Iam going to be sandblasting a 18ft. livestock trailer and an Allis WC tractor. I plan to blast outside on a 20x20 asphalt driveway with a tarp down ontop to cetch the sand to reuse. I plan to use my good respirator and safty glasses, my problem is iam doing this at my high school and a others in the class are suppose to help. If were blasting outside and iam the one running the machine do the others around watching need to have masks? and what kind of masks would be cheap but safe?
- Thread starter AllisG
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Keep the kids away. A charcoal mask is not adequate for filtering silica. I use supplied air and a hood. A "cheap" mask is worse than a charcoal mask. Once the sand particles break up, there is silica everywhere. Most people recommend sandblasting only empty removed parts on a tractor, as the sand gets into everything. Sorry to be negative, but sandblasting is dangerous without the proper safety equipment. Some sand even says "not for sandblasting" on the bag.
NO, the sand will swirl around you, wind or not and be all over the place. If you read the instructions that come with your charcoal mask they will give very specific instructions for silica. It is sort of like isocyantes in hardener, the charcoal mask may work but it has to be new and fit perfectly, none do. As to a "quality" mask, charcoal masks are all about the same, except for the advertising.
Remember too that silica isn't your only concern.
Who knows what's in the paint that you're blasting.
There's a good chance that if it's old enough to need sandblasting, that it's old enough to be full of lead.
Lead is something you want to just keep kids away from, period.
Who knows what's in the paint that you're blasting.
There's a good chance that if it's old enough to need sandblasting, that it's old enough to be full of lead.
Lead is something you want to just keep kids away from, period.
The effects are cumulative -- I am not going to tell anyone whether that is one time or 500 times. What you are trying to do is not a good idea. Often times on this forum the one asking the question does not get the answer he wants. What you do is your decision, I am not responsible for it.
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