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   cblett | Aug 07, 1999 07:00pm | #18

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   Try a soapy water rinse to prevent fogging. It works on my scuba mask and on my small shaving mirror in the shower. Also some type of head band or hat to absorb sweat will help.

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   Guest_ | Aug 08, 1999 07:59am | #19

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   I wear large-ish plastic prescription glasses, regular and sunglasses, when working. the only problem is the lack of side shields, which is also why they don't fog up. Also, real safety glasses have more impact resistance. I'm still looking for safety glasses that are comfortable and SCRATCHPROOF.

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   Guest_ | Aug 09, 1999 07:46am | #20

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   Just a note to all you people out there who, like me, see no need to wear safety glasses unless there's obvious danger. I work with an old-timer who wears his glasses all day, no matter what he's doing, and I'm now going to follow his lead. Two days ago I pulled down one small piece of soffit, and my face wasn't anywhere near the falling debris. Well, I just had the unpleasant experience yesterday of visiting the eye surgeon to have a little speck of bird's nest removed from my cornea, and I don't need further convincing that safety glasses should be on your nose, not in your pouch. A few years ago near here someone was just arriving for work and didn't see the string line in the grass that was there for the excavation, he tripped over the line and the nail at the end of the string pulled free and got him right in the eye, killing him on the spot. Just thought I'd pass that along, for what it's worth....

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   Guest_ | Aug 06, 1999 04:54am | #1

   *Ross, you are so right on target about the safety glasses.It is a lesson I learned long ago,but I get careless once and a while and every time I do POW! Right in the eyeball.It has been a few years now ,but last last emergency room trip for an eye injury involved the doctor DRILLING a chunk of metal out of my eyeball.DRILLING.Good Luck,Stephen

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   Guest_ | Aug 06, 1999 06:03am | #2

   *Ross,Excelent advice.Ed. Williams

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   Guest_ | Aug 06, 1999 06:49am | #3

   *cost me 115 dollars in june to get a hunk of sawdust out of my eye i got cutting a jack rafter....

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   Guest_ | Aug 06, 1999 07:45am | #4

   *I always have trouble with my saftey glasses either fogging up or slinding off my face in this hot weather. I guess I could tie 'em on, but who wants to if they are all fogged up?Thoughts?

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   Guest_ | Aug 06, 1999 05:24pm | #5

   *Stephen. Never thought about it but the first cordless DRILL I saw may well have been the one the opthamological surgeon used to get the rust particle out of my eyeball!Matt. First thing I do with a new pair of safety glasses is tie a piece of elastic to the ear pieces to hold them firmly to my head. It doesn't help much with the fogging!All. It's hard enough to discipline ourselves to wear eye protection. If you have employees you need to keep after them too. With all the trouble getting good help you hesitate to be too tough but many firms simply won't keep a worker on the job without proper use of proper safety equipment. (Documentation of repeated violations and warnings are important to avoid labor dept. problems but I'd rather fight with them than OSHA). Ever notice when Bob Vila visits a plant or factory he's wearing a hard hat and safety glasses? That's not for the cameras. Those manufacturers' insurance companies won't let visitors past the door without them.

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   Guest_ | Aug 06, 1999 09:35pm | #6

   *So what brand or type of safety glasses do you guys wear? Like a lot of you, I've been to the doc to have bits of debris removed, and like all of you, I should have been smart enough to wear safety glasses. I still don't wear them all the time, mainly because they're uncomfortable, or they fog up and make me whack my thumb with a hammer. Or at least they provide me an excuse for whacking my thumb with a hammerIf any of you know of safety glasses that sidestep the above problems, I'd love to hear about them for possible inclusion in Tools and Materials in FHB.Andy Engel

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   Guest_ | Aug 06, 1999 11:41pm | #7

   *My Uncle is a retired ophthalmologist. It was his second trade. My Grandfater was a carpenter and my Uncle learned that trade from him first. After the great WWII he went to med school on the GI Bill and what he picked up from occasional carpentry jobs. I don't think I ever met a stronger advocate of safety glasses in my life. His practice included an optical dispensary and he always gave the tradesman a good deal on safety glasses.

