[TheForge] The Beard vs. the Respirator

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Allright , peach flavor jello, double strength...pf

Bruce Freeman wrote:
> 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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