Any reccomdeatiins ither than a powered air supply ? Really all it ever us is tack welds on panel for cage traps but still would like some protection. Im from reading,the 3M half masks with their lead filters look like they would be good but wanted to see what yall used.

Years ago the guys welding galvanized drank milk at the end of the day. It was supposed to remove whatever you got from fumes were in your body.

I would put a fan blowing the fumes away from you also.

When I was in welding school we welded up a bunch of horse stalls with conduit as the bars and I do remember the instructor telling us to drink milk to counter act it.

We welded a bunch of guard railing and other galvanized metal when i worked on a bridge crew, man I hated the gasses coming off that stuff, never used a respirator but definitely should have

Get a few fans going also that should help some!

Best you can do with out having a sealed air welding setup is a fan blowing the weld plume away from you, that should be adequate for tacking. You can also use a small vacuum to suck the plume away and not have it fill a closed room, you set it up a bit away from your welding area so it does not suck up sparks but can pick up the plume

If your going to be welding more on this material, you going to have to invest in a filtered forced air welding hood set up, not cheap either, us welders in the shop where I work all have them because of the high concentrations of several metals in the mine, it is required PPE, the company is required to purchase them for us because of the stringent PPE regulations.

Most start at $1,800 dollars for a minor filtering system, ours with a double filter system for organic and non-organic materials are $2,600.00, could be cheaper out there I don't care I did not have to buy it !!

Milk works well but you should have some in your system before starting the process, if you get the Zinc chills your going to be down 3 or more day's and wish you could remove your head from your body, it hurts so bad and the muscle aches are way worse than any flu you have known !

Back when I was working the welders and all the other crews did not wear a respirator. I don't know if anyone got sick just drank milk. It definitely made you feel kind of sick if you got too much!

Don't do it is best. If ya have to, I'd use supplemental air.

Too many of my buddies that didn't think twice about that stuff died with cancer.

3m fitted respirator with HEPA filters .

I always just ran a fan to push the fumes away.
J

The milk is a real thing . Paint engineer I worked for demanded it before we left each day. But get you a painters respirator . The cartridges determine how effective. They used to be color coated. Think pink and yellow were the ones we used. BUt been years ago since I used one.

Here is one I'm talking about. But you can find cheaper ones.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Pro-...k-Latch-Case-of-4-65023QLHA1-C/206410930

Drink milk.

Finally had some free time and swung buy the welding supply in town and found this little guy for $32 after tax. Apparently due to rona every idget with a credit card has been buying up any kinda respirator they can find

Good Deal Wolfdog

thats a good comfortable one,fiits under most helmets,have one also

That is a good respirator Wolfdog. We kept them in stock at the shop I used to work at, but most guys just prefer air movement when possible. There are plenty of expensive systems, but all you need is smoke moving out and fresh air moving in. If it's warm enough to keep the door or window open, a cheap box fan moving air will take care of you. I'm planning to install a bathroom fan in my garage sometime soon.

Milk counteracts the SYMPTOMS of heavy metal poisoning, but it doesn't necessarily take the metals out of your system, and heavy metal poisoning has long term affects too. Better to avoid intaking the metals to begin with.

Ventilