Safety Garb whatcha wearin' there boolit caster?

[Suo Gan]

Well here goes another mostly intuitive post I guess, but I could be missing something. Lead is pretty durn hot, and I was wondering what ya'all are wearing to protect you from the molten mishaps. As of now I am wearing a LS shirt, welding gloves, and a face mask (as in a plastic one), and a ball cap. Any other suggestions? Cloth type? This can be miserable work on a warm day.

I know you won't let me down, As always, SG

[Calamity Jake]

I cast in any shirt I am wearing at the time(but mainly old ones), blue jeans, use leather gloves(not welding) and I have to wear glasses so have eye protection.
When rendering WW I use the long welding gloove and a ball cap is the only change.
I guess I have been lucky, haven't had a bad burn yet, been doing it 27 years.

[monadnock#5]

No polyester/man made fibers, they melt. Cotton is the best. Long pants and leather shoes. I don't wear gloves personally, although I keep a pair handy. Your full face shield is excellent, but a pair of safety glasses with side shields works for me.

[Johnw...ski]

In the summer I wear a short sleve shirt shorts ans flip flops for everything including casting.

In cooler weather I wear whatever I have on.

John

[Springfield]

I wear long pants, safety glasses and a ballcap. I have had the splatter fly up on over the top of the glasses in the past, caught me right next to my eye. The bill on the ball cap eliminates this. Tried using a full face shield but it got too hot for me. I also cast wearing Ove' gloves, much more heat proof than leather gloves and more comfortable.

[Suo Gan]

I think John must have more juevos than I do. I can't imagine casting with flip flops on...

[Johnw...ski]

Hey it's an island thing, I've welded with em too.

John

[Heavy lead]

I've spent most of my life an HVAC contractor, solder boiler lines above your head all day, you get spattered all the time. I always cast in shorts and tee shirt in the basement (have a real good exhause system) Don't get me wrong, I do not recommend it, but I've got tough skin from doing pipe sweating, so what the heck. As far as flip flops, never wear them, I have mocassin type slippers for the basement, that way it traps the hot lead in them and I get a real good burn.

[Meatco1]

Wranglers, Welding gloves, long sleeve cotton shirt, glasses, & Cowboy boots. I hadn't thought of a bill hat, might give that a try.

Richard

[imashooter2]

Long cotton pants, leather boots tall enough that the pant legs cover the ankle opening, long sleeve cotton shirt for smelting, short sleeves OK for casting, leather utility gloves.

When smelting, I like to load the pot with a long handled garden shovel. That way if something goes POP, I'm not standing right on top of it.

[cajun shooter]

Ditto on the shorts, t-shirt and my flops. That is what I wear almost all the time. Come to Louiaiana and see what I'm talking about. Went out to the casting shop and it was 85 by the thermometer at noon today. Came back inside to lube boolits in the AC. I do wear all the above when smelting also but do put on a pair of welding gloves as I wouldn't want to burn my pinky's." Children do as I say and not what I DO"

[Forester]

I do all my casting for the next year in a few months of winter. So I have a coat on, a ballcap and leather gloves. I have started wearing eye protection too.

When rendering WWs I use a pair of welding gloves as well depending on what I am doing.

[44man]

Been casting 54 years. I wear a "T" shirt, glasses to see with, no gloves, no hat, any work pants I have on and can't see the big fuss.
The only time I have dropped hot lead is when I grabbed a boolit too hot yet, no burn though, just too hot.
Some of you act like you are pouring steel!
Might be a good idea to learn HOW to cast. I don't make ANY mess or splatters.

[jawjaboy]

If ya smelt in warm weather, a pair of welders sleeves might be ya cup of tea. Wear your short sleeved shirt all you want, then when you get down to bidness, just slip these on reak quick. Easy on, easy off. Plus the elastic wrist cuff will slip over your leather gloves cuffs, avoiding the old trapped lead in the glove cuff syndrome. $6.24 per pair.

Jes a suggestion. YMMV.

http://www.tuffrhino.com/Welders_Clo...FRJxxwodFCk8wQ

[Bret4207]

Well thank goodness there are some other guys here that don't wear a complete firefighter outfit just to cast! I thought I was the only one. I TRY to remember to wear glasses. Beyond that it's whatever I have on. The only burns I ever get are on my hands and I get worse ones welding so no biggie. I have a great big jar of "Udder Butter" which I use as a general first aid cream. If it works on chapped cow teats it oughta work on anything! I also don't go crazy worrying aobut the mythical "steam explosion" from water dropping ONTO my mix. I read an internet tale of a guy who claimed a June Bug entered his mix and exploded. My bs meter pegged on that one.

[crabo]

I just cast in whatever I have on. No big deal. I wear glasses and make anyone who wants to cast wear safety glasses.

[HORNET]

Long sleeve shirt, jeans, tennies or boots(whatever I have on), my reading glassessoI can check them as I go,and cotton workgloves. I tried shorts and cowboy boots but had a sprue go into one boot and changed that idea.
IIRC, it was claimed that Buckshot does his casting in huarache sandles and a thong (there's a mental picture that'll haunt ya!)......LOL

[Kraschenbirn]

Jeans, long-sleeved pullover top, a pair of old leather court shoes, and a plain ol' brown cotton glove on my left (mould) hand for casting; bare right hand holds the cut-down hickory hammer handle I use for a "knocker." For smelting, same basic outfit with a leather work glove on the left hand and an Ove' Glove on the right. For eye protection, I wear my regular glasses (Lexan lenses) with clip-on side shields any time I've got lead a meltin'.

Bill

[NoDakJak]

Bret Try dropping a nice size grasshopper in your pot. You better be wearing be wearing long sleeves because you will be wearing silver ornaments. An inquiring mind will certainly find out the hard way. Neil

[Chunky Monkey]

Bret Try dropping a nice size grasshopper in your pot. You better be wearing be wearing long sleeves because you will be wearing silver ornaments. An inquiring mind will certainly find out the hard way. Neil

Don't know about grasshoppers but I do know that yellow jackets don't do any harm!