The last two times I was in my glass studio, my lungs really hurt afterward. So I'm now researching masks. I had been using a mask that I had researched for silver fumes on occassion, mostly only when working with silver foil. I wasn't using my ventilation as much lately because it was so cold out that the passage of cold air was making the glass more easily shocked. In any case, I'm wising up, am going to always keep my ventilation on and/or wear a better mask. I'm looking at the half mask respirators. Any suggestions to which is best? I want to hear what others are using. I sculpt more than do beadwork. I don't work much with frits, so I'm thinking it's the heat and fumes mostly that made my lungs hurt.
thanks!
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