Mixing powdered adhesive/grouts

[enduro]

A friend of mine was diagnosed with lung cancer this week, and this has really got me thinking about powdered adhesive and grouts. When mixing theses there is always a bit of dust and i wondered how many people wear a mask when mixing ? Also when dusting tiles off to get them nice and shiny, and we all know this a bit dusty. Silicosis is a form of lung cancer caused by cement dust. I dont wear a mask but im going too now.

 

[hillhead]

hi enduro.i don't use mask but have a good friend(great tiler too) who has started using a mask lately as he also knew a man who died i think from same stuff!! he is adamant that this is the right thing to do.dust is a serious killer.i worked in a dusty atmosphere for 16 years so what hope have i?? i wonder at times.

 

[White Room]

I do try and mix outside outside as much as possible, I must have breathed in so much dust over the last 38 years in the building game.

Sorry to hear about mate enduro.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

iv'e been in dust cement, lime,adisive,artex,plaster, epoxy floor's, and god knows how much more, and now i'd doffo wear a mask when i can!!!look after yourself no one els will

 

[user123]

Wear the mask, they are dirt cheap and I think it actually looks more professional.

 

[doug boardley]

tried wearing a mask, but it gives me a feeling of claustrophobia, really!!, but I stopped smoking nearly a year ago, so that can be my trade off!

 

[doug boardley]

not a mask like this tho'

 

[peckers]

sorry to here about your m8 enduro, I was mixing granfix ultimate flex adhesive the other day and boy is this dusty! i thought then that i should be wearing a mask as not only did i breathe half the bag in but as the wind whipped it up it went in me eyes to and i had to have me eyes washed out as it was all itchy and stinging!
I have since bought those cheap throwaway masks and a good expensive set of safety glasses that are more like wrap around sun glasses that i now keep on me head at all times, they alsoo magnify a bit too which helps with me measureing!
once again sorry to here about your m8!

 

[Sean Kelly]

A true story like yours Enduro is of course sad, but we should learn from your post. I sometimes get a wheezing chest from all the dust that is in the atmosphere at work. I did buy those cheap masks, but I think I paid too little money for them as they were useless. I will deffo invest in a proper mask. Nice point made by Mosaic Girl about the masks making a tiler look more professional. Maybe we should call ourselves ‘Tile Surgeons’! Again, I’m sorry to hear about your friend. Sean

 

[White Room]

The amount of lime mortor ceilings I've pulled down with no mask