Metal Flake Gelcoating Series

[Woodonglass]

Like ondarvr stated there's not much issue with inhaling gelcoat dust. It's pretty inert but, as he also stated breathing in any foreign material should be avoided when possible. His mixing abilities really ARE in question.

 

[Swimforshore]

Hey don't hate on his safety standards too bad. I've been a mechanic all my professional life and the 2 best painters I know used no resperator or suit in a paint booth both been doing it that way 20+ years. Never mind one of them was loopy as can be. That said I would have a resperator and suit

 

[Woodonglass]

The guy that taught me to paint, would come in the shop every morning and load up a red shop rag with Lacquer Thinner Take about 5-6 DEEP whiffs of it and go sit in the corner for a while with his eyes rolled back in his head. I was just the mix boy but...He got so bad and was falling behind in his work, he decided to show me how to shoot the paint too so if he was to HIGH to do it...I could.

 

[Chadomosis]

I guess being in a similar industry, I've seen the pain that being careless around some of those chemicals can cause. Dust has already finished reacting and I've huffed my share of lacquer thinner. I'm talking about catalyzed liquids being sprayed. They have a "pot life" for a reason and I personally wouldn't want that reaction happening in or on my body. All of the "old school" guys that I know are either dead or walking around with an oxygen setup and a hole in their throat. I get it though. Personal protection equipment is expensive but the alternatives are way more expensive in my honest opinion. At the very least, put on a $20 respirator from the hardware store.

 

[DeepBlue2010]

ondarvr, you mentioned that the video had so many misinformation in it enough for you to lose interest. While these mistakes are obvious to you, they are not for the majority of us.

So, it would be extremely educational if you can find the time to document your observation on the video and let us know what is the correct methods/techniques. Thanks in advance.

 

[gm280]

ondarvr, you mentioned that the video had so many misinformation in it enough for you to lose interest. While these mistakes are obvious to you, they are not for the majority of us.

So, it would be extremely educational if you can find the time to document your observation on the video and let us know what is the correct methods/techniques. Thanks in advance.

DP2010, I don't know about obvious flaws other then his total lack of PPE and any care about the entire neighborhood! But I did see his spraying methods and they are seriously lacking in proper spray gun techniques. And if you do watch the series, you will see the black sections he sprayed have strips instead of quality spraying pattern. Holding the spray gun in one place and swinging back and forth is not how you get quality coverage of any paint or flake effort. Just my uneducated opinion.

 

[DeepBlue2010]

I only watched the first video, it had enough mistatments for me to not even look for the rest of them.

gm280, I have no interest in beating the bushes around the PPE argument. It is as obvious as "don't drink from the toilet tank". I am also not sure what is the whole point of your post and why would you jump on the defensive side. If you are the one in the video, you simply suck

I am interest in this last statement of Ondarvr post. All I am asking is for him to be kind enough to comment on those mis-statements, methods, techniques and share his personal take on them with us for educational purpose and for the benifit of those who will be reading it in the future who can't tell the right from the wrong so the whole thread doesn't just get wasted arguing about the importance of PPEs

BTW, you pointed out some of these flaws yourself when you mentioned the spray techniques; so thanks!