Respiratory Protection

[Hyperacme]

I have to do some fiberglass grinding ...
What mask/filter do I need ?


http://www.homedepot.com/Tools-Hardware-Workwear-Safety-Gear-Equipment-Safety-Gear-Respirators-Masks/h_d1/N-5yc1vZc25k/h_d2/Navigation?catalogId=10053&Nu=P_PARENT_ID&langId=-1&storeId=10051&currentPLP=true&omni=c_Respirators & Masks&searchNav=true

[Jerry]

The 20 for $20 will work fine for grinding.  When you get into painting you need something much better, and it will depend on what you're shooting. I would get that from your paint supplier.

[Hyperacme]

I won't be doing any painting ... I hope !
Thanks Jerry ...

[fireman24mn]

Just go buy one good one for 20 and use it for grinding and painting. The cheap paper ones are not the greatest.

[Jerry]

I got COPD from painting with a damn $20 mask. I don't wish that on anybody.  Here's a disposable 3M mask that's good for about 10 hours. Long enough to shoot something, them ya toss it. Your lungs arn't worth taking chances with.

[GIL_CV21]

For grinding use nothing less than this style . Whatever gets in your lungs goes to the grave with you . Any of those paper style masks are garbage .
http://www.homedepot.com/p/t/202078789?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&storeId=10051&N=5yc1vZc25k&R=202078789#.UW0vtqKG3Ss

[WetRaider]

Wow.  I didn't wear a mask at all when I did mine - just tried to stay upwind of the blower.

[fireman24mn]

For grinding use nothing less than this style . Whatever gets in your lungs goes to the grave with you . Any of those paper style masks are garbage .
http://www.homedepot.com/p/t/202078789?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&storeId=10051&N=5yc1vZc25k&R=202078789#.UW0vtqKG3Ss

This is what I always used when doing body work in a shop. Or just anything really dusty. You only get one set of lungs.

[Jerry]

WOW! 3M makes all kinds of respirators. That one is designed for tearing your house apart and has mold and lead protection. Defiantly not designed to stop the chemicals in today's automotive paints, so I wouldn't use it to paint. I guess you could use it to grind fiberglass, but after a couple hours you're more likely to chuck it in the corner than change the cartridges which is what you should do. The paper ones aren't the best, but will stop dust, and are light weight, so you're more likely to grab a new one and keep grinding. If you were doing this 8 hours a day 5 days a week, you would want something with an outside air source, but for us the paper  ones work fine.

[Rosscoe]

Some boats are moldly 

[Tonka Jim]

Some boats are moldly 

So are a few of our members   

[GIL_CV21]

WOW! 3M makes all kinds of respirators. That one is designed for tearing your house apart and has mold and lead protection. Defiantly not designed to stop the chemicals in today's automotive paints, so I wouldn't use it to paint. I guess you could use it to grind fiberglass, but after a couple hours you're more likely to chuck it in the corner than change the cartridges which is what you should do. The paper ones aren't the best, but will stop dust, and are light weight, so you're more likely to grab a new one and keep grinding. If you were doing this 8 hours a day 5 days a week, you would want something with an outside air source, but for us the paper  ones work fine.

The 3M with p100 dust filters are much safer than paper dust masks , if you don have a complete seal then you are breathing that stuff into your lungs , paper dust masks will never have a complete seal  , and no you cannot use them for painting you have to change the cartridge's to appropriate organic vapor cartridges . If you want to sand some clean wood  then use paper masks , polyester and glass fibers stay with you to the grave . I think the cost for a good air purifying respirator is a lot cheaper than trips to a respiratory doctor to get fitted for a O2 tank  , not sure the clear tube around the ears and nose look will ever be in style .

[Crebb]

I used a 3m particulate for grinding and an "organic vapor" for working with the resin and glass. Neither one cost more than 25 bucks and both are more comfortable than paper masks than dont work anyway.

[Jason]

WOW! 3M makes all kinds of respirators. That one is designed for tearing your house apart and has mold and lead protection. Defiantly not designed to stop the chemicals in today's automotive paints, so I wouldn't use it to paint. I guess you could use it to grind fiberglass, but after a couple hours you're more likely to chuck it in the corner than change the cartridges which is what you should do. The paper ones aren't the best, but will stop dust, and are light weight, so you're more likely to grab a new one and keep grinding. If you were doing this 8 hours a day 5 days a week, you would want something with an outside air source, but for us the paper  ones work fine.

The 3M with p100 dust filters are much safer than paper dust masks , if you don have a complete seal then you are breathing that stuff into your lungs , paper dust masks will never have a complete seal  , and no you cannot use them for painting you have to change the cartridge's to appropriate organic vapor cartridges . If you want to sand some clean wood  then use paper masks , polyester and glass fibers stay with you to the grave . I think the cost for a good air purifying respirator is a lot cheaper than trips to a respiratory doctor to get fitted for a O2 tank  , not sure the clear tube around the ears and nose look will ever be in style .

Thats what worries me too. I can never get those cheapy masks to "seal" to my face no matter how many different ways i bend that stupid nose piece! You can feel every time you breath the air going around the mask rather than through it.

[Hyperacme]

Tomas said this one will work ....  $20

[GIL_CV21]

Tomas said this one will work ....  $20

That one will work fine it is a combo unit with vapor cartridges and p95 particulate filters , you can take the white housing off and blow out the particulate filter after each use making it last a little longer .