Thanks guys for answering my dumb questions...

TitanTea

Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Thanks everyone for answering my questions. I'm putting up plastic sheeting around the hull to contain the dust and to be able to heat the area when I'm ready to put the epoxy down. I have full PPE and ready to get dirty. I thought I'd put up some pics of what I've got myself into.... She should be a good little boat when I'm finished... Thanks again all and please excuse the mess I'm in mid prep :)
 

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Robert D

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Re: Thanks guys for answering my dumb questions...

Well....the plastic is a nice try....but just plan on having to clean everything around. The fiberglass dust will go everywhere. Move the cars out of there, unless you want to spend hours detailing them, inside and out. Imagine taking 5 pounds of flour, and letting a fan blow it around your workspace. Then clean it up, and do it 8 more times. It'll be everywhere, in every shelf of every cabinet. You'll open the tool box drawer you haven't opened in 2 years, and it'll be in there. Now think.....we're really not talking flour, but fiberglass particles. Not healthy at all. Make sure you have a good respirator/mask rated for it. The best hint I got off iBoats for the mess, was to put your shop vac outside, and get a longer hose. (Because much of the dust is so fine, it'll pass through the shop vac filters.) When I moved my shop vac outside, it made cleaning 180% easier! (The neighbors probably wondered where all their dust came from that was covering their cars, in February!)
 

TitanTea

Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Re: Thanks guys for answering my dumb questions...

Yea the stuff is evil. I do have plastic completely enclosed around the hull. All sides and the top. I even have a high volume fan in front pointing out my shop overhead door. I am worried about my car though. I have a car cover I plan on putting on her before I do any grinding. I have disposable paint suits I wear and this is the respirator...
 

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