[TheForge] The Beard vs. the Respirator

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What does Kentucky have to do with it?   ;-)

---- "David E. Smucker" <davesmucker at hotmail.com> wrote: 
> Can anyone say KY
> 


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bruce Freeman" <freemab222 at yahoo.com>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 12:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] The Beard vs. the Respirator
> 
> 
> > Y'know, guys, there's an entrepreneurial opportunity
> > here.  Come up with some thick, water-soluble gunk
> > that can be smeared on the (wide) rim of a respirator,
> > and which WILL seal around beard hairs.  I'm thinking
> > something like a gel with microfibers in it for
> > stiffness and thickness.  Make it some color that
> > doesn't look like snot.  There's no reason in
> > principal this  wouldn't work.  It's just a matter of
> > working out the bugs.  Might even encourage some folks
> > to wash their faces more than once a year...
> >
> > Bruce
> > NJ
> >
> > --- Larry Brown <lp.brown at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Remember if you are not wearing a mask of any sort
> >> now, one that allows the
> >> beard to filter the leaking air is still an
> >> improvement. I find that I use
> >> the 3M masks pulled tight top and bottom and I get
> >> very little leakage. It
> >> works MUCH better than none at all for welding fumes
> >> and grinding. I have a
> >> rubber mask that I use for the little spray painting
> >> I do and I get very
> >> little smell. I really like not shaving
> >> L Brown
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> >From: "Mark Novak" <mark at fireworkspdx.com>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>I need to ask this question before I shave. I wear
> >> a respirator when  I'm
> >> >>grinding, so as to minimize the amount of metal
> >> dust I inhale,  but I
> >> >>have a beard that interferes with the
> >> effectiveness of the  mask. The guy
> >> >>at my local Safety Store told me in no uncertain
> >> terms,  "If you don't
> >> >>shave the beard off, the mask will never work
> >> properly," which is what I
> >> >>was noticing while wearing it. He told me  that
> >> there is no respirator
> >> >>that works on guys with beards... they  all need
> >> skin contact.
> >> >>
> >> >>Does anyone out there have a beard and wear a
> >> respirator
> >> >>effectively?  And if so, how did you do it? Did
> >> you fill your beard with
> >> >>vaseline?  Did you shave a silly looking thin line
> >> wear the mask can rest
> >> >>on  your skin?
> >> >>
> >> >>Mark Novak
> >>
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