My Mask that I love

My name is Steve James this is my blog entry about using the CleanSpace Mask - At the moment I have been working at preparing timbers for building construction work I am currently contracted to complete. It has involved cleaning old hardwood e.g cutting, planning and sanding. 

The CleanSpace has been like a breathe of fresh air - literally. The weather has been steamy and hot here on the Mid North Coast of NSW Australia as you can see in the photo's. I find breathing the air in the CleanSpace is actually a cooling relief. I feel safe wearing the CleanSpace because it doesn't let any dust (even the really fine stuff) get into my throat and lungs. 

Steve

Potter loves the CleanSpace mask for his work

Thanks to you guys for the new respirator. As a potter I find the Paftec cleanspace ideal. In the past i have used a triton respirator. It was quite cumbersome as it was built like the early diving bell helmets no where near as heavy but it did have ear muffs and of course protected your head from any dust at all but it was very uncomfortable and hot to wear. 

Different potters have different needs: working in chrystaline glazes which melt at the base on to the shelves you need a respirator to spray glazes, make up glaze recipes or for general cleaning up dusts that contain a fair degree of silicon. I use it after every firing for a couple of hours to grind (with an electric grinder) the bases of the pots hence the need for ear muffs and glasses as well. The CleanSpace works with the muffs and glasses.

For me it is perfect, gives me a new freedom while glazing and I am really impressed with the air flow. It's a ripper cheers.    

Using the mask and crawling into the hot cramped mouse ridden ceiling

The rain and good growth has seen the mice population explode.  Our baits are working well which means lots of dead mice to get out from the farm house.  They love the warm water heater and piping. I wore my CleanSpace and crawled in, moving through and trying to remove large nests of insulation.  The smell was putrid with decaying mice and the air was thick with dust, mice hair, dried droppings...but I had clean fresh air the whole time which gave me assurance that I wasn't breathing anything horrid in. Oddly enough clean air made me feel wholly protected.  When working in hot cramped areas with poor air (even with a dust mask) - its the clean air you miss most!  The CleanSpace gave me fresh clean air and was compact enough to allow me to squeeze around and do the tricky work I needed to do.

PAFtec CleanSpace BigChill neck cooling pad

Wore our new BigChill Neck Cooling Pad this week and walked home in the 85% humidity and 26C heat of Sydney Spring!  It was awesome.  Walking next to the busy highway, not only did I get clean fresh air ("breath-by-breath) but the neck pad was a comfortable cool all the way home. I can't wait for this product to come out the guys in Queensland are going to love it!