Eye safety

[lurker]

There have been a few discussions about this recently.

As a spectacle wearer I can't get on with goggles
I have prescription safety glasses provided by my employer which I try to remember to wear but often find myself in the workshop and the glasses are in my bag in the car.
So unless I am doing something dusty in which case the air shield comes out, I tend to wear a full face mask.
These are dirt cheap and I have one in the workshop and anther in the garage.
This is done so I am not tempted "not to bother, just this once"

Anyway one was getting a bit worst for wear so I bought this last week

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverline-1408 ... ety+shield

I know it's the dreaded silver line brand but it's very good and can recommend it.

 

[Jelly]

There have been a few discussions about this recently.

As a spectacle wearer I can't get on with goggles
I have prescription safety glasses provided by my employer which I try to remember to wear but often find myself in the workshop and the glasses are in my bag in the car.
So unless I am doing something dusty in which case the air shield comes out, I tend to wear a full face mask.
These are dirt cheap and I have one in the workshop and anther in the garage.
This is done so I am not tempted "not to bother, just this once"

Anyway one was getting a bit worst for wear so I bought this last week

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverline-1408 ... ety+shield

I know it's the dreaded silver line brand but it's very good and can recommend it.

For Turning (wood and metal), Grinding and some Milling operations, I find the face shields to be by far the best option...

Two things learned experientially about using them:

1. Wearing close fitting safety glasses as well is advised.
2. The visor isn't protecting you very well unless you look down so the bottom of the visor meets your chest, or buy a chinguard extension to fit to the bottom.
3. Following experience of the point raised in 2, the advice from 1, is sound even though it seems wholly illogical on first consideration.

 

[AES]

Thanks for that lurker. I too am "afflicted" and have found the full face shield the best of a bad job (in my case 1 from Axi, 1 from my local DIY emporium).

Re wearing prescription safety glasses, have you tried a neck string, so that they're always with you? A bit of a faff sometimes, and they do get in the way sometimes when you bend down (the glasses that is!) but I found it did stop me always forgetting and realising they were somewhere else other than where I was needing them.

AES

 

[graduate_owner]

Glasses are such a pain, and when combined with a face mask the condensation is always worse. Has anyone found a good anti misting agent?


K

 

[AJB Temple]

I ride a motorcycle every day in all weathers. Glasses plus visor. There is no such thing as perfect anti misting as even with double glazed visors, my glasses can still mist. You can get anti mist sprays from motorcycle shops and on-line. They work for a while - a few hours usually before re-application is required.

Washing up liquid applied very thinly also works but everything sticks to it so don't use that whatever people say!

 

[Rhossydd]

A powered respirator is the way to go.
http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-ap ... tor-101809

axminster-apf-10-evolution-powered-respirator-t95938.html

 

[AES]

In normal food supermarkets here we have packets of "glasses cleaners" which are small "damped" hard tissue paper pieces packed in individual sachets. They do help with anti-misting for a while (on both glasses and on face visors) but I've never found any with an effect that lasts longer than a couple of hours at the most.

I guess you have similar in supermarkets in UK. Worth a try, but as per the above posts, I've found nothing that has a lasting effect.

I've not tried but I guess a powered respirator is the way to go, as Rhoyssd says.

AES

 

[Steve Maskery]

I have two powered respirators, one that has a flip-up visor but is fairly hefty (not unduly so, but just by comparison) and one that i built onto a baseball cap, but is fixed. The latter is light but I have to take it off if I want a close look at something.

Both are comfortable.

I don't do a lot of turning, as I don't currently have a lathe, but when I do use one, I would not dream of doing so without full-face protection. I once had a 10" elm bowl blank explode and hit me in the face and it's only because I was wearing a visor that I am still so handsome.

S

 

[rafezetter]

I ride a motorcycle every day in all weathers. Glasses plus visor. There is no such thing as perfect anti misting as even with double glazed visors, my glasses can still mist. You can get anti mist sprays from motorcycle shops and on-line. They work for a while - a few hours usually before re-application is required.

Washing up liquid applied very thinly also works but everything sticks to it so don't use that whatever people say!

I was recently told this would be a good measure to stop the misting in my safety goggles, and found it worked perfectly. but you use it on the INSIDE!! I smeared it on, let it dry then buffed it.

So far I've used the goggles for 5 or so hours with no misting whereas before it could be only a few minutes before they were fogged up.

I guess each situation is different but worked for me a treat.

 

[Hitch]

I have always recommend Uvex goggles. I also have prescription glasses, and the only ones I use are Uvex Ultrasonic goggles. No real issues with steamin up.

 

[mind_the_goat]

I got a pair of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161327599397?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT based on recommendation on this forum, they are pretty good with my glasses. I even managed to use them with a paper mask.

 

[stuartpaul]

I ride a motorcycle every day in all weathers. Glasses plus visor. There is no such thing as perfect anti misting as even with double glazed visors, my glasses can still mist. You can get anti mist sprays from motorcycle shops and on-line. They work for a while - a few hours usually before re-application is required.

Washing up liquid applied very thinly also works but everything sticks to it so don't use that whatever people say!

I used to use these and found them to be unbeatable. http://www.amazon.co.uk/UNIVERSAL-FOGCI ... B00L5FJU5U Not cheap but at least I could see where I was going which is 'clearly' a bonus on a motorbike!

Still had minor issues with the glasses fogging but at least the visor was clear!

Clearly of limited use for a full face visor but might help keep the main vision area clear?

 

[sunnybob]

I know it's the dreaded silver line brand but it's very good and can recommend it.[/quote]



I think thats whats called an oxymoron (hammer)

 

[sitefive]

I have the same face shield bought from toolstation under a fiver, couldn't get on with any glasses as they always fog up instantly so it's even more un-safe and the glasses only protect your eyes...
btw the second day I bought that face shield a large knot flew at me from planer/thickneser and hit it straight on ,coincidence maybe not... I have never had such stuff happen to me before, but glad I got that faceshield the day before...

 

[RogerS]

I'll second having safety glasses that fit to the face tightly. I need to wear glasses for close work and so tend to wear a pair while in the workshop. While cutting some timber on the SCMS, a sliver of wood, like a 40mm long matchstick, shot up from the saw, vertically behind the lens and lodged there parallel to my eyeball. Luckily it didn't penetrate anything but a close call.

 

[Giff]

Divers spit on the inside of their masks and rub it in. Not sure it works on dry land ?

 

[Monkey Mark]

Divers spit on the inside of their masks and rub it in. Not sure it works on dry land ?

If you watch a dentist, when they first put a mirror into your mouth they rub a little of your own saliva on it.
Not sure how this works. Must google it.