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Respirators and dangerous rocks.......

Stone Conversations : Archive 11 : Message 00539

From: Robin Antar <info@zzzzzzzzzz>
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 10:16:56 -0500
Subject: Respirators and dangerous rocks.......

B BOLDING as far as I now soapstone, sandstone, serpentine, granite are the
ones you have to be careful with. ? about darker colored marbles. The
problem is a good respirator, but also you have to wear outer cloths like
overalls and take them off when you leave the work area also you need a
separate ventilation system then the rest of the building. I mean heating
and cooling separate.

As far as a respirator I use this system half from the 3M air mate and half
from safety products. I uses a full face hard mask with force air filter on
my waste I find this is good for long hours. It is a very expensive set up,
but after working many years without protection I had no choice. If you are
interested I could sent you the web page info on both. It is in my shop and
I am 2 flights up now.

Be very careful if you work in your basement with what stones you use.

I am no expert on this check with someone who know the type of stone you
plan on using. Also there are place you could test the stone you are working
on. I did it years ago with a batch of limestone. I do not remember the
place it was in the 1980's sorry.

Hope this helps

Robin Antar

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http://www.rantar.com
Phone (718) 375-5156

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