Ok I know the title was a bit gruesome but I feel like it was a suitable title.
I'm not going to say the name of the shop but today I saw something that was frowned upon by even people doing work in their own garages!!
I am not saying this in an attempt to attack/ridicule the shop (Which for now I won't name) but only to question it.
Today I walk in to pick up my rim and I see 3 guys in the shop. One was blow using the torch to heat the wheel, the other was sanding, and the third was talking to me.
The guy using the blow torch wasn't even using glasses or a protective face mask. Even on youtube videos people go "Hey man put a mask on, you're gonna go blind!".
Then, I come back to pick up my wheel and they are using the SPRAY GUN to refinish a rim without a ****ing respirator! I don't think it helps the the garage door was open a bit either.
Then, one dude is sanding a wheel down without wearing a mask either.
When why they don't wear masks, they said they didn't really care.
Needless to stay I didn't stay too long. I mean don't get me wrong, they do good work, but how can someone just not care about getting this stuff in their lungs!!!!???
To me this was unbelievable. Is this unheard of in most shops?
I'm not going to say the name of the shop but today I saw something that was frowned upon by even people doing work in their own garages!!
I am not saying this in an attempt to attack/ridicule the shop (Which for now I won't name) but only to question it.
Today I walk in to pick up my rim and I see 3 guys in the shop. One was blow using the torch to heat the wheel, the other was sanding, and the third was talking to me.
The guy using the blow torch wasn't even using glasses or a protective face mask. Even on youtube videos people go "Hey man put a mask on, you're gonna go blind!".
Then, I come back to pick up my wheel and they are using the SPRAY GUN to refinish a rim without a ****ing respirator! I don't think it helps the the garage door was open a bit either.
Then, one dude is sanding a wheel down without wearing a mask either.
When why they don't wear masks, they said they didn't really care.
Needless to stay I didn't stay too long. I mean don't get me wrong, they do good work, but how can someone just not care about getting this stuff in their lungs!!!!???
To me this was unbelievable. Is this unheard of in most shops?
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Shops make $80+ usually, not the mechanic.Originally Posted by TommyNtama
One hundred bucks. Is that really that much money? Doesn't a mechanic make like 80 an hour?
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Happens in the majority of shops from what I've seen. Tech's are lucky to make $15-$25, nowhere near what the shop charges.Originally Posted by TommyNtama
One hundred bucks. Is that really that much money? Doesn't a mechanic make like 80 an hour?
Tire/wheel techs might make $10/hr. the shop makes $80.
And the crap you're talking about really isn't that dangerous. now if he were mixing paint and smoking at the same time? problem.
some guy with a sander working on a piece of aluminum? happens every day in shops all over the world and people don't die.
how is a face mask going to protect a guy heating a wheel? he's put putting any stress on it, and there's nothing going to explode into his face. it's like putting on rubber gloves before messing with a dirty *****- you're protecting the wrong thing man..
And the crap you're talking about really isn't that dangerous. now if he were mixing paint and smoking at the same time? problem.
some guy with a sander working on a piece of aluminum? happens every day in shops all over the world and people don't die.
how is a face mask going to protect a guy heating a wheel? he's put putting any stress on it, and there's nothing going to explode into his face. it's like putting on rubber gloves before messing with a dirty *****- you're protecting the wrong thing man..
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And the crap you're talking about really isn't that dangerous. now if he were mixing paint and smoking at the same time? problem.
some guy with a sander working on a piece of aluminum? happens every day in shops all over the world and people don't die.
how is a face mask going to protect a guy heating a wheel? he's put putting any stress on it, and there's nothing going to explode into his face. it's like putting on rubber gloves before messing with a dirty *****- you're protecting the wrong thing man..
Originally Posted by Matt93SE
Tire/wheel techs might make $10/hr. the shop makes $80.And the crap you're talking about really isn't that dangerous. now if he were mixing paint and smoking at the same time? problem.
some guy with a sander working on a piece of aluminum? happens every day in shops all over the world and people don't die.
how is a face mask going to protect a guy heating a wheel? he's put putting any stress on it, and there's nothing going to explode into his face. it's like putting on rubber gloves before messing with a dirty *****- you're protecting the wrong thing man..
I guess I was off on that? But come on, painting with spray guns and breathing it in is horrible for you.
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It depends on the paint really...Originally Posted by TommyNtama
I guess I was off on that? But come on, painting with spray guns and breathing it in is horrible for you.
It also depends on how much paint, how well ventilated the area is, etc etc etc.
I wouldn't hesitate to use a spray can in my garage with the door open to paint a single wheel with no respirator... But when I painted my entire race car with 3-part epoxy paint? hells yes I had a respirator.
Many of the newer paints fall under much stricter VOC (volatile organic compound) guidelines than they did a few years ago, and are significanlty less nasty than even the spray cans you buy at the hardware store. many auto paints are now even water soluble. don't know how that works, but it does.
I wouldn't hesitate to use a spray can in my garage with the door open to paint a single wheel with no respirator... But when I painted my entire race car with 3-part epoxy paint? hells yes I had a respirator.
Many of the newer paints fall under much stricter VOC (volatile organic compound) guidelines than they did a few years ago, and are significanlty less nasty than even the spray cans you buy at the hardware store. many auto paints are now even water soluble. don't know how that works, but it does.
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some guy with a sander working on a piece of aluminum? happens every day in shops all over the world and people don't die.
EXACT same thing I was thinking when I read his post. Then I thought, man, I've done all that stuff more times than I can count over a the last 15+ years so I must really be on my way out Originally Posted by Matt93SE
And the crap you're talking about really isn't that dangerous. now if he were mixing paint and smoking at the same time? problem.some guy with a sander working on a piece of aluminum? happens every day in shops all over the world and people don't die.
OP - why would one go blind from a blow-torch?
Now WELDING without a mask is stupid but I don't see how one could possibly go blind from seeing the flame on a blow-torch. I don't know, but I really don't see any of that as a big deal at all or out of the ordinary or eminently dangerous, really. When I read the title I was thinking it was going to contain a pic of those Africans working under a truck with the truck flipped onto its side with a 2x4 or something.
*edit* also, though, I will admit I am getting better. Especially grinding/cutting metal and stuff I try to wear a mask now. I usually always wear safety glasses if I'm grinding/cutting crap but adding the mask makes your glasses fog up. But on the other hand if you don't wear the mask you definitely suck in all those metal shavings. I hate to say it but I've had days in the past where I'd been cutting/grinding all day on something and later on that day I would sneeze or blow my nose and find silver metal flakes all over the Kleenex