Dust Bee Gone mask

[pwjupp]

Hi
I have discovered just how dangereous dust can be while putting together a blackwood bookcase. I have a powered mask but with limited battery life. I then resort to the hardware dust mask with not much success.

I wear glasses and they just fog so badly. I saw an ad for the dust bee gone mask at Carrolls woodcraft supplies. Has anyone found that this prevents the fogged glasses or is this just something we have to live with?

[rsser]

I haven't used one but IIRC it's vented at the front so that should help direct your moist breath away from the eyes.

And in terms of fogging, a diver's trick is to lightly smear some spit over the lens insides, or you can try a light wipe of shampoo.

[nine fingers]

Dust be gone are great, rinse out before use , wear damp, no dust , or fogging glasses. John.

[pwjupp]

Thanks guys
I will invest in one and try the shampoo trick
Cheers
Paul

[rsser]

I'm told that Blue Clinic, if still on the market, is the best for a fine smear of shampoo. I've not tried it so caveat emptor. If not available, I'd try Baby Shampoo.

[pwjupp]

Just a postscript.
Bought a Dust-be-gone mask from Carrol's Wood working supply's
I used it for the first time in the workshop today. What a success. No fogging of the glasses, no coughing and no clogged sinuses.
Folks apart from expensive flow masks this is the answer to the health problems caused by dust
Highly recommended.
Thanks
Paul

[fletty]

I had a bad asthma attack recently when working with NSW scented rosewood. I crawled out of the shed, lay on the grass and talked myself through breathing and not panicking ... after all, I hadn't finished the job yet! I made my mind up there and then to buy a ceiling hung dust collector. I had looked at a microclene unit at the last 2, 3 .... 4 SWWW's and bought one at the show on Friday, 20% off!
Part of the deal was a freeby dust-bee-gone mask and I used it for the first time yesterday .... BRILLIANT.... no dust inhaled, no fogging and, after only a few minutes, I had forgotten that I was wearing it to the extent that I was about to pour a coffee through it .....
it works for me...
fletty

[rsser]

Good result on several counts Fletty.

Can't be too careful with toxic wood dust.

[RufflyRustic]

looks like I'm due to invest in one myself. I started working with some mackay cedar yesterday and at the end of the day, found my sinuses starting to clog up and sneeze!! I've never sneezed so many times in succession. yep, definitely time for a dustbegone mask for me. and not getting foggy glasses would be good, too.

[Sir Stinkalot]

I have been using one for a while now and found it quite good. I don't think it is 100% but I find it comfortable and find that I wear it more often than any other mask I have tried so it is still doing better than no mask.

I also make sure that I wear it when cleaning up and moving timber. It is not only the dust created when you are working on machines that causes trouble and it is surprising how much dust is thrown up in the workshop by just moving around.

The main advantage is being able to wash it out at the end of the day ready for the next .... well worth the $$$'s.

[Lyle]

I have both the dust-b-gone and a small half face powered respirator (has a battery supply you hook onto you belt).
Both are good.
But I found the dust-b-gone got wet with my sweat then clogged with dust and I was back to fogged glasses. i know a simple step would be to have a break, clean it and get back into it. I'll also probably use it more in winter when the sweat problem is not an issue. It is lighter than the powered respirator.
But the powered respirator doesn't get wet as it forces air around my nose and face. Has a pre filter, and a cartridge filter. Expendable items so a ongoing cost as are batteries if you don't get rechargeables. I thought it might be noisy due to the motor being right at your face, but I hardly notice it.

a big plus is they both work. So I wear either when doing work in the shed. Much better than not having a mask of some sort.

So it is good to see various options around to suit individuals.

Lyle.

[Alastair]

looks like I'm due to invest in one myself. I started working with some mackay cedar yesterday and at the end of the day, found my sinuses starting to clog up and sneeze!! I've never sneezed so many times in succession. yep, definitely time for a dustbegone mask for me. and not getting foggy glasses would be good, too.

Hi Donna,

Pays to be particularly careful with Mackay C.

I have seldom had many problems with wood dust, but a while back turned a small box from MC. As you said, clogged up and sneezing, but more concerning.......... next day had a sudden and massive nosebleed, which took quite a while to abate.

One I am now careful with

regards

[Rifleman1776]

I have been using my Dust Bee Gone for several years and like it very much. I use dry and it filters fine without fogging my glasses. At first I thought it was expensive (about $43.00 USD) for a little piece of cloth but now consider it a good value.

[fletty]

(about $43.00 USD) for a little piece of cloth but now consider it a good value.

wow, when I got mine as a sweetener for buying the Microclene I was told that it was about $60AUD .... and I admit to having not believed him,
now I do!

fletty

[Neal]

Picked up a Dust be gone mask at Brissy www show I have had no trouble with my glasses fogging, was told you must get correct size & do not over tighten the straps or it will put gaps around your snozzer which may cause fogging as well as dust entry,it has certanly cut down on a lot of crud going up the nose as a lot less sneezing & byproduct comes back out .