Re: [Peugeot-L] Paint a Pug?

On 8/22/05, David A. Hueppchen <ojrallye@excel.net> wrote:

> In the early 80s??, they told us it was ok to use a good dual filter
> respirator with new filters (or maybe X times if stored in a sealed bag??)
> to paint Centari with the hardener that contained iscyanates. They were
> wrong. Some painters from then have serious brain or respiratory problems,
> some are dead and some haven't found out about the cumulative effects.
> 3m has a respirator now some say is ok to use with iso s. I read what 3m
> says about it and bought a full hood fresh air system.

What I had read when I was looking for information on appropriate measures to take with the rattle can plastic paint was that isocyanates were primarily dangerous because they were odorless. With the half-mask system, you only know that the nasty organic funk filters are no longer working when you start to smell stuff. The particulate filters clog up and it becomes difficult to breathe. This means that you are given no indication of when the filters are no longer doing a good job of removing the isocyanates from the airstream.

With all of this, I had assumed that long sleeve clothing and appropriate gloves (I like the nitrile ones) were just common sense when working with a lot of these chemicals.

-- 
alex


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