respirators

[Russ Spence]

do you use them

 

[Russ Spence]

i use mine when applying sodium hypoclorite & acids

 

[EnviroClean]

I have been working at Hazardous clean up sites for years and lived in a respirator in Desert Storm and I guess I have became too lax during PWing.

I and everyone else should be more disciplined in using the darn thing, it's the long term exposure that will do us in.

By the way isn't this post from quite a while ago???

 

[Russ Spence]

Hold You R Breath,squint ....run Over Here And Breathe.....go Back

 

[EnviroClean]

That's the shuffle that far too many of us do, if you wear it all the time you probably work for someone else.

 

[Russ Spence]

i will tell you this when you start to devolip breathing problems it will make you think .....whenever i am using some sort of chlorine based product i always wear mine now...it does take some getting used to but so does not being able to breathe

 

[Paul Kassander]

Do you use a chepo one or do you get thegood ones with the screw on filters?

 

[Russ Spence]

screw on filter type ...... no need to even try anything else

 

[Paul Kassander]

Russ,
You deal with mostly bleaches and stuff right. How long does a filter last you.

 

[Russ Spence]

i change both filters about every two or three weeks

 

[Apple Roof Cleaning]

i will tell you this when you start to devolip breathing problems it will make you think .....whenever i am using some sort of chlorine based product i always wear mine now...it does take some getting used to but so does not being able to breathe

I was born very healthy Russ, but now I wheeze, from NOT using a respirator.
Strangely enough, it was a pool cage that got me.
I haven't been the same since.

It started to rain, and the Realtor was insistent we finish.
The wet screens kept the Chlorine Gas in, and fried my lungs.
That day, I left my respirator in one of our other trucks!

NEVER AGAIN, but it's too late for me, my lungs have been permanately compromised.

LEARN from my mistakes guy's, and WEAR one.

ANd, like Russ says, get a screw on one, and change it every so often.

Chris

 

[Russ Spence]

i keep a dozen extras in the truck all the time

 

[Pure-Pressure]

Do you have an exact type or model you recommend? What are the differences? Will the one for painting work?

 

[Russ Spence]

i do but they are in the truck at the shop i will post it for you tomorrow but you can pick one up at home depot for like 40.00 ,make shure you get the one that says "clorine"

 

[taselton2]

I use mine some in the summer, but I need to use it all the time. Screened porches and pool cages will get ya.

 

[Kory]

I used one today for the first time I feel much better from it.Im not as dehidrated or breathing heavy. Im a believer! (Now if only I could spell.)

 

[Russ Spence]

spelling will get better the more you wear the mask

 

[Pure-Pressure]

I have been wearing my mask for the past several roof washings.
WOW what a difference. I no longer cough for 3 days afterwards. I where it for spraying it on, and take it off while I rinse. I definitely recommend wearing one. Best 40 bucks I spent.

 

[Russ Spence]

in the heat of the summer i found that it is more toxic when rinsing due to the heat activating the chem and the chlorine gasses rising

 

[Revive]

Idiot should know better

I didn't wear one all the time 20 years ago when I was spraying furniture, and I haven't been wearing one in this business either. Last Friday while I was doing an efflo clean I got a bad wiff. Now I have a cough that won't go away.
I won't be doing that again. Lesson learned. Acid/Acid/Acid..........Time to go by some proper filtered masks.