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68protouring454 · #1 01-11-2009, 08:38 PM

just have good crossflow air movement and a regular approved paint mask and you will be good to go. also everyone has different iso tolerance. but you will never have issues if you have air movement thru the shop

67rstbkt · #2 01-11-2009, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by 68protouring454

just have good crossflow air movement and a regular approved paint mask and you will be good to go. also everyone has different iso tolerance. but you will never have issues if you have air movement thru the shop

That's what I've been doing, I was just starting to get concerned the more I read about isocyanates.

rubadub · #3 01-11-2009, 10:30 PM

Heres a thread about supplied air with some pictures and good information.
http://www.chevelles.com/forums/show...s+supplied+air

Rob

David Pozzi · #4 01-11-2009, 10:36 PM

I think Jake's right, proper ventilation is important. Maybe you could rent a booth to do the final coat, you'd get a much better job with proper air flow and lighting. Your respirator must fit correctly as well. Spray companies in California by law must send employees to a doctor to have the respirator fitted! There are several different respiratiors to fit different face shapes. The main thing is to use fresh activated charcoal filters.
David

elitecustombody · #5 01-11-2009, 11:02 PM

I bought one of those $500 units about 8 years ago, it's more of PITA than anything, getting tangled in hoses is not fun, so I just use 3M or Gerson respirators

rubadub · #6 01-11-2009, 11:26 PM

I use mine for everything, grinding, painting, welding, bead and sand blasting, even vaccuming the garage out. The more you use it the easier it gets, it was about $1000.

The last job I worked at I had to wear a lot of different respirators, I'll take the supplied air any day over a respirator.

The thing about a respirator is you need some training on how to get a decent fit and also trained on how to wear it in a working environment, theres more to this respirator business then buying one over the counter and wearing it.

They don't make a negative pressure respirator that will protect from silica sand and some paints.

Eighteen years off an on wearing respirators, no thanks, supplied air paper type hood, I love it.

When I work on this restoration I work clean.

when we did welding and grinding we would take hi and low volume air samples, then send it into chemistry, if you ever saw a printout of what you were breathing, its a real eye opener.

Rob

JRouche · #7 01-13-2009, 10:06 PM

I bought a fresh air pump and hood to shoot some ISOs. I needed to tye wrap the hose to the hood to keep it from moving around. I have a 75 foot hose. Hang it way out there. But Im doing stuff in my garage with a half baked fan and plastic "booth". With a real booth a regular respirator would be fine. Unless yer happen to be one of the folks who are sensitive to ISOs, then it only takes one exposure. Dont forget about the eyes and ears, it attacks all the membranes. JR

67rstbkt · #8 01-14-2009, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by JRouche

I bought a fresh air pump and hood to shoot some ISOs. I needed to tye wrap the hose to the hood to keep it from moving around. I have a 75 foot hose. Hang it way out there. But Im doing stuff in my garage with a half baked fan and plastic "booth". With a real booth a regular respirator would be fine. Unless yer happen to be one of the folks who are sensitive to ISOs, then it only takes one exposure. Dont forget about the eyes and ears, it attacks all the membranes. JR

I'm doing this in the garage, I've painted three cars and numerous parts over the past several years using a standard respirator; so I guess I'm not sensitized to iso's. I never intended to paint this much, but, I am. That's why I'm thinking I should get one of these fresh air systems before my next paint project.

drpd66 · #9 01-16-2009, 09:05 AM

this is a little off topic but i worked at a body shop for about a year and a half . I was painting a car and i got serious over spray blowback in my eyes i was wearing a respirator but only glasses over my eyes. After that day i was getting serious eye infections kind of like pink eye but much worse. Towards the end of my auto body career i was in and out of the eye doctors weekly. When i left i tried collecting unemployment and the shops been fighting my claim ever since..... has anyone ever heard of a case like this??