Jabiru J450 Constructors Manual
General>Health and safety
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
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General>Health and safety
Working with composites is no different than working with other chemicals and flammable
materials, and caution and common sense should prevail at all times.
NO SMOKING
Do not smoke or have any exposed flames near your kit or resin storage area.
Epoxy
will
burn.
Warning
: the fumes from burning epoxy are
extremely
toxic!
Epoxy
Long term exposure to epoxy can lead to an 'epoxy allergy' so suitable safety precautions
should be taken as follows:
Contact
Do
not
expose your skin to epoxy. Neoprene, latex or nitrile rubber gloves (with pure cotton
gloves worn underneath to wick away sweat from your hands) and protective (industrial)
clothing should be worn when handling epoxies.
If epoxy is spilt onto the skin, wash off with warm water and soap immediately.
Barrier cream can help the skin to avoid becoming sensitised. Note: if barrier cream is used
take care to keep it away from any surfaces to be bonded by wearing gloves – the cream could
contaminate and weaken the join so keep the cream inside your disposable gloves at all times.
Fresh Air
Epoxy fumes should
not
be inhaled. Blow fresh air across the work face at all times.
The use of an external fresh air source and facemask is strongly recommended along with the
use of a fan for blowing the epoxy fumes away. In our factory we use several industrial
pedestal fans to blow fresh air across the work surfaces at all times.
Dust
Always
wear a dust mask when sanding or cutting composites. Cutting and sanding
composites creates a lot of dust and the extremely fine glass dust should
not
be inhaled.
A half-face respirator with suitable filters is highly recommended and should be worn at all
times when sanding fibreglass parts.
OK, lets get building!