On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 05:54:42 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Can anyone suggest a respirator other than the expensive powered hoods
that will permit me to wear my tri-focals (yes, yes, I'm well down the
road) without them riding so high that I'm looking through the wrong
lens?

Thanks very much.

Tim

I guess it depends on your definition of "respirator", Tim...

For REAL protection, the face plate/helmet type are probably it for glass
wearers, IMO..

Since I know that I won't wear it, and even hate to wear a normal respirator, I
gave up and just went for the "dust mask" kind..
Disregarding all the safety things that I know and going to the nitty-gritty (no
pun intended), I figure that wearing a dust mask sometimes is more protection
that not wearing anything...

In my case, I wear safety glasses and have a beard, so the only one that works
for me is the Dust-bee-gone mask..
I still don't wear it often enough, but when I do, it's comfortable, doesn't
mess with or fog up my glasses, and is washable.. YMWV

BTW: I have 2 very good respirators that are protecting a drawer from fine
dust...


mac

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