The reason I ask this is for you to think about how you deal with the long term effects of gasoline
coming in contact with your skin.
And Feed back from the pro's as well as the backyard wrenching novices is welcomed here.
Here's my story, I lost my dad back in 1999. cancer took him. Not pretty either. He was nearly
eaten in half by cancer of the prostate and colon, intestines. A painful death. We all miss him dearly.
I vividly remember back in the early 60's (I was just 7 or 8 at the time) Dad always had a big can of gas
in the shop with the mower. He always did his own oil changes on the cars himself. I can't tell
you how many times I saw him wash his hands in gasoline. It was like nobody worried about what
that was doing to your blood or your skin and how it might effect your long term health.
I used to work commercial construction with my dad during the 80's and we were water proofing
a block wall for a customers boat ramp. We used this stuff like black mastic. I asked him " How
are we supposed to put this stuff on" He said "You just use your hands and stick it in the bucket
pull out a handful and spread it on like butter." And I thought to myself why not paint rollers?
Well we did it his way. After we cleaned our hands off in guess what. good old gasoline....
Today I wonder if dad would have lived longer if he would have been a little bit more cautious
about handling chemicals , gasoline on the bare skin.
To this day I see people working on cars with the same ideas that dad had. Just use gas to
rinse off grease or oil , and when working on fuel systems under the car how many times have
you had gas running down your unprotected arm ? huh...
I've tried many times working with gloves on. Not for me. But working on bikes and cars as many
of us do we sometimes forget about how bad gas and other chemicals we come into contact
with will effect us on a long term level.
Please tell us how you deal with keeping safe in the shop and around the chemicals you use....
Your input will make us all healthier and better mechanics.....
coming in contact with your skin.
And Feed back from the pro's as well as the backyard wrenching novices is welcomed here.
Here's my story, I lost my dad back in 1999. cancer took him. Not pretty either. He was nearly
eaten in half by cancer of the prostate and colon, intestines. A painful death. We all miss him dearly.
I vividly remember back in the early 60's (I was just 7 or 8 at the time) Dad always had a big can of gas
in the shop with the mower. He always did his own oil changes on the cars himself. I can't tell
you how many times I saw him wash his hands in gasoline. It was like nobody worried about what
that was doing to your blood or your skin and how it might effect your long term health.
I used to work commercial construction with my dad during the 80's and we were water proofing
a block wall for a customers boat ramp. We used this stuff like black mastic. I asked him " How
are we supposed to put this stuff on" He said "You just use your hands and stick it in the bucket
pull out a handful and spread it on like butter." And I thought to myself why not paint rollers?
Well we did it his way. After we cleaned our hands off in guess what. good old gasoline....
Today I wonder if dad would have lived longer if he would have been a little bit more cautious
about handling chemicals , gasoline on the bare skin.
To this day I see people working on cars with the same ideas that dad had. Just use gas to
rinse off grease or oil , and when working on fuel systems under the car how many times have
you had gas running down your unprotected arm ? huh...
I've tried many times working with gloves on. Not for me. But working on bikes and cars as many
of us do we sometimes forget about how bad gas and other chemicals we come into contact
with will effect us on a long term level.
Please tell us how you deal with keeping safe in the shop and around the chemicals you use....
Your input will make us all healthier and better mechanics.....