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Thereof, can PVC glue be used on ABS pipe?
ABS to PVC cement is only meant to connect an ABS system to a PVC system. An example of this would be an ABS drain system inside of a home connecting to a PVC drain system just outside the building, or vice-versa. That's the only place that this cement is supposed to be used.
In respect to this, can you go from ABS to PVC?
It's possible to join ABS to PVC, but it's only supposed to be done with a mechanical coupling, not glued. Today, there are two commonly used plastics for drain, waste, and vent pipes inside of homes; ABS (black) and PVC (white, mostly).
We don't really call it glue, but solvent-cement. None of the plumbing cements are interchangeable, each one is specific for its pipe. Each pipe is joined with its own cement. One exception is transition cement, used to weld ABS pipe and PVC pipe together.