Tuesday, October 14, 2008

I'm restoring a fiberglass boat....

...and am severely allergic to fiberglass. WTF :/

Well, severe might be the wrong word as it isn't affecting my eyes, etc. But it does seem to get worse with every exposure.

Researching...

Fiberglass MSDS

Epoxy MSDS

Acetone MSDS

2 comments:

Travis and Maggie said...

That is a bummer! I'm sure you're tried the "space suits" that covers you just about everywhere that the respirator won't?
Thanks for your comments on our fun weekend. We built the kayak from a book, and it was extremely frustrating, but paid off in the end!

forcetenhurricane said...

Hey, thanks guys! The Tyvek suit is helping. I also started taping my sleeves up, then taping gloves to sleeves, then taping tyvek suit to gloves, so that I can have several tape failures and still stay somewhat protected. :D Seems to be helping as right now I'm hive free...and I spent a big chunk of time this weekend grinding out the epoxy fiasco so I was most definitely exposed to some fiberglass.

Cheers!
Karen