Hi Alistair, thanks for the update.  Yeah, if the plastic is very brittle, then a groove might just create a failure point.

DMc

---- Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> I posted a subsequent update on this dave, the plastic does soften
> with PVC primer, so it is indeed PVC or related plastic.
>
> But its very brittle, prob. from age.
>
> alistair
>
> On 28-Jun-10, at 7:19 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>
> ---- Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
> > are you sure its PVC? mine sure doesn't look like it. I could try
> > some PVC cement and see if it melts it.
> >
> > I am loathe to cut into the spout. Considering how brittle the part
> > that broke off was, I don't want to weaken the structure at all.
> >
> > alistair
>
> Looked like it to me, but I'm not an expert on plastics.
>
> David McNeely
>

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