Safety Measure
When it comes to painting there’s sanding, painting, and applying solvent or fillers as daily duties of professional & DIY-ers. But no one should ever put their health in danger for an excellent paint job result.
Try to remember these 5 following measures, before spraying:
Do The Painting in a Ventilated Space. Paints and solvents contain harmful chemicals that immediately release vapors into the air when the paint can is opened. Even after the job is done, this steam can last for several days. Pay attention to air ventilation, it is recommended not to spray in closed spaces.
Paint in a room with bright light and windows, as well as an exhaust fan that will help remove harmful fumes from your work area.
Use a Respirator Mask. Use a respirator mask anytime you dealing with a spray gun. An air-supplied respirator is the best choice.
Cartridge-based respirator will filters out chemicals before you take breath in. Change cartridge respirators on a routine basis, it will be a safe option.
Cover Exposed Skin. Not only harmful to our lungs, they can also be harmful to skin. Paints that contain urethane, and few are two-part polyurethane-based paints, are particularly toxic to the skin and lungs.
Wear a full-body paint suit if possible, or at least cover your 80% body with long sleeve shirt.
Cleaning of Dropped Paint Immediately. If you drop paint, stop what ever you're doing and clean it up. Aside from posing as a physical hazard should you or someone else step into the dropped paint, the chemicals can easily attach to the bottom of your shoes and get tracked to other areas of your workspace.
Read Your Purchased Product Data Sheet. Aside from knowing chemicals the paint uses and at which level, the data sheet will also give insight into preparation and application information such as dry time, appropriate paint environment temperature and mixing ratio.