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Re: Strip: Full face respirator
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 1/22/2015, 7:56 pm
In Response To: Strip: Full face respirator (Randy)

I give up, I cannot sand epoxy without getting 3 days worth of bloodshot, burning, totally uncomfortable eyes. What do you gentlemen wear?

Randy-
It sounds like you have gotten sensitized to epoxy. This is nothing to take lightly - an acquaintance who was building a 50 ft sailboat got to the point that he couldn't even go into the building where his boat project was located without having his eyes swell shut.

I have a HobbyAir fresh air supply system that I wear with a hood when I take my projects up to a friend's spray booth for painting. It's a positive fresh air supply system and works well....you get used to pulling the hose around behind you (the hose clips to a swivel on a waist belt). If I develop an allergy to epoxy, I'll wear the fresh air supply...or quit using epoxy.

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Randy -- 1/22/2015, 5:06 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 1/22/2015, 5:26 pm
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Paul -- 1/22/2015, 7:14 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/22/2015, 7:56 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/22/2015, 8:24 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/22/2015, 9:17 pm
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howard -- 1/22/2015, 9:12 pm
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Bob Ten Eyck -- 1/22/2015, 10:02 pm
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howard -- 1/22/2015, 10:51 pm
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Randy -- 1/23/2015, 10:45 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/23/2015, 11:17 am
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george jung -- 1/23/2015, 11:53 am
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Paul -- 1/23/2015, 1:38 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/24/2015, 7:33 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/23/2015, 2:55 pm
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Jay Babina -- 1/23/2015, 3:41 pm
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rich -- 1/24/2015, 9:02 am
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wanderfalk -- 1/26/2015, 12:11 am
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Randy -- 1/26/2015, 8:42 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/27/2015, 12:11 am
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Randy -- 1/27/2015, 8:44 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/28/2015, 12:57 am
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Randy -- 2/8/2015, 8:02 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/9/2015, 1:01 am
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Howie -- 2/9/2015, 4:50 pm
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Rich -- 2/11/2015, 10:15 am
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John Kroeze -- 2/11/2015, 4:13 pm