Dust Inhalation PPE

[fourstardan]

I've been a complete donkey and not realised I needed to add filters onto a 3M face mask purchased when I've been renovating the bathroom with it, taking tiles/plasterboard down etc another job I've also sanded a floor but that had a shroud and vacuum attachment on so dust was minimal.

How much dust inhalation is a long term problem?

Edited by fourstardan on Thursday 1st January 17:56

[SS9]

Not a medic, but that doesn’t sound bad. If you were ripping apart asbestos or stripping lead paint I might’ve had a different view.

[Road2Ruin]

fourstardan said:

I've been a complete donkey and not realised I needed to add filters onto a 3M face mask purchased when I've been renovating the bathroom with it, taking tiles/plasterboard down etc another job I've also sanded a floor but that had a shroud and vacuum attachment on so dust was minimal.

How much dust inhalation is a long term problem?

Edited by fourstardan on Thursday 1st January 17:56

If you were doing it for a living, I would worry. A one off, though, you will be fine. Unless...there were some nasty chemicals you didn't know about.

[fourstardan]

Nothing sinister in this house, it's 1998.

I have reordered another mask with filters, I wondered why this one came in different but just didn't think anything of it. Im hardly Mensa material but I'm quite an intelligent guy but maybe they should stick a red sticker on them for

[JoshSm]

fourstardan said:

How much dust inhalation is a long term problem?

Depends on the dust doesn't it? Both material & particle size.

Assume if you were breathing much in you'll have noticed some of it coming back out?

[fourstardan]

JoshSm said:

Depends on the dust doesn't it? Both material & particle size.

Assume if you were breathing much in you'll have noticed some of it coming back out?

Yeh, not had anything down the throat.

I noticed my nose outside was a bit dusty but that was it.

[shtu]

Doesn't sound especially bad. If you'd be doing it for years you would far more likely have a problem, a couple of one-offs like that aren't likely to be an issue.

Maybe have a think about all your PPE? Eye protection, gloves, footwear etc.

[J6542]

fourstardan said:

I've been a complete donkey and not realised I needed to add filters onto a 3M face mask purchased when I've been renovating the bathroom with it, taking tiles/plasterboard down etc another job I've also sanded a floor but that had a shroud and vacuum attachment on so dust was minimal.

How much dust inhalation is a long term problem?

Edited by fourstardan on Thursday 1st January 17:56

A one of job you will be fine, most tradesman don’t wear any even when doing it daily.

[fourstardan]

Thanks chaps...I won't lose any sleep on this.

Losing more sleep working out the DIY!