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What do you use for ventilating fumes from heated plastic from a pot or microwave? I wear a respirator just in case. The exhaust fan I use gets condensation on it. You can wipe it off with a paper towel. It can not be water vapor. Safety is my concern. Making jigs is a blast, however none of us need to be breathing bad fumes.
I just open the garage doors 1/4 -1/2 way. I use the do it essential plastital. It has less fumes an odor than the previous plastital I used. It is also phthalate free. I suggest you switch to it Frank. I have plans of getting a vent fan soon.
Will do on the plastisol. Still Have 5 gallons of the other stuff.
I use a duct fan right over the cup, it moves 200 sqf per minuet. I vent it out my window. And yes do-its essential has verylittle fumes. Dave
Dave, thank you for that information. How is the hardness of this new plastisol? Soft Medium or hard?
Essential plastic is medium. That's the only formula available, but it can be softened to soft very easy with Do-It's softener. I put 1 3/4 ounces in a pint bottle and fill it with the plastisol for my soft and its a dynamite plastic for smaller baits.
Have a cheap wally world fan setting in a window to pull vapors out!! Cannot be to safe!! Be careful about little ones around!!Good post!!
Thanks for the feedback! I was hoping they had a hard option as it allows me to catch more without having to change baits.
You can always harden it if you like. I have found the essential series has more elasticity than the clear series. Pretty tough plastic. Hands down the best plastital on the market.
Frank bought the duct fan at big box home inprovment store fo 30 bucks flexible duct for 12 wireing for 8 and 6 for plywood to cover window. I think i am going to get a stronger fan,box it in to fit window and use ridged ductwork for a better draw. what kind of resperator do you use? Dave
Ok Travis I will jump in the Essential Series!:cheers2
You will love the plastic it is fantastic we are getting ready to order our second 5 gallon in that stuff is really amazing I could reheat the plastic meaning many times without no color change the best thing to is that you can run the heat up fairly high without any thing bothering the plastic is far to heat goes up to 400° it didn't hurt it at all another good thing about this plastic there are no bubbles which makes it all the more better .Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank300
I use a respirator with replaceable canister filters. I like your idea. Currently I am using 10 INCH HIGH SPEED fan to exhaust, however my wife tells me my clothes are smelling like heated plastic which means the ventilation is not working as I thought. I may need to move the operation into an unheated shed with a window then the exhaust capture goes immediately outside versus having to travel 6 feet to exhaust into the attic.
in general you will want 100cfm per sqft of your exhaust hood. then you will need to bring in the same volume of air you are exhausting through an intake vent.
say you have a hood measuring 2ft X 4ft, you will want bare minimum of 800cfm for your exhaust fan, then you will need an intake vent capable of the same 800cfm minimum air movement.
One thing I noticed with the Essential Series it takes more time to heat up on the initial heat.
I work in the garage which at this time I don't have a heater for. I found it much better in the long that when I'm done I place my molds in a shoe box and bring them and the plasital in the house to avoid them being ice cold next time I work. Thinking about bringing in my reheat plastics and colorant in too.
All my colorant, flake, and plastisol say in the house. This time of year I heat the molds in the oven.
I have found no change in the new plastic from do-it is the heating time is about the same. and I have used spike it MF and two other ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrNip