RE: [Peugeot-L] Paint a Pug?

I hate to think of all the props and models I painted at work with the urethanes.and only a dual element cartridge mask and a walk in paint booth with filtered power blower and roof vent, wearing latex gloves and cotton coveralls. Spooky. I'm crossing my fingers. Some of the stuff probably got through the filters and was sucked back in through the open roll up doors at the end of the shop. Better buy some life insurance and name my three year old as beneficiary.  

I think I'll stick to that old fashioned organic solvent based pre-mixed white furniture lacquer for my wagon. At least I can afford that. I'll add some yellow and black to try and get close to the aged Peugeot white it has now, lay on a bunch of light coats, wet sanding between, then a full wet coat, and then a couple of weeks later power buff and call it good enough. After it cures I'll wax it.

~mikey  

From: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Zepeda
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 7:17 PM
To: peugeot-l@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Peugeot-L] Paint a Pug?  

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

> I didn't realize there were polyureathanes or epoxies in rattle cans with
> iso hardeners.

No, but I was doing some general reading up on paint and such. I made the mistake of applying some liquid electrical tape with poor ventilation once. That's all it took for me. That stuff is really foul.

Between the cigarettes and occasional nasty automotive chemicals, I wonder just how much damage I've already done.

A few other OSHA type links turned up that, yes, isocyanates are bad for your skin (I hope this doesn't actually come as a surprise to anyone). Nothing I've read suggests that anything more than skin irritation should occur from skin exposure to isocyanates, however I think that's quite naive.

Of course, with paint and most of these other nasty organic funk, it's not just isocyanates that you want to watch out for.

<http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/isocyanates/>
<http://www.tc.gc.ca/canutec/en/articles/documents/isocy.htm>
<http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Filtering_out_isocyanates.html>

So I guess some are aromatic, and some are not.

The lesson here is that safety is cheap, compared to a lifetime of damage.

-- 
alex




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