I believe we should all wear safety glasses and dust masks, but I cannot wear both together, primarily because safety glasses always fog. Indoors or out, regardless of weather, regardless of brand, type, or even “anti-fog”, they all fog. It seems that there is not a dust mask made that does not leak breath around the nose to fog the glasses, or a dust mask that leaks.
the only thing that seems to work is a full head faceshield/respirator, similar to the protects-against-flesh-eating-virus-that-turns-us-into-zombies type worn by CDC in a hot zone. A bit of overkill for simply removing or sanding drywall.
Does anyone have any suggestions on mask/glasses that work?
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I used to have one of those powered visors, and really liked it. Beats all heck out of the cheap disposable dust masks.
I have the problem that standard lab goggle style safety glasses fog, but I bought some regular looking glasses with side shields that don't fog so badly.
I actually bought the non-prescription safety glasses for about $10 a pop and had prescription lenses put in them. Cheaper than regular frames.
The non-prescription safety glasses are somewhat helpful against the fog.
Thanx for suggestions, Guys, but
What is a power visor? And regular "looking" glasses? Do you mean standard eyeglasses from an optometrist? The kind they wore in the 50s?
Guess I'm a little dense. But if everyone is having this problem, why aren't manufacturers addressing the issue in an economical manner?
Here's what I was referring to as a "power visor":
http://www.airwareamerica.com/Trend-as1-trend-airshield.aspx
Yeah, you'd think that manufacturers would really push this stuff, but they don't. I kinda wonder what the "angle" is.
My "regular" safety glasses look just like "Clark Kent" glasses only with folding screen shields on the outside corners. I saw a nurse with these and looked all around town for some, but no dice. Finally (with help from folks here, IIRC) I found some online and ordered several pair (at about $10 apiece, when "real" safety glass frames cost $100 or so). When I get a new prescription and order new glasses I order a set of lenses for these -- the optometrists don't bat an eyelash at fitting the lenses. I still have an unused pair, so I'm good for several more years.
These glasses are far, far better than "lab goggles" in terms of fogging, comfort, quality of vision, etc.
It seems a bit of overkill, but I actually PREFFER wearing my North 76008a respirator intead of goggles/glasses and a paper filter. This is the only thing I've found that will let me work overhead without constantly getting gunk in my eyes.
Yes, it costs near $200. It's also very very comfortable. My only complaint is that I like wearing sunglasses, and they don't provide any sort of sun protection when working outdoors with it.
You need a dust respirator that fits correctly. They come in different sizes. Whenever you put one on, you cover the filters with your hands and try to breathe in, you shouldn't be able to. Next you cover the outlet and try to breathe out, again you shouldn't be able to. If you can breathe in or out as you cover, the respirator doesn't fit and won't work. This is extremely important when using a respirator around dangerous gasses and chemicals. You won't have warm air escaping at the top of your nose and fogging your glasses. There are numerous companies making respirators with different filters for whatever it is you can be exposed to. 3M being one of the more well known.
http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/3M-PPE-Safety-Solutions/Personal-Protective-Equipment/Products/Product-Catalog/~/3M-Half-Facepiece-Reusable-Respirator-6200-07025-AAD-Respiratory-Protection-Medium-24-cs?N=4294930097+5011378&Nr=AND%28hrcy_id%3AGS81S1LP47gs_GDGQ6Q3PBB_N2RL3FHWVK_GPD0K8BC31gv%29&rt=d
Great ideas!
Thank you all for the great ideas for eye, face and breathing protection. I have a full face respirator but will get one of the Trend Airshields.
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Fogging
Mrthylated spirit stops fogging and there are similar products made for motorbike riders.