Said the Mad Hatter!Next thing people will say we shouldn’t have been playing with that mercury...
Next thing people will say we shouldn’t have been playing with that mercury...
I had a tube i stole out of the garage when i was little, played with it on the kitchen table. Later in middle school a kid brought some in and spilled it all over the school. They took everyones shoes and had us showering in the locker rooms. I got sent home with no shoes and sopping wet in november if i remember right. They said our shoes would be returned but they never were. just got a $35 check which didn't even cover half of the cost of mine.
What about the stuff the cleaner removes from your gun?An alternative to wearing gloves is using non-toxic cleaners. Such as the M-Pro 7 or SLIP2000 products. I wear gloves for protection mostly when the job is very dirty (like flushing a Mosin barrel) or I need to use lead solvent. I think everyone who believes in using gloves should consider going green. Toxicity is more about what you inhale than what you touch, by the way.
I do wear gloves occasionally to protect the finish from my sweaty hands. CanÂ’t stand palm prints.
Powder residue is not known to be particularly toxic on brief contact. Elemental lead is definitely not, but lead salts and oxides can be. I think lead solvents do warrant extra precautions. I hardly ever shoot lead anyway.What about the stuff the cleaner removes from your gun?
Shooting lead is not nearly as dangerous as breathing the fumes from the primers. That stuff will kill you just from standing around in an indoor range. How many guys wear a respirator at the range? Don't get me wrong here - if I must use toxic chemicals to do a job I will - and I will wear protection but I will not use those chemicals to clean a firearm because they are totally unnecessary. I used to have to clean maybe 20 guns a week for a few years and I have never used aerosol brake cleaner to clean a gun.