Facemask

[rick]

I stopped a spraying job today as the mist was getting in my face .... realised I need to buy a mask.

Whenever I have bought disposables .. not been too impressed with them.

Are the 'newer' breed of disposables better - as they now have exhalation valves fitted. If so any type performing better? a P2 would suffice.

I occasionally work on MDF or fibreglass ... so another option could be a 1/2 face mask with replaceable filters .... anybody got a recommendation ?

I only need to use a few times a year - so don't want something built for all day every day use.

[Chris French]

In message , rick writes

The dsipopable shaped ones with valaves are better i think, but I still don't like them, and as I wear glasses, something that tends not to mist them up helps.

I now use a 1/2 mask with replaceable filters, in my case a JSP Force 8.

Comfortable (as much as these things ever are) , seals well, doesn't mist my glasses,.

[rick]

Thnx ... misting of specs is a pain

[John Rumm]

The 3M half face masks for particulates and vapours. They do a "disposable" one good for 30 days of continuous use (they last much longer with intermittent use), fit very well and will completely block both dust and fumes.

[Andrew Gabriel]

Any recommendations for those of us with a beard (apart from shave it off, which I have been considering for a few years now)?

[Chris French]

In message , Andrew Gabriel writes

I have a beard a lot of the time - (it comes and goes depending on my mood.) Though not big and bushy

The JSP one I linked to seems to work fine (only used it dust, not fumes though)

[John Rumm]

One of the powered cap style filtered visors may be the only way to cope with that - Trend airshield etc...