Respirator / Mask

[Earl Weiss]

When dealing with solution that have unpleasant or irritating fumes what type of mask or respirator do you guys recommend?

 

[mjwalsh]

When dealing with solution that have unpleasant or irritating fumes what type of mask or respirator do you guys recommend?

Earl,

There is a supplier (Hagemeyer) here in town that specializes in safety. They set us up with mask that has replaceable cartridges & made sure we had the cartridges that met safety specifications for potentially dangerous fumes. I hope this helps ... I wish I could be more specific & detailed other than they were very fussy about how sealed the mask fit against a person's face.

Every once in awhile someone will be using their own unknown ??? spray in a self service bay for pre-treating their boat before washing. I remember being downwind of those sprays more than once ... & feeling an awful burning sensation when I accidentally breathed some in. So there can be more to it sometimes ... because we do not always have the luxury of putting on the protection first!

Mike Walsh www.kingkoin.com

 

[Randy]

Earl, There are many types of respirators for many different applications. Here’s a video series that might be of some interest. https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/respiratoryprotection/training_videos.html#video

 

[mjwalsh]

Earl, There are many types of respirators for many different applications. Here’s a video series that might be of some interest. https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/respiratoryprotection/training_videos.html#video

Here is a specific video from Randy's link that is probably the most pertinent to what Earl asked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Dovk_khLw

The MSDS sheets on whatever has something to do with the needed selection of the type of filters etc.

Mike Walsh www.kingkoin.com