Resin/Bondo Fumes/Dust Harming Me?

Hi, Recently, I've been working with lots of fiberglass and body filler. I've been laying the wet body filler and fiberglass outside without a mask, and I've been sanding them both outside, with a poor-quality particle dust mask. What I'm wondering is if this could be affecting my health. Lately, I've been sneezing and had a runny nose every day, and I figured it was just allergies, but usually they don't last this long and are mostly in the spring. So I got to thinking, maybe the fumes and dust are doing this to me. Do you guys think that's what might be happening? Before I do any more work, I'm going to go buy a nice $35 respirator mask at my body shop supply store, but I'm curious as to if the symptoms I'm experiencing now might be due to the fumes and dust.

I would say your assumptions are correct. You need to be in a well-vented room with a dust mask on. Those fumes are very hazordous.~The Rookie~

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Don't let the smoke out of your equiptment..it doesn't go back in.

GET THE RESPIRATOR... 35 bucks to live past 30.. i;d do it.. fiberglass is horrible stuff for the lungs/brain.

Go for a 3M respirator mask manufactured for vapors and small particulates ( # 6000 ) and use the PINK filters ( # 2097 ) as this is the best that I've found for vapors and small particluates.Jeff

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Health is wealth (what my father always taught us). Without health, there isnt anything in life or life itself, so I would advise you to listen to the advise of all those who are helping with their ideas. I've heard that those fumes are not just dangerous but seriously dangerous. You might want to check yourself up with a doctor just to make sure you haven't gotten anything bad or if you did, at least you can cure it, the sooner the better. Good luck and I hope you're well.

Man i just back from the hospital on tuesday from the getting the fibergalss debris from my lungs. Thought it was a common sinus infection but after two weeks it wouldnt go away.   The money i paid for the deductable haha i could have bought the mask. not worth it.

Man, that's some scary stuff. Today I'm buying a nice respirator mask after work. Thack, how do they get the fiberglass debris out of your lungs? How long have you been working around fiberglass?

damn not good news to me.dream it, build it, fiberglass it

pureRF wrote: damn not good news to me.

Have you been being stupid like me and not wearing a mask too?