Comment on YSK that a good way to clear pepper spray from your eyes is water with baby shampoo

• UnspecificGravity@piefed.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They don’t make safety goggles for gas, those are called gas masks and if you have an extra 600 bucks or so kicking around that is absolutely the best tool for the job. For the rest of us $20 for swim goggles, safety glasses, and an N95 is likely to be “good enough”.

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  • Fondots@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    N95 is probably better than nothing, but for these purposes it’s probably far from good enough

    Most pepper sprays and such are oil based, and n-rated respirators are not oil resistant. For that you really want an R-, or even better P-rated mask for oily mists.

    Disposable masks suitable for that do exist, but more often you’re going to find reusable cartridge-based ones which will have some additional ratings that probably aren’t relevant to specifically pepper spray but could maybe be relevant for other

    White labeled cartridges are suitable for acid cases like chlorine

    Black labeled are suitable for organic vapors like from paint thinners and other solvents

    Yellow are suitable for both

    Green are rated for ammonia and methylamine

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