Thread: Your buffer will kill you.

So hand sanding would be safe with one of those white builder's dust mask type things? Have to confess I haven't been using one so far but you guys have made me think.

Alan, a "nuisance" dusk mask just won't do. You'll need something like this.

When using respirators you can either get particulate filters or gas filters.
Or combo filters that do both particulate and gas.
Some of the dust that comes off what I am working with can linger in the air like a gas because of so much poweder.
Examples would be half fossilised bog oak which is hard stuff but when you do cut it becomes superfine dust that gets everywhere. Another example would be me standing out in the garden with a diamond blade angle grinder chopping paving slabs in half, the end result of that is a cloud of smoke that looks exactly like mustard gas from ww1.

So in short im pretty sure the buffer when i get it working will have much the same effect. So im pretty sure particulate filters wont be enough and I think I will need to use gas/particulate combo to avoid contamination.

Thats the respirator im using at the moment, works very well and also provides face protection.
http://www.face-fit.co.uk/images/content/f-012890.jpg

Originally Posted by Whiggamore

Alan, a "nuisance" dusk mask just won't do. You'll need something like this.

Good one. Thanks.

Originally Posted by GregJDS

When using respirators you can either get particulate filters or gas filters.
Or combo filters that do both particulate and gas.
Some of the dust that comes off what I am working with can linger in the air like a gas because of so much poweder.
Examples would be half fossilised bog oak which is hard stuff but when you do cut it becomes superfine dust that gets everywhere. Another example would be me standing out in the garden with a diamond blade angle grinder chopping paving slabs in half, the end result of that is a cloud of smoke that looks exactly like mustard gas from ww1.

So in short im pretty sure the buffer when i get it working will have much the same effect. So im pretty sure particulate filters wont be enough and I think I will need to use gas/particulate combo to avoid contamination.

Thats the respirator im using at the moment, works very well and also provides face protection.
http://www.face-fit.co.uk/images/content/f-012890.jpg

I think we've got something like the one in your picture from when we were stripping old paint. Would that be over the top for hand sanding?

Greg, that is not gas, that is dust. You don't need a gas filter, you need a particulate filter. A gas filter is unnecessary for grinding, sanding, or polishing operations. I like this one the most. Even that is over-kill.

If you're using chemicals in your shop, or heating up metals, or whatever, you'll need different protection. Check out 3M's website for more options.

All that ground up Double Arrow dust......


Well, I must just ad thaaaaaaaaaa..........


*thump*

I have a nice respirator, which I would use if I polished or on the rare occasions sanded. my biggest problem is figuring out how to get the respirator mated to my darth vader mask while retaining the voice change box.

"honey, what are you doing."

"haa,paa, buffing. the power of this rust is infinitesimal next to the power of the compound. haaa,paaa"

Red
ps
personally I believe the sound he makes is closer to a fa-pah, but I think ha-pah is more accepted.

Ok, so now I'm all worried. I have only done one razor restoration. I did all of the sanding of the blade outside by hand, how bad would that be?

Well I'm sticking to hand power instead of power tool. I've been looking at masks lately as my parents are close and have my grandfathers wood shop close by

It's in a steel "Barn" with huge roller doors at both ends. On side has a 6' (foot) fan on one side to pull air through the shop, nothing stays put that isn't nailed down.