Skids
11-14-2006, 08:49 PM
on another thead we were talking about doing your first car and it reminded me of something that happened to me and i'm wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience......
my first job on metal was lettering a wrecker with an airbrush. I had no idea what i was doing and told the guy that, but he said no problems, that he had the right paint, etc., so I showed up to do the job at his shop. I distinctly remember it was Imron paint, and mixxing the catalyst in it and having no real problems...yet. The paint worked okay, and i did a pretty good job for where my skills were, and he paid me. End of story, right??.......WRONG!
I didn't use a mask....big mistake i was to learn the hard way. It was winter, freezing outside that night, and after the job was done i was taking my gear to my car when it hit me.....i was gonna be SICK! I threw-up 3 or 4 times on the way home. I didn't get out of bed for 2 days....I WANTED TO DIE!! then, when i woke up the 3rd day, i literally felt better than i had in a long, long time....weird!!!
i didn't notice anything at all wrong until i hit the fresh air, then BAM it hit me like a freight train. I now understand why i was sick, but why did i feel so good when it had finally passed?
needless to say i'm now religeous about good ventilation and a mask when it's called for!!
my first job on metal was lettering a wrecker with an airbrush. I had no idea what i was doing and told the guy that, but he said no problems, that he had the right paint, etc., so I showed up to do the job at his shop. I distinctly remember it was Imron paint, and mixxing the catalyst in it and having no real problems...yet. The paint worked okay, and i did a pretty good job for where my skills were, and he paid me. End of story, right??.......WRONG!
I didn't use a mask....big mistake i was to learn the hard way. It was winter, freezing outside that night, and after the job was done i was taking my gear to my car when it hit me.....i was gonna be SICK! I threw-up 3 or 4 times on the way home. I didn't get out of bed for 2 days....I WANTED TO DIE!! then, when i woke up the 3rd day, i literally felt better than i had in a long, long time....weird!!!
i didn't notice anything at all wrong until i hit the fresh air, then BAM it hit me like a freight train. I now understand why i was sick, but why did i feel so good when it had finally passed?
needless to say i'm now religeous about good ventilation and a mask when it's called for!!