"SonomaProducts.com" wrote in message
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What eye safety do you use?
What lung safety do you use?

I think it is really a bigger question. I hate to admit it but I
have
just never fully solved this issue. I always wear hearing
protection,
usually ear muffs. I mostly ware lung protection but for years I
have
just used crappy cloth dusk masks from HF or HD. I always fog up my
eye protection so it is always the first to go. Unless I have my
face
in router spew, I usually just have lung and eye protection.

I probably need an actual respirator that seals better and won't fog
my safety specs. Just looking for your input.

Sometime ago I saw a chart, perhaps in Popular Science or Mechanics,
which gave the dB output
of common power tools and appliances. The most startling recollection
was how many machines
advised the user to wear both ear plugs and ear muffs in conjunction
for maximum protection. Considering
how permanent damage done to the ears is, this seemed an adoptable
precaution.

Everybody complains how quickly face shields tend toward the opaque
with any use. Better that than
the eyes. There is a face shield for acids made which gives the wearer
the appearance of a lucite flying
nun going backwards. But for ricochets and the unanticipated, it
soars.

When a unanimous declaration names goggles that won't fog, the line
will lengthen by me. On some occasions
I use goggles that take a replaceable screen insert (intended for
loggers) over a pair of safety glasses.
The screens permit air flow; the glasses stay clear and sustain few
scratches.

Paper filter masks always imperfectly bring to mind Dumbo's feather.
What they protect is a foolhardy notion
of false economy. An MSA twin cartridge safety mask is super but
facial hair doesn't benefit any seal. People
who don't use them always open up with "Isn't that hot?" or "What
about all that uncomfortable weight on
your face?" Along that line of reasoning, shoes wouldn't appear
attractive. But with 10 minutes of actually
doing something wearing a mask, the novelty--and any discomfort
initially felt--is a forgotten memory. By the
way, there is a selection of cartridges for different airborne
compounds available from MSA to fit your circumstances.

Another caveat from experience has to do with solvents soaked into
your clothing. After seeing someone having
a flood of gas drenching his unmentionables, you don't want to hear
the results of not changing yourself pronto
if that happens to you.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey