Fibreglass splinters!!

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Well for the last to days ive been cleaning up and repairing a fibreglass bath so i can use it to keep yabbys(Fresh water lobster type critters) in :D
But dear god it gives out splinters. Ive got them over my back and up my arms.
They are so small i cant pull them out or even see them, I just know they are there because if my arm or back has something brush up against them they hurt and then itch.

Is there anyway of getting rid of them or anything to use on them?

And this is not a medical thread so please dont close it and im not going to the hospital or to see a doctor about them because that would be just clogging up the system even more then it already is and for no life threatening reason.

Thanks
 
God I love Austrailian made up words :D

Yabbies, lol. Reminds me of the Simpsons in Australia episode.

"Bullfrogs, thats a strange name, i'd have called them chuzwuzza's" :p
 
I often get covered in fibreglass dust on board the yachts. The best thing to do is NOT to have a hot shower or bath. That opens up your pores and makes it harder to remove. I find a flanel soaked in cold water with a bit of soap helps, but more often than not you just have to grin and bear it :(
 
As someone who works with fibreglass insulation all the time, I can honestly say DO NOT take a hot bath or shower!! Cold water and dish soap works the best. But nothing works 100% except time and patience.

Do any of you know how ANNOYING it is to have to wash up at the end of a shift with COLD water when it's -40 degrees outside?!?!?!?!? No, I'm not really looking forward to winter again........
 
I made the mistake of sanding down fibreglass while wearing FLIPFLOPS in the garage. How could I be so stupid... It was fine until I put socks on then it was like I had bugs eating my feet in my shoes.

Great tip on the hot water though, I just went and jumped in the shower afterwards :rolleyes: duh :D
 
Mickey_D said:
Do any of you know how ANNOYING it is to have to wash up at the end of a shift with COLD water when it's -40 degrees outside?!?!?!?!? No, I'm not really looking forward to winter again........
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I'm hoping that's an exaggeration.

I have nothing to add on the topic of fibreglass TBH.
Cover yourself in jam and get homeless dogs to lick it off perhaps?
 
Jonny69 said:
I made the mistake of sanding down fibreglass while wearing FLIPFLOPS in the garage. How could I be so stupid... It was fine until I put socks on then it was like I had bugs eating my feet in my shoes.

Great tip on the hot water though, I just went and jumped in the shower afterwards :rolleyes: duh :D
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I was bare footed and shirtless :rolleyes:
I took out the metal plug hole and drain pipe with the help of a drill to loosen it up and to take out some screws because it used to be used as a water trough for sheep :p
Today there was a bit of smoothing the plug hole and then leaning over the bottom of the bath where the fiberglass doesnt have a coating on it. Then i got to fill the hole in a tar based sealant :D
 
cleanbluesky said:
I'm hoping that's an exaggeration.
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No, it's not an exaggeration! :)

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That screenshot was taken Jan 17th of this year.....

I may have misworded it though. I'm not washing up outside, but when I do wash up at work, I immediately go clock out, then walk outside. So in all reality, I might as well be washing up outside!! :D
 
Mickey_D said:
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Is that in real money or old money though?

[Edit]Scratch that. -40f == -40C.

As you say though - Cold water baths are good for fibreglass (and rockwool - which is just finer fibreglass, I suppose).

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Oh - And, of course, don't use mustard - You'll just end up with hairy arms.
 
Spent 2 months in Minnesota with work...from 3 Jan to 7th March 1995.

One of the coldest winters I think - It was -40 a lot of the time. The following year was the coldest (it reached around -60f or -50C)

It was that cold - we could do virtually nothing but stay in the hotel the whole time....and pray the snow ploughs were able to start up.
 
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Mickey_D said:
No, it's not an exaggeration! :)

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That screenshot was taken Jan 17th of this year.....

I may have misworded it though. I'm not washing up outside, but when I do wash up at work, I immediately go clock out, then walk outside. So in all reality, I might as well be washing up outside!! :D
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Jeees! Get some good overclocking done there, even the X1900s won't be able to get above freezing :D
 
I have worked with FG a bit, first few times I did take a hot shower and it just itches for a much longer time. Washing the surface stuff off with cold water is worth doing so you don't rub it in or get it in your eyes. There is nothing you can do really apart from wait for it to go; even my plan of covering myself in tape and ripping it off didn't work.
 
I remember yabbying on my Grandparents farm ins Aus when I was a youngster.The local kids used bits of string with meat on the end,I used a fishing rod and was hooking them out left right and centre :p . Felt a bit guilty eating a few of them but they tasted lovely :D
 
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