[TheForge] Clothing for wear while forging

[Jerry Frost]

I've gotta differ with you on this George.

Nomex melts at just a littler higher temp then polyester, nylon, etc. Being
flame resistant and a good insulator doesn't make it the least resistant
when coming in contact with hot material, even burning wood.

It's a logical thought though, had it myself a few years back when a bunch
of nomex coveralls showed up at surplus. A bunch of them were obviously
melted though, so I called at the local fire house suppliers and asked. I
don't recall the temp they said nomex melts but it was somewhere in the 500f
area compared to around 375f for nylon and 425f for polyester. The bubbly
deepfry your flesh temp, not simple melting temp.

Don't see why a borax wash wouldn't make cotton more fire resistant. Falls
into the "can't hurt, might help" catagory.

I wear: lace up boots, cotton, wool and leather if I'm not in bare skin. Hot
skips off sweaty skin.

And yes, I'm not only highly resistant to handling hot materials, having hot
slag or welding spatter burning into my skin and burns in general but I'm
also far more sensitive to differing temperatures than not hot workers. I
also don't get too excited if my jeans, shirt sleeves, etc. catch fire
though I've had friends beat the shit out of me trying to "save" me. <grin>

Love to cook too. Go VIKING!

(rangetop that is. <grin>)

Frosty
------------------------
If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


----- Original Message -----
From: "George Pacheco" <macp_98@yahoo.com>
To: <theforge@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 6:05 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Clothing for wear while forging



> If you truely feel the need for fire retardent clothing, get yourself some
Nomex duds.
>
> George
>
>