[TheForge] beards and masks

[Aaron Williams]

Lee,

I do many things one of them being  Scuba diving and most of the time I have
a beard.  The secret is this... Vaseline.  What you do is rub Vaseline on
the areas of your beard that come in to contact with the mask this alows for
an air tight seal.  Be generous don't skimp, and be warned, it is messy, but
it does work.

Aaron

Aaron R. Williams
Dragon's Breath Forge
1121 Bohmen Ave.
Pueblo, CO. 81006
719-406-6063

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "lee robbins" <naturadoc1 at yahoo.com>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 12:29 PM
Subject: [TheForge] beards and masks


>
> 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
>
> Mark,
> my first consciousness of self contained breathing
> apparatus came when they insisted on wearing TB masks
> in hospital. THose with a beard were not permitted to
> use the masks since there was no way they could get
> the desired seal and they had to either shave or get a
> self contained breathing apparatus. If you have a
> small goatee you might be able to get a seal but a
> full beard cannot get a good seal for small
> particulates.
>
> Lee
>
>
>
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