wear your safety equipment ..., while working on the car ... Options

[SirAndy]

so, i went to mcmark's shop today to work on my car. mostly prep work for the engine test-fit.

lots of cutting sheetmetal and grinding down spotwelds etc. then on to cutting out the /4 motor mounts with the plasma cutter.

i *thought* i had it all covered, safety wise, got the goggles, gloves, noise protection ...
spent about 5 hours cutting & grinding.

then, on my drive home, it felt like i had a sunburn on my arms, but i couldn't really see anything.

so after i got home, i take a shower and now i can clearly see that both of my forearms are *covered* with thousands(!) of tiny burn marks! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif)

should have worn something with long sleeves, damm 914club t-shirt ...
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) Andy

[dmenche914]

Get some welding leathers, kind of hot inside, but very effective in stopping both UV burns, and thermal burns from flying molten metal. you'll need to drink a lot of water to [prevent over heating in them on a hot day, but they can save your skin. Try aloe verra gel on your burns, helps them feel better, and maybe heal faster at least the arm burns are better than UV eye burns, them is very painful.