[TheForge] Water on coal and should I soak my Head(or how dangerous is coal smoke)

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Good morning from Wannabe
             I finally  managed to get some coal from a smith in 
Lunenburg.He says its fron Penn. For a newbie and a first fire it was to 
easy.It fired up without to much ado and cokes up like nobodys 
business,almost like a miracle.And the really strange thing to me ,after 
reading up on forge fires for a year or so was the total lack of 
clinker.Mike Murphy has solved that with his mini novel on coal.My question 
to you is :I bought a tape on smithing from an Ontario smith and in the 
video i noticed he had a hack which he seemed to attribute to smithing 
without a lot of worry (smokers cough?).I seem to have read somewhere that 
coal smoke will turn to acid when moisture is introduced.Does this happen in 
ones lungs and HOW worried should i be about coal smoke???My forge once it 
gets going gives off no noticable smoke into the shop but i noticed a sore 
throat after a few forging sessions.Would appreciate any input and should i 
install an exhaust fan?
                                                                  Paddy P 
the wannabe

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