Refinery Fire Shows Need for Home Respirator Protection
We’ve all heard tests of the emergency broadcast system over the TV and radio. The long monotone and subsequent beeps of digital information being transmitted is generally followed by an announcement...
View ArticleWhat is the Best Respirator for Epoxy Application?
The Bay Area abounds with many wonderful old things. Vintage boats and Victorian era houses are two that often end up benefiting from a product called penetrating epoxy. For the owners of old houses,...
View ArticleWhich 3M Cartidge is Right for My Job?
We have lots of folks who call us asking which is the correct 3M respirator cartridge for their job. It’s not always easy to know. 3M alone has more than 20 cartridges and filters for different types...
View ArticleWhat is the Best Protection From Lead Dust?
A customer recently wrote to us asking about protection from lead dust. Here is his question, and our response: I have been melting lead wheel weights as well as other sources of lead for fishing...
View ArticleHow Often Should You Replace Your Dust Mask?
First of all, a dust mask is has a single strap that goes over the head and provides very little protection from particles and debris in the air. They’re also called nuisance dust masks and they’re...
View ArticleHow Often Should You Replace Your Dust Mask?
First of all, a dust mask is has a single strap that goes over the head and provides very little protection from particles and debris in the air. They’re also called nuisance dust masks and they’re...
View ArticleHow To Tell If Your Respirator Mask Fits
We get two questions about respirators more often than all other questions combined. People want to know what size mask to order, and they want to know how they can be sure the mask is fitting...
View ArticleSeptember 5th is National N95 Respirator Day! (get it? N95…9/5…)
Hooray hooray it’s respirator day! There are so many to thank, air borne pathogens, asbestos and lead, don’t forget those sneaky little unseen particulates, and especially the CDC for all their hard...
View ArticleVenting Paint and Varnish Fumes – Best Blowers
As a guy who has lost a fair amount of brain cells to paint and varnish vapors I know better than most that many projects aren’t properly ventilated. (Yes I called them paint and varnish fumes in the...
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