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   Guest_ | Aug 07, 1999 01:07am | #8

   *What works to keep safety glasses from fogging up? I've tried most everything, from commercial anti fog solutions to rubbing my glasses with a slice of potato ....... nothing seems to work for very long.

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   Guest_ | Aug 07, 1999 04:04am | #9

   *This will sound stupid,but I never have a problem with the tinted glasses fogging up,just the clear ones.I do own one pair of clear glasses that rarely fog up with Pasload stamped on them. I think they may have been giving them away with each gun you bought at one time.(not how I got mine,but thats another story). Every other pair of clear glasses always fogs up on me.

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   KAB | Aug 07, 1999 04:31am | #10

   *I am near-sighted and I have to have my regular glasses (not contact lens) on all the time. Does that offer some protection, or not at all? How about sun glasses?

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   Guest_ | Aug 07, 1999 05:48am | #11

   *KAB,A full service optical dispensary can make prescription safety glasses. You can also get frames with "screen" side vents that provide protection and some relief for moisture.

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   Guest_ | Aug 07, 1999 06:28am | #12

   *Andy - I have been wearing safety glasses made by Uvex for a few years now. The frames have telescoping ear pieces and the wraparound lenses comes in a variety of shades. Our local lumberyard started selling them a few years ago, and they are comfortable and cheap. I think your first pair costs around 10.00 and replacement lenses in black, yellow, mirror, and others are around 7.00 or 8.00. When I was in the service, I think they issued a product to us to wipe our glasses with, to keep them from fogging up. Kind of a rag in a film cannister sized thing. Anybody know about those? - jb

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    Guest_ | Aug 07, 1999 07:19am | #13

    *Your safety glasses fog up, hey, does this mean you don't have to wear glasses ALL the time? I do, and they fog up (haven't found that miracle cure), dust gets all over them, sweat drips on them, and idiots step on them. Tell you what though, so much stuff bounces off, or impacts into them, that I don't see how "sighted" folks can work without something over their eyes. Do you guys think wearing glasses all the time is comfortable?But then, I've never had anything taken out of my eyes. Not a bad tradeoff.Blind and batty,BB

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    Guest_ | Aug 07, 1999 07:27am | #14

    *Hey SnortIf'n yer wearin yer glasses alla time, just exactly who is climbin on yer face to be steppin on them. . . fuscoe???Kidding aside, I too(o) wear them all the time, or used to, until my eyes started goin wacky a year or so ago, now I take them off to do close up work, guess I'm gonna hafta get bi-focals or somethin, but it sure did save my eyes numerous times havin them on, even though they weren't safety type. I had a prescription pair of safety's but didn't i upgradethem when my regular glasses got changed some years ago. . . been lucky ever since I guess!I'd rather be cleaning wood chips and dust off the glasses than outa my eyes!!!-pm

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    Guest_ | Aug 07, 1999 07:45am | #15

    *Interesting, I almost never have a problem with glasses fogging. Only when I'm doing really heavy work and I'm sweating like a pig do they fog. Perhaps you could try Rain-X.

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    Guest_ | Aug 07, 1999 07:51am | #16

    *Don't have afog problem with vented or loose fitting side sheilds.

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    Guest_ | Aug 07, 1999 08:35am | #17

    *Andy,I've had a pair of "Patriot" safety glasses (yes, the somewhat uncool looking red, white, and blue ones :-) for a few years now and have found them to be very comfortable. The arm is adjustable and has a small amount of rubber at the end that helps hold them on and makes it comfortable at my ear. The lenses tilt in three positions to make the bottom of the lense fit closer to my face, and they can be replaced. They also make a shaded lense. They fit comfortably over my perscription glasses. Of course most any pair of safety glasses get scratches and dusty, but I've never had that much trouble taking them off to clean them. Of course, sometimes it is more of a challenge to find a dry spot on the shirt :-)They sell for around $9 a pair around here (NC) including the clear lense, and you can buy the shaded lense for about $5.00.