Safety first

Post by **Stikpusher** » Wed Nov 04, 2015 6:46 pm

Riding in the back of a pick up truck... Check
Uses enamel paints... Check

CallSignOWL · Post by **CallSignOWL** » Wed Nov 04, 2015 8:34 pm

Stikpusher wrote:Nothing... I have made it to this point with nothing worse than the occasional xacto cut or super glued together fingers... Why change now

Post by **Stikpusher** » Wed Nov 04, 2015 9:06 pm

And if I'm feeling really reckless, I'll have a drink as I model...

BlackSheep214 · Post by **BlackSheep214** » Wed Nov 04, 2015 9:51 pm

Noticed our European friends across this great big pond are more hobby safety oriented than us Americans? LOL! Not that it's a bad thing.... :dancing:

Post by **Stikpusher** » Thu Nov 05, 2015 12:03 am

Perhaps it has to do with their having more environmental awareness there. From my times in Germany I remember that recyclables were divided into multiple separate catatgories and appropriate bins. Very orderly.
I will confess to putting on a bandana as a dust mask when I use my Dremel with resin due to the dust that throws off. But no such clouds are created hand sanding so I don't bother.

BorgR3mc0 · Post by **BorgR3mc0** » Thu Nov 05, 2015 12:59 am

BlackSheep214 wrote:Yup... We're rebels in this hobby when it comes to safety. Kinda like drinking water from a garden hose and riding a bike without a helmet when we were kids. We bad to the bone!!!

Hold your horses! Riding a bike without a helmet is still the national standard in the Netherlands. Especially when grown up. If you see an adult with a helmet on riding a normal bike (not a race model) you know he is foreign.

Take a look at this video from 4:00

http://youtu.be/Il1IGKaol_M

As for environmental, yes that is typical stuff. We separate compostables, paper, plastic, glass and cans.

tigrazor · Post by **tigrazor** » Thu Nov 05, 2015 4:46 am

BlackSheep214 wrote:Noticed our European friends across this great big pond are more hobby safety oriented than us Americans? LOL! Not that it's a bad thing....

Of course. Ive seen - for example - an F-150 truck with a full oad of gas bottles on the back. And the armatures were screwed on! I wondered if he wanted to make a hollywood movie or needed some extra throttle?

lawman56 · Post by **lawman56** » Thu Nov 05, 2015 6:43 am

The only "safety" item I use, is latex gloves when airbrushing. Actually, I only use them because I have a habit of painting my hands as well as my subject.

Otherwise, I try not to eat resin dust, glue my eyes shut, or stick myself in the leg when my Xacto rolls away (again)

Tojo72 · Post by **Tojo72** » Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:03 am

Not much PPE myself,I will use my 3M respirator when I spray enamel primer or paints,or lacquer.Also disposable gloves when I spray sometimes.But I probably should protect my eyes.

CallSignOWL · Post by **CallSignOWL** » Thu Nov 05, 2015 11:04 am

If im using smely things, I turn on my fan....thats about it!

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