[TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 74, Issue 17

[dan tull]

Causes dain bramage!!

I used to wipe down whole bldg w/ acetone, etc. for painting w/o gloves.
And look what it got me!!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Husvar" <jhusvar at sbcglobal.net>
To: "theforge ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 8:15 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 74, Issue 17

> So _that's_ what happened to me! Now I know why I'm so craaaaazy, crazy
> enough to be a smith anyway! :)
>
> When I worked in the overhead crane factory and for a crane service 
> company
> we used Xylol (trade name for xylene) for parts cleaning and darn near
> everything else as a solvent, thinner and so on; no wimpy gloves, suits,
> respirators, etc.:)
>
> Hell, it was also a factory joke to tell a guy to be careful using MEK to
> degrease gearboxes etc. and laugh at him when he passed out if he didn't 
> pay
> attention. (Losing consciousness without warning is a known hazard of 
> MEK.)
>
> It's a wonder I've lived _this_ long. I've provably (not probably) been
> exposed to nearly every industrial chemical and hazardous material there 
> is
> and with little or no protective gear. I'd bet there isn't one plant I did
> repairs in that wasn't loaded with asbestos. It was the industry standard
> insulation back in the day.
>
>
>.