Respirator

Personal protection equipment device to filter particulate matter or hazardous fumes from the airway.

• Example of particulate matter filter.
• Example of chemical fume filter.

Recommended for all power sawing, sanding, grinding, epoxying, and varnishing operations. Especially critical when sanding or grinding epoxy--even more critical for graphite!!

If you have a beard or stubble, a respirator will leak too much to be useful. For those that want to keep their beard's, a positively ventilated (i.e. powered) full face/head covering respirator is required. These are expensive.