I highly recommend the Stewart Systems water based paints. Not nearly as dangerous.
I have had great success with a Harbor Freight mini detail gun, uses less air and much less paint wasted. https://www.harborfreight.com/adjustable-detail-spray-gun-92126.html Rob Schmitt N1852Z Sent from my iPad > On Oct 26, 2020, at 7:09 PM, Kayak via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > > I'm not painting my KR yet, but other projects such as a cub cadet > resto, using single stage urethane / catalyst. Apparently you really > dont want to breathe any of that stuff. In doing research I've learned > a lot and only certain respirators will protect you and only for a > short time. Also, once opened, the charcoal starts to "fill up" even > when stored. Best to store in a sealed zip lock bag for that reason. I > read one aircraft painter whos shop standard is to only use the 3m > respirator cartridges for ten minutes before discarding! (they > normally use supplied air). The bad stuff also is odorless (although > the paint carries other odors with it). > > So the bottom lines is that a SUPPLIED AIR RESPIRATOR is really the > way to go. Hobby-Air is a popular one for occasional use, and comes > with 40ft of hose for about $400 from Aircraft Spruce. There are 3 > hood options, half face, full face, and over the head tyvek style. > > I am not sure if the pump unit has any filtration/hepa or charcoal. > > So anyway, the main question is whether anyone has made a DIY supplied > air system? I mean, its just an air pump and hose into a mace mask, > with the air pump outside of the painting area right? How about making > a fitting for my 3m respirator that pushes this air thru the OV/P100 > cartridge OR prefilter by making a pump unit that pulls thru one or > two of those, thru a hose (cheap garden hose? other?) and into a > regular respirator mask? > > Just throwing this out there first to warn new painters from the > dangers, and would love to hear options others here have used for > paint protection... > > As an aside, I bought a $22 harbor freight traditional paint gun > (bottom canister) but found out that HVLP gets more paint on the work > and less overspray and will grab one of those. I saw a test and the > cheap HF guns made out pretty well the main advantage of the $600 ones > is durability not paint quality. > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
