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A good friend of mine, who has been a fireman for over 20 years, and has been painting cars for at least 15 years, uses a kerosene forced air heater in the booth while painting, as do I. If it was that flammable, for one, we'd have blown ourselves up many moons ago, and the heat lamps along with the exhaust fan motors they use would be sealed. The biggest danger you face with paint today is not igniting it, it's breathing it.
Maybe some one should submit this one to Myth Busters...
Maybe some one should submit this one to Myth Busters...
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Originally Posted by mat-helm
A good friend of mine, who has been a fireman for over 20 years, and has been painting cars for at least 15 years, uses a kerosene forced air heater in the booth while painting, as do I. If it was that flammable, for one, we'd have blown ourselves up many moons ago,
Just because it hasn't happened, doesn't mean it *can't* happen.
Remember body shops have to comply with osha regulations, which out of theory, try to protect workers from every possible scenario imaginable, to reduce injury and lawsuits.
I've smoked while painting, and not blown up either, but in theory I could
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15 years isn't luck. Paint, reducer and hardener are flammable, not combustible. They do come out with new and better formulas all the time, so my test has always been to spray a match ( like you would with a hair spray can).
I'm not telling anyone to do this, as a mater of fact, my rule of thumb is, if you're not comfortable with something, don't do it. But I still say your biggest worries are with breathing the stuff. Asbestos has nothing on the ISO's they have to put in this stuff to make up for the lack if lead. Lead was a whole lot safer all around. But the environmental wacos have the best P.R. in the world. That's why we have gas-a-hal, which unlike regular gas will mix with your drinking water and is imposable to remove.
I'm not telling anyone to do this, as a mater of fact, my rule of thumb is, if you're not comfortable with something, don't do it. But I still say your biggest worries are with breathing the stuff. Asbestos has nothing on the ISO's they have to put in this stuff to make up for the lack if lead. Lead was a whole lot safer all around. But the environmental wacos have the best P.R. in the world. That's why we have gas-a-hal, which unlike regular gas will mix with your drinking water and is imposable to remove.
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