Akwai manyan hanyoyi guda biyu don yin PVC: Hanyar calcium carbide da hanyar ethylene.
Hanyar sinadarai ta sinadari ce da ke amfani da sinadarin calcium carbide (calcium carbide) don samar da acetylene idan ta hadu da ruwa, sai ta hada acetylene da hydrogen chloride don samar da vinyl chloride monomer, sannan a yi polymerize vinyl chloride don samar da polyvinyl chloride. Hanyar ethylene ita ce cire ethylene daga man fetur, ba da damar chlorine ya amsa tare da ethylene don samar da vinyl chloride monomer, wanda aka sanya shi don samar da resin polyvinyl chloride.