Building materials - saving health
The process of installing various building materials occurs using a variety of sealants and mounting foam. And very often these materials fall on unprotected areas of hands and bodies. But since it is often not possible to interrupt the technological process of an installation to remove these auxiliary materials from hands, there are subsequently difficulties in washing them from open areas of the body.
When using polyurethane and polysulfide sealants, all work must be carried out in respirators and gloves,these insulating materials have corrosive corrosives in their composition, which, if ingested on exposed skin, can cause skin burns.
Silicone and acrylic sealants, due to their rapid setting, can cause allergic reactions to the skin and difficulty in removing. But if an unpleasant situation still occurred, than to wash off the sealant from the skin?
Than wash the sealant - first aid
To remove this material from the skin of hands or other parts of the body, a clean cotton pad must be impregnated with
solution of medical alcohol or gasoline a and wipe the contaminated skin areas.If this method does not bring the desired result, then you can try using 3% vinegar solution for these purposes. It is likely that these products will not be able to completely remove the adherent sealant from the desired skin areas.
Then to the question, than to wash the sealant from the hands of , there is only one answer - with acetone or other not too aggressive solvent. After completely removing this material from the skin, all surfaces to be treated should be washed with a large amount of water and soap.
Clearing hands of mounting foam is not an easy task
The mounting foam does not cause such obvious allergic reactions, but it is eliminated from the skin is no less problematic, especially if it has dried. If the foam hits the unprotected skin areas, you need to act very quickly, otherwise the foam will solidify and you will have to wait for the nth number of days until it disappears with the dead cells of the epithelium. If foam comes into contact, it is necessary to gently and quickly erase this material with a soft rag, never to smear on the skin.
If can not remove the mounting foam from 's hands, try using gasoline, acetone or another cleaner for these purposes, you can even use a liquid to remove varnish. During the application of these tools, you should also not disregard the safety rules.
Professional installers for this purpose use special wipes , which help to clean hands of the mounting foam. If you previously did not take care of buying this product, you can try to pour in a container of warm water and add there table salt .After that, put your hands in this hand and wait a bit, to wash your hands of the mounting foam, among other things, you can use stone pumice or hard side of the washcloth.
Also the usual soapy water helps to get rid of the foam. Put your hands in a container with soapy water and from time to time carefully soap them, wiping the foam with a washcloth or sponge. These methods do not give an instant result, you need to use them for 5-10 minutes to get the desired effect.
If none of the above methods is able to wash off the mounting foam from your hands, you can try using vegetable oil .To do this, the oil warms up and is applied to the skin of the hands, after this was done, take the usual washing powder and in a small amount poured into his hands. Then you need to carefully wipe off the foam with this powder. Carry out the procedure necessary to completely remove the contamination from the skin, and only after that, hands are washed with warm water.
So, removing insulating and mounting materials from exposed skin is a painful and time-consuming process. Therefore, experts recommend that as little as possible there are questions about how to wash off the sealant from the hands and others like it, use while working with respirators and gloves.