PVC is chemically resistant to acids, salts, bases, fats, and alcohols, making it resistant to the corrosive effects of sewage,which is why it is so extensively utilized in sewer piping systems. It is also resistant to some solvents, this, however, isreserved mainly for u PVC (unplasticized PVC). Plasticized PVC, also known as PVC-P, is in some cases less resistant to solvents.For example, PVC is resistant to fuel and some paint thinners. Some solvents may only swell it or deform it but not dissolve it,but some, like tetrahydrofuran or acetone, may damage it.