FYI for those working with fiberglass

Phil

Try coating your exposed skin with baby powder before you play with the
glass. That is an old insulation installers trick,, or that's where I found
out about it, works for me.........

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David Bosworth

"Phil" <dpstms.TakeThisOut@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:imXUa.143593$wk6.37318@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net...
 > After a day of working and grinding the deck of a project boat the one
thing
 > I didn't think of was,,,,,,,,fiberglass getting all over me.
 > Well ,,,we learn from our mistakes right!
 > Some people say to take a pair of panty hose and rub it off,,,,,,doesn't
 > work,,LOL
 > I did learn that if you cover yourself with hair conditioner when you show
 > and then wash with soap most will be removed.
 > After the shower take a roll medical gauze and clean yourself it will
remove
 > the rest of the glass.
 > Just thought this would be of use to some of the folks that helped me with
 > my project boat.
 >
 > Phil Smith
 > Jax.Fl
 >
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"David Bosworth" writes:

 > Try coating your exposed skin with baby powder before you play with the
 > glass. That is an old insulation installers trick,, or that's where I
found
 > out about it, works for me.........

"Phil" writes:
 > After a day of working and grinding the deck of a project boat the one
thing
 > I didn't think of was,,,,,,,,fiberglass getting all over me.
 > Well ,,,we learn from our mistakes right!
 > Some people say to take a pair of panty hose and rub it off,,,,,,doesn't
 > work,,LOL
 > I did learn that if you cover yourself with hair conditioner when you show
 > and then wash with soap most will be removed.
 > After the shower take a roll medical gauze and clean yourself it will
remove
 > the rest of the glass.

I've tried baby powder, panty hose and a bunch of other things.

Have found two (2) things that work.

For small jobs, a full length sweat shirt with knit cuffs around the wrists
and the neck.

In the summer, you sweat like a pig being scalded, but it keeps the crap off
your arms.

When you are finished, remove sweat shirt, blow out as best you can with an
air hose, then wash twice before wearing again.

For big jobs, I picked up a rubberized, orange, navy flight deck suit at an
army surplus store.

Fitted a nozzle in the back that was connected by 50 ft of hose to the
pressure output side of a Shop-Vac.

Cut back the knitted cuffs around the wrists and the neck providing a path
for the air from the Shop-Vac to escape, thus keeping me cool.

Looked like a deep sea diver, but it allowed me to lay up a 55 ft hull,
sanding between every layer of glass.

That meant a lot of 8-10 hour days with a 9" right sander.

HTH


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Lew

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