[metalmagic]

Hi Guys: I usually let you guys who are experts on most all things powder coated and have educated myself with it. But when it comes to sandblasting I consider myself an expert after 30 years in the trade, my company had a special truck manufactured wit a rotory screw compressor and a bag house suction unit for clean up so most of the time we would be right in the sand, we used smelter slag (black glassy stuff) most of the time but my doctor said to me one day "Ever heard of lung cancer?" just as bad as silicosis or whatever. I went right out and replaced my respirator with a full suit blower supplied fresh air unit. Boy am I smart and safe now, wrong In a check by our industrial health unit they found I had been breathing air laced with fibrouse asbestos, it was coming from the blower vanes, I replaced the blower and attempted to sue the mfg I am still waiting. So the moral of my story "You can never be safe enough!"
Rae