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 UrbexUS
  
Location: Cleveland
Gender: Male
 |  |  | I feel as though I don't wear a mask as often as I should...
< on 9/19/2013 1:41 AM >
|  | | | And it's quite bothersome. I own a full face respirator and I should just use it...I have used simple dust masks a hand full of times but out of the thousand times or so that I have explored places I never wear anything...what are the chances that I have already fucked myself over you think? I should start wearing a mask more...
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ahhntzville
Location: Boston
| | Re: I feel as though I don't wear a mask as often as I should...
<Reply # 1 on 9/19/2013 1:58 AM >
| | | | A full face respirator is stupid for exploring for multiple reasons, particularly if you're taking pictures while doing so. A half face mask with cartridges has an ample protection factor and takes up WAY less space. That said, I can't even remember the last time I've brought mine anywhere. I really only feel like I need it in places that are dry and loaded with loose asbestos, like for example the basement of the Salmon building at Norwich (RIP). There is no shortage of uninformed opinions online about how much asbestos exposure can doom you, but the simple fact is that no one knows.
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UrbexUS
Location: Cleveland
Gender: Male
| | | Re: I feel as though I don't wear a mask as often as I should...
<Reply # 3 on 9/19/2013 3:40 AM >
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Definitely making me want to utilize mine a bit more now...where is the best place to buy cartridges though? 3m?
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UrbexUS
Location: Cleveland
Gender: Male
| | | Re: I feel as though I don't wear a mask as often as I should...
<Reply # 4 on 9/19/2013 3:51 AM >
| | | | Also, who has suggestions on the best type of cartridge for explorations? Asbestos and the like.
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kenfagerdotcom
 
Location: Madison, WI
Gender: Male
American Urbex... yeah. That was me.
| | | Re: I feel as though I don't wear a mask as often as I should...
<Reply # 5 on 9/19/2013 4:24 AM >
| | | | I'm a fan of masks that use the 3M Particulate Filter 2097. If I forget to bring them on an exploration, Home Depot usually carries them in stock.
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UrbexUS
Location: Cleveland
Gender: Male
| | | Re: I feel as though I don't wear a mask as often as I should...
<Reply # 6 on 9/19/2013 6:44 AM >
| | | | Posted by kenfagerdotcom
I'm a fan of masks that use the 3M Particulate Filter 2097. If I forget to bring them on an exploration, Home Depot usually carries them in stock.
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Thanks I will definitely have to look for those.
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La Cigale
Location: Paris, France
Gender: Male
| | Re: I feel as though I don't wear a mask as often as I should...
<Reply # 7 on 9/19/2013 12:23 PM >
| | | | I've also been thinking a lot about this as well...
Here's a thread I started about it a while back with some links to practical options
http://www.uer.ca/...urrpage=1&pp#post0
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Send4Help
  
Location: A biology lab far, far away...
Gender: Male
No time for the old in-out, love.
| | Re: I feel as though I don't wear a mask as often as I should...
<Reply # 8 on 9/19/2013 3:49 PM >
| | | | Masks & Respirators: Everything you ever wanted to know:
http://www.uer.ca/...=1&threadid=108617
How Important Are Breathing Masks:
http://www.uer.ca/...=1&threadid=108602
The Durango '95 purred away a real horrowshow - a nice, warm vibraty feeling all through your guttiwuts. And soon it was trees and dark, my brothers, with real country dark. |
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Adventure Crime
Location: Cleveland
Gender: Male
| | | Re: I feel as though I don't wear a mask as often as I should...
<Reply # 9 on 9/19/2013 3:55 PM >
| | | | Dust mask for particulates works great. The simple disposable ones.
For asbestos you want a N-100, P-100 or R-100 NIOSH rated mask. These are colored purple usually. the 3M6000 is an example of the one I used.
[last edit 9/19/2013 3:56 PM by Adventure Crime - edited 1 times]
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CatAndTie
Location: Southeastern PA
Gender: Male
LifeInDecay. com
| | | Re: I feel as though I don't wear a mask as often as I should...
<Reply # 10 on 9/19/2013 4:09 PM >
| | | | Send4Help has a great write up if you follow his first link... and like a previous poster said, no one really knows/ everyone has their own opinion.
How often do you explore and how long have you explored without a mask? How many locations, etc.
I invested in a mask about a year or two ago when I really started getting into exploring more and try to wear it as much as possible. Sometimes I'm good with it and other times I'm not, but honestly I think it's mostly unnecessary except when you are really climbing around underground tunnels and actually scraping against asbestos piping and crap where there is no ventilation.
But like I said, my mentality is "better safe than sorry" so I hope I am not too late or wear it enough now.
Most (but not all) people with asbestosis were workers that were around it for years in their job places/ their families that dealt with it all over their husbands clothes when they got home. If you are exploring only here and there, you will probably be fine.
But one suggestion is, if you smoke and you explore a lot, quit. It's a good reason to quit.
"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore." - Andre Gide |
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relik
 
