>Last year when I epoxy painted my garage floor, the cartridge filtered
>mask I used completely eliminated any taste in the air I breathed.
>Nevertheless, when I was done other exposed skin on my face felt very
>dry and almost burned. So while I saved my lungs, I don't know what I
>absorbed through the skin. Could Mike be looking for something more
>complete than a respirator?
>
Geez, I just started typing and kept going. Sorry its long...
Actually I am not sure what I am looking for. As a young fool, I worked
with Tri-chlorethane on a daily basis for 4 years, sticking my hands in it,
breathing it, etc. Then I went and became a cabinet maker for almost 10
years and breathed sawdust every day, I decided to stop when I ended up in
the hospital and barely able to breathe on my own. That was now 15 years
ago and I am ok but its obvious when I try to exercise that my lungs are
damaged, I cant take a full deep breath without coughing. For normal daily
activity I am fine. I now write bugs for a living, ( I have to get the
car finished before the year 2000 bug is solved, the guy who wrote that one
was a genius ), and I get out in the garage 2 or 3 nights a week and
weekends. When I do a lot of woodworking or painting or whatever else is
bad for you in the garage, I end up feeling miserable for a few days and
coughing like crazy. So thats all I am trying to avoid, I just want
something to clean up the air that I breathe when I play in the garage.
A friend has a small box with filters and a fan that hangs on his belt
with hoses going to a mask, that works GREAT for filtering solid materials
like sawdust, glass bead dust and I think I will get one if I can find one.
He can't remember where he got it. I was thinking of something that would
work for fumes also, but solids is my first priority. I think for fumes
you would have to have that box outside in clean air and then a long hose
to get in the way of everything you do in the garage, I don't think that
would be good.
And yes, I should stop playing in the garage, but I am a very weird
person who believes one should live his life and not die wishing he had had
a life. So I will be more careful and I plan some things better, like
instead of painting small parts one a day, I wait and do them all on the
weekend, my thinking is I get less fumes and bad stuff when done once a
week than I would everyday. Ok, so maybe I am wrong at least I am trying
to be careful, I already promised my daughter I would babysit my grandkids
when she has some kids so I have to stick around many more years.
mike
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