Detailing and your lungs

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Detailing NY

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If you are going to use aerosol products for the interior detailing, be sure to do the interior first before the exterior. The reason why you want to do this is so you can leave the windows open while spraying the aerosol product. You do not want to be in the car and start to breathe this stuff in. It can be bad for you!



Now you are done with the interior role the windows up and wash off any overspray that is on the exterior.



If you need to have windows closed be sure to wear a mask, you can get them at home depot.



Not sure if any of you have ever used Stoner's trim shine for the interior with the windows closed but let me tell you, it will leave a nasty taste in your mouth.



None of us really no what the long term effects of some of this stuff can do to us, so lets us everything in vented areas.



NYD
 
I don't use aerosols because there is just too much overspray with them, not to mention the stuff floating through the air.
 
I thought you bought Stoner's Trim Shine in 5 gallon jugs and then used spray bottles?



When I saw the title I thought you were going to be talking about compounds and Silica.
 
Intel486 said:
When I saw the title I thought you were going to be talking about compounds and Silica.
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Same here. Does anyone honestly wear respirators or dust masks when polishing or compounding a car? :confused: I know we should but.....
 
I always detail the interior before starting on the outside. And I leave the doors open and the windows down!



If I do use an aerosol (such as Stoner's products) I spray them on the cloth rather than on the surface I am treating...



I would never spray aerosol products in an enclosed car! :nono
 
Intel486 said:
I thought you bought Stoner's Trim Shine in 5 gallon jugs and then used spray bottles?



When I saw the title I thought you were going to be talking about compounds and Silica.
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No i use the 5 gallon jugs as well, i also have the aerosol cans as well.
 
I always smell a faint whiff of bleach, with the stoners aerosol products. I wear a charcoal filter mask, when I do any painting or dye.
 
I would never spray aerosol products in an enclosed car!
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Stoners Inv. Glass. on a towel ? It would be gone b4 my towel hit the window !, or I'd have to saturate the towel......
 
Good call about saving your lungs... You only get two (and don't do too well on one).



If you do get a respirator, it has to be the right one. If you're just worried about particulate matter, a N-95 mask would protect your lungs just fine. If you're worried about aerosolized gas, then a much more heavy duty gas mask is necessary (which much more expensive and harder to get). I think the best thing to do is just roll down the windows and do the interior first. Most gasses used in detailing products are only harmful in high concentrations in the short term, so plenty of ventilation should be adequate to protect against damage to the lungs.



-Bob
 
4DSC said:
Same here. Does anyone honestly wear respirators or dust masks when polishing or compounding a car? :confused: I know we should but.....
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I don't. My compound is aluminum oxide based. I'll have to see what is in my polish.



The only time I get dust from compounding is when I run a brush over the pad and I do that away from the car and into the wind so I don't cover the car or myself with dust.
 
Petroleum distillates are common in many detailing products, and we all know how harmful it is when inhaled. This especially makes me cautious as my grandfather died from lung cancer. He never smoked...



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Does anyone use a HEPA airfilter in their garage? I'm a little worried as mine only has a garage door and one side door. Not much air ventilates through it.
 
all I do is keep a big fan mounted on the wall at one end of the garage and leave either a window opened or the garage door open when I'm using the hardcore products.
 
if there was THAT big of a problem, wouldn't we know about it? There are many people who have been in this industry their whole lives and still perfectly healthy.



Does anyone have proof of any of these things having bad effects when used with good ventilation? Some real solid proof?
 
Same here, I have a fan on with doors open when cleaning interiors...



Stoner's Trim Cleaner is really a killer in terms of smell... You can kill a mutated mosquito with that stuff...
 
theveed said:
Same here, I have a fan on with doors open when cleaning interiors...



Stoner's Trim Cleaner is really a killer in terms of smell... You can kill a mutated mosquito with that stuff...
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Also the same with stoners carpet cleaner...Bla it is nasty!
 
Stoner's Trim Cleaner is really a killer in terms of smell... You can kill a mutated mosquito with that stuff...
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Agreed, the stuff is kind of nasty, Im thinking of moving onto something else.......
 
I always wear a certified Niosh(sp?) mask if I am using any chemical that could be dangerous or especially if I am in a confined space. I have been toxic poisoned before from doing refinishing on antique furniture. My toxicity levels were 300% too high! I was really in rough shape! My faced swelled up like the Nutty Professor, and you could smell something like acetone coming from the pores of my skin for several weeks!!



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Trust me, if it is a dangerous chemical, even in the slightess, take every precaution you can!!!:xyxthumbs
 
the warning on 3m's rubbing compound scares me :shocked need to get a home depot mask someday....
 
You guys should also remember this. Some of the products that you like using becuase they smell good, do the same harmful effects to your lungs as the products that don't smell good.



What they are doing is just covering up the nasty odor.



I would rather no cover up so I know not to breathe it in rather then smellling the strawberrys
 
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