Location: 44.26126°,-88.41502° (Appleton, WI)
Gender: Male
There is no truth, Only a perspective.
| | | Re: I feel as though I don't wear a mask as often as I should...
<Reply # 11 on 9/19/2013 7:33 PM >
| | | | I've never worn a mask. It gets in the way of my beer.
"When it rains, just find bigger drains." |
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UrbexUS
Location: Cleveland
Gender: Male
| | | Re: I feel as though I don't wear a mask as often as I should...
<Reply # 12 on 9/19/2013 7:43 PM >
| | | | Posted by CatAndTie
Send4Help has a great write up if you follow his first link... and like a previous poster said, no one really knows/ everyone has their own opinion.
How often do you explore and how long have you explored without a mask? How many locations, etc.
I invested in a mask about a year or two ago when I really started getting into exploring more and try to wear it as much as possible. Sometimes I'm good with it and other times I'm not, but honestly I think it's mostly unnecessary except when you are really climbing around underground tunnels and actually scraping against asbestos piping and crap where there is no ventilation.
But like I said, my mentality is "better safe than sorry" so I hope I am not too late or wear it enough now.
Most (but not all) people with asbestosis were workers that were around it for years in their job places/ their families that dealt with it all over their husbands clothes when they got home. If you are exploring only here and there, you will probably be fine.
But one suggestion is, if you smoke and you explore a lot, quit. It's a good reason to quit.
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Well I have been exploring almost as long as I have been photographing which is around 7 years, and rarely ever have worn masks only a few times. I'm just starting to be a little more cautious of it now. I recently quit smoking actually and it's one of the better decisions I have recently mse. Trying to get myself ice and healthy and stay that way as I am right now combating something that is wrong, no idea what it is. Lots and lots of sinus drainage causing nausea and dizziness and what not...blech. I just want to feel better again haha.
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SodoSyco
Gender: Male
| | Re: I feel as though I don't wear a mask as often as I should...
<Reply # 13 on 9/20/2013 8:39 AM >
| | | | Develop a gasmask fetish.
Problem solved.
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Mickael
 
Moderator
Location: Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: I feel as though I don't wear a mask as often as I should...
<Reply # 14 on 9/20/2013 5:54 PM >
| | | | And don't forget to shave if you ever have to wear a mask.
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Turd Furgusen
Location: Charleston, WV
Gender: Male
I think marijuana is just nature's way of saying high!
| |  | | Re: I feel as though I don't wear a mask as often as I should...
<Reply # 15 on 9/20/2013 6:52 PM >
| | | | Mask's suck and are for pussy's. They get in the way of the three most important elements of exploring; smoking, drinking, and taking photos.
Everyone has a dark side, mines just a little more illuminated. |
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Maglyte
| | Re: I feel as though I don't wear a mask as often as I should...
<Reply # 16 on 9/20/2013 7:06 PM >
| | | | Moldex n100 are easy to wear and easy to breathe through. Agreed get the closest shave possible. The difference for me is tasting the building when I am done versus not smelling tasting the building at all
The lyte
mmmm. mandias....... |
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Maglyte
| | Re: I feel as though I don't wear a mask as often as I should...
<Reply # 17 on 9/20/2013 7:24 PM >
| | | | Moldex n100 are easy to wear and easy to breathe through. Agreed get the closest shave possible. The difference for me is tasting the building when I am done versus not smelling tasting the building at all
The lyte
mmmm. mandias....... |
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Radical_Ed
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Gender: Male
"You work your life away and what do they give? You're only killing yourself to live!"
| | Re: I feel as though I don't wear a mask as often as I should...
<Reply # 18 on 9/20/2013 7:37 PM >
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"Are you happy now with all the choices you've made?" "Are there times in life when you know you should've stayed?"
"Will you compromise and then realize the price is too much to pay?" "Winners and losers... which one will you be today?"
***Social Distortion*** |
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Therrin
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Location: North of Chicago, IL
Gender: Male
*Therrin puts on the penguin-suit
| | | Re: I feel as though I don't wear a mask as often as I should...
<Reply # 19 on 9/21/2013 1:59 AM >
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This.
We already have quite a bit of data out there going on this topic.
It sounds like you could benefit from a HALF-mask respirator. A full mask is only necessary in areas where you're at harm from contaminants which are easily absorbed through your eyes.
Full masks are more uncomfortable to wear, and have more issues with using things against your face.
If you *actually* read through those two threads, instead of just ignoring them, you should find most all of the information you're looking for.
My mine exploring crew members and our associates only use full-masks when the situation calls for it. For example, a uranium mine which was thick with air-laden radon and required full-masks and SCBA breathing aparatus.
Otherwise, a half-mask should take care of most of your "respiratory" issues. And there are some really great N95 type disposables out there as well.
Give a person a match and they'll be warm for a minute, but light them on fire and they'll be warm for the rest of their life. =) |
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