Nick's moustache

timster68 · Post by **timster68** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:12 pm

odd thought of the day....

Seeing Nick's picture today as I was on the Shopsmith website made me ponder an odd question. For those that have moustaches, or beards, how does one deal with sawdust, particularly when dealing with dusty MDF.
Even though I don't have one, I for one almost always have to shower to get any dust out of my hair, even when I were a hat. I can't after imagine sanding, routing, cutting, etc. even with good dust collection, how much dust can get in a beard or moustache after hours in the shop. Plus I would gather if stuff gathers in the moustache breathing it in (since it's right next to your nose) can't be all that healthy. Especially if you're creating a lot of cedar dust. I sometimes wear an AO Safety® Professional Multi-Purpose Respirator which is great, but I need to use it more regularly.

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:44 pm

Shower?? Never thought of that!!

The good news is the dust that settles in hair is mostly made up of particles that are a lot larger than those that will damage lungs. The real harmful ones are those particles that can only be seen microscopically!

That said, allergens are another matter! When allergens are present - a dust mask should be employed. (Hopefully over all facial hair)

timster68 · Post by **timster68** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:45 pm

[quote="charlese"]Shower?? Never thought of that!! ]

Does anyone have an air filter to help clean this stuff up? Any recommendations?

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:36 pm

I just spray myself with Teflon before I go out in the shop.

With all good wishes,

paul heller · Post by **paul heller** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:23 pm

Pretty slick there, Nick.

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:28 pm

paul heller wrote:Pretty slick there, Nick.

Nice play on words there Paul!:rolleyes:

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:01 pm

A friend of mine says his "stash" is the prefilter for the nose!

robertw · Post by **robertw** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:47 am

I thought a mustache was a filter.

curiousgeorge · Post by **curiousgeorge** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:59 pm

They are good filters and darn good cookie dusters too.

eldyfig · Post by **eldyfig** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:08 pm

curiousgeorge wrote:They are good filters and darn good cookie dusters too.

"Flavor savers"

Anyone ever had Beard Soup?