What kind of Respirator!!!!

[Rene E. Roy]

I am looking in the MSC catolog to buy a respirator! which kind of filters do I want, and so many brands? HELP!

 

[RHINOKNIVES]

roy, i purchased a air stream 200. its a fully self contained helmet and filter system. best investment in my shop in a while. my lungs feel so much better. and your mouth does'nt get dryed out. it about $600 to the door. and worth it! www.airsteam.com its owned by 3m

 

[Mike Hull]

If you don't want to spring for the supplied air type, above, any canister type half mask will work. Just get the organic vapor/formaldehyde cartridges for it, also get the adapter and cotton dust prefilters. Those will add to the life of your cartridges.
I use a 3M, an Aearo, a Wilson. They are all good respirators. The 3M that I am using now, is a 6000 series half mask, the cartridges are #6005, OV/formaldehyde. I like this one as the cartridges are trapezoidal, and are out of the way. I also use the cotton prefilters.
When not using the respirator, if you keep it in a ziploc bag, the cartridges will last a lot longer.
The reason for the organic vapor, AND formaldehyde cartridges is, micarta, pakkawood, and a lot of other materials , including some grinding belts, give off Phenol, AND formaldehyde gas when worked.
The organic vapor cartridge will handle the phenol, but not the other.

 

[RHINOKNIVES]

i used the 3m 6000 half mask for a over five years. the most important thing is to use this grade or better. your lungs will thank you.