SO PITA 842 Painting a vehicle with a full beard

So I been looking into what it will take to safely paint Chug beings that I happen to have a full beard (and have so with few exceptions since 1975) And unless I am willing to fork out close to $1000.00 for a complete head covering setup with a fresh air supply its not going to happen.

Granted the paint I am using does not have the real nasty isocyanates in it but I would still worry about the exposure.

So as much as I hate the idea I guess I will be scaring the heck out of the grand daughter a couple of times over the next couple months as I figure the only way to do this on the cheap is to shave right before I hit the booth and then grow it back inbetween steps.

Man this bugs me LOL

big diff between wood particles and paint fumes.

The problem is a mask will not seal properly with a full beard.

I worked in power generation for a number of years and the company was adamant about being clean shaven. If we showed up after a long break and came in to work with a five o’clock shadow we had the option of going home, shaving with our own gear or dry shave with a disposable razor.  We had to do fit test with our masks every year and you would not pass with an ill fitting mask. It isn’t the big chunks that get you. It’s the fine stuff that easily gets by the beard, poorly fitting, cheap dust masks.  Your lungs, your choice. I know too many people pulling oxygen bottles that wish they had taken more precautions years ago.

yea I have looking at this for more then a year now off and on and I see no way around shaving to seal a $30-50 mask with the right cartridges or nearly $1000 for something that is basically a suit with air pumped into it.

So, getting back to the original post.....was a full beard an option on 2As?

SE Kansas 46 CJ-2A wrote: It'll grow back...maybe a little grayer, but it'll grow back. Tell me something...can you shave with one of them knives you make? Do they have that kind of an edge? Just curious...

Short answer yes you can shave hair including old beard hair with one of my knives when properly sharpened. But it would have to be one of the knives I made before 1997 because I quit making knives in late 96. Haven't made a knife since then.

Rick R wrote: I worked in power generation for a number of years and the company was adamant about being clean shaven. If we showed up after a long break and came in to work with a five o’clock shadow we had the option of going home, shaving with our own gear or dry shave with a disposable razor.  We had to do fit test with our masks every year and you would not pass with an ill fitting mask. It isn’t the big chunks that get you. It’s the fine stuff that easily gets by the beard, poorly fitting, cheap dust masks.  Your lungs, your choice. I know too many people pulling oxygen bottles that wish they had taken more precautions years ago.