toxic materials.
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I can most certainly use PVC pipes for my art.
I would need several very strong hacksaw blades though. Ha ha. But still…
Some very good ideas though. Most marauders would never think to look in some pipes scattered all over the place and some hidden in plain sight.
Stashing the proceeds of a robbery underground in a watertight insect-proof secluded spot .
make a 2 wheel cart to pull behind a bike.
You never know when you need a potato cannon. They can come in handy during a crisis.
Cotton wadding soaked in water or Vaseline with rocks (hobo birdshot)
Cotton wadding with nails, screws…
You can even make them into a napalm launcher. Cup of benzine, 1/2gallon of gas and styrofoam- home brew napalm. Use Vaseline to line the barrel, stuff the napalm in the tube and fire (the spark and flame in the combustion chamber will light the incendiary) Sticks to everything and burns for over 20 mins.
Good to keep those pesky looters at bay.
why the benzine?
Modern gasoline has a little in it already.
What about using Acetone in the mix?
uuummmmm – no video link
The video is embedded in the post, but if you want you can watch it on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/AUgLgrUvjYM
Very good ideas, useful bow or storage tubes. Never thought of sealing the thread end to keep out water always thought just place that end down. Still may seep though. Ammo and gun storage for whatever reason is what I have them for.
With the bigger pipes 2″ and up, it’s easy to find threaded fittings with an O-Ring already in place. Might not be at your local Home improvement store, but from plumbing supply houses.
PVC makes a good temporary frame for shelter or to hold bug netting off berry plants and their veggies. Can make a greenhouse out of pvc and plastic sheeting.
I love making things with PVC pipes
I made a sola light out of 3/4 PVC pipe it looks like a man holding a flag