thats good to know thanks, i guess i shoud read the lables on stuff

 

Excellent find!!

 

I love brake cleaner, but I will never look at it the same. Thanks for the post, and I am putting that article in the company safety maunal

 

thats good to know, i use brake cleaner at work like its going out of style. it cuts through asphalt and tar like magic, and then i turn around and weld on it. thanks for the info you may have just saved me a trip to the docs office or the grave.

 

i remember welding galvanized and seeing the yellow cobweb like smoke coming off it , i was told .... you may not want to breath that .

 

Don't suppose it makes a difference between chlorinated and non-chlorinated??

 

I like galvanize smoke. I used to do a lot a weldin usin old H beams from highway signs and had a job for a while weldin tabs on galvanized window frames. This was all before the days of all this safety stuff like respirators and ventilation systems. Now days I use a stick welder for galvanize so I can do it with a fan runnin or outside.

 

Ive welded a lot of galvanized and since its never in a controlled ventilated environment on a farm i just try my best to stand upwind and keep my head out of the plume. Even with doing that I still usually end up on the couch the next day with a terrible headache sucking on my inhaler.

Good read about the brakleen. I use it religously, and im starting to try and use non chlorinated stuff when i can man is it easier on the lungs and headaches.

 

Oh man, dont want my wife to find this! She swears that im hooked on brake cleaner and its gonna kill me someday. Maybe i will slow down now haha

 

watch out for welding in general, i am hear to tell you. smoke is not good for you.