From: pfjw@aol.com   
      
   On Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at 11:36:42 PM UTC-4, Big Bad Bob wrote:   
   > On 03/02/17 07:32, Peter Wieck wrote:   
   > > Asbestos: Dangerous only when friable - small particles able to become   
   airborne easily.   
   >   
   > along with your other precautions, one trick I've done when working with   
   > asbestos [I did this years ago when I was in the Navy - radioactive   
   > asbestos even!] is to use spray bottles of water help prevent it from   
   > going airborne.  So get a spray bottle, fill with water, spray things   
   > down a bit, especially while working with it, and if you must cut it or   
   > in any way make the particles go everywhere, have some kind of   
   > ventilating system that captures it [maybe even a makeshift one built   
   > out of a shop vacuum with a HEPA filter].  But wetting it makes it   
   > clump, so that can help a lot.   
   >   
   > So yeah, you don't want that crap getting in your lungs.  or anyone   
   > else's lungs.  EVAR.  Proper air filtration can help a lot.  maybe get   
   > industrial type masks or forced air if you want to overdo it a bit...   
   > but a spraypainting mask should be enough, I'd think.   
      
   One should also add a couple of drops per quart of liquid dish soap to that   
   water as a wetting agent. Otherwise, it might just roll off the asbestos,   
   especially in radios from smoking households or kept in/near cooking.   
      
   Peter Wieck   
   Melrose Park, PA   
      
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