EdCaffreyMS
"The Montana Bladesmith"
Morning everyone!
With what's happened to me, lung protection has become a big priority. When I got home from the surgery and was able, I started researching new respirators for shop use.
After a about a weeks worth of digging around, I settled on the 3M 7500 series half face masks. I found a good deal on them and ordered three last week. They arrived in yesterday's mail, and I started testing them. These respirators actually seal as good or better than my military gas masks did! I think I might just have found the mask for me.
When I was researching, I found several instances where 3M stated that these masks were 60% more efficient than anything they had produced in the past.
These masks take various filters that 3M produces, but I decided to go with this one: 3M 2097 Particulate P100 Respirator Filter its a particulate filter with nuisance level vapor/gas protection. The only down side is that now I have about 75 sets of filters for my old 3M 7200 series masks..... guess there is always ebay!
Once I get back to working, I'll let everyone know more about these masks and how well they work.
With what's happened to me, lung protection has become a big priority. When I got home from the surgery and was able, I started researching new respirators for shop use.
After a about a weeks worth of digging around, I settled on the 3M 7500 series half face masks. I found a good deal on them and ordered three last week. They arrived in yesterday's mail, and I started testing them. These respirators actually seal as good or better than my military gas masks did! I think I might just have found the mask for me.
When I was researching, I found several instances where 3M stated that these masks were 60% more efficient than anything they had produced in the past.
These masks take various filters that 3M produces, but I decided to go with this one: 3M 2097 Particulate P100 Respirator Filter its a particulate filter with nuisance level vapor/gas protection. The only down side is that now I have about 75 sets of filters for my old 3M 7200 series masks..... guess there is always ebay!
Once I get back to working, I'll let everyone know more about these masks and how well they work.