Over the weekend I finally remembered to pickup some replacement filters for my respirator mask that I use when spray painting and using my air brush. This is what you get after a year of casual use, (I think you can tell which one is the new filter) rather alarming really to think all that gunge I would have inhaled. The picture doesn't do it Justus, I got a black finger from wiping it across the dirty filter.
I cant recommend using a mask enough, you just need to look at the filters. A huge $12 for the new filters, and about $60 for the mask originally. Money well spent I say.
I can here all those people out there saying $70, no way, think of all the models and toys you can get with that cash..
To that I say, I’ll be 90, half blind, unable to paint, in a wheel chair, sucking back baby food though a straw…BUT! I’ll still be roll dice and pushing toy solders around a table and you'll be dead.
Money well spent I say.
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I really appreciate you posting this. I haven't been using any sort of respirator while I airbrush and this is kind of a wake up call. I'm currently in Home Depot right now so you've caused me to consider heading over to the hardware section to check out what they carry.
yeah it was a surprise to me how much crap was in the filters. Any type of mask is gotta be better than nothing. Well worth spending a few bucks and getting one with the charcoal filters for odours as well. Doesn't matter what you paint with then or for how long, as it doesn't get through to you until you take the mask off.
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