Comment on YSK that a good way to clear pepper spray from your eyes is water with baby shampoo
Fondots@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoN95 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
grue@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Which respirator cartridges are the “normal” ones you get at the hardware store? Yellow?
Fondots@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t exactly go respirator-shopping super often, and I of course have no idea what stores around you stock, but dn my experience, yellow and black are pretty widely available, and I don’t think that I’ve ever personally seen white or green in the wild, but I’ve also never specifically gone shopping for them either, since my main use case is for things like spray paint so I’m mostly concerned with organic solvents fumes.