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Always have good ventilation when working with chemicals. If you don't, you may get high, but shortly later DIE!
ALWAYS wear googles when using a saw or drill. Not only do they protect your eyes, but I also read somewhere that they protect your hearing. I feel that is true from my own expirience.
When cutting wood, make sure that you fasten it down so it is stable and does not go flying.
And always take the ground off the battery when doing ANYTHING with the electrical system.
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Posts: 305 | From: Brooklyn, New York, USA | Registered: Aug 1999
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I cant stress how important ventalation is. My parents werent particularly happy when i walked in outa the closed garage literaly high off of fiberglass resin. Opening the garage, works great. But to have the most effective ventalation would be to have cross ventalation, so the air is drawn across the work space. Also, when sanding fiberglass, be sure to wear a dust mask that is rated for use with fiberglass. Saves your lungs. Its also good to use one when sanding bondo too. Some of you may do your own painting. Cross ventalation, and a RESPERATOR with an organic/acidic gas/vapor cartrage is a must. Those dust masks that you wear for sanding dont cut it because the vapors from the spray are toxic, as is the overspray mist. I cannot stress how important it is to wear the proper resperator when painting. My lungs are permently damaged because i was stupid in autobody class 2 years ago and didnt turn on the paint booth vent fan. The mist from the primer clogged the hairs in my lungs and its hard to breath now.
Posts: 223 | From: Boise, ID, USA | Registered: Jul 1999
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Excellent points on the respirator. I find that if I don't wear some sort of protection when cutting MDF, the sawdust (powder) is in my sinuses for seemingly days afterward. It's worth buying a good respirator. Those flimsy paper things are useless! At any rate, wood dust can not be good for you! Especially with all the glue used in MDF.
Posts: 490 | From: Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada | Registered: May 1999
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Also, when you're screwing two pieces of wood together, first, pre-drill the holes and second, don't keep your off hand in an area where it could get jabbed with the screwdriver bit in your power drill in case you slip. Just speaking from experience and have two scars (enter and exit wounds) from this particular incidence.
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Posts: 169 | From: Hicksville, IL | Registered: May 1999
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OK this one is for you Installers, and Home Installers. Who has the following safety equipment as mentioned above, including; First Aid Kit (as required by Labour Law), Eye wash station, safety gloves, Fender apron, Steel toed work shoes, Goggles, Other employees in the immediate area(just in case). Who allows customers in their installation bays?
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Posts: 1057 | From: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 'eh | Registered: May 1999
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Well the way some of the Circuit Citys are set up there are customers in the install bays. Not that they do alot of MDF cutting or glassing. But they customers do have access to the bay area.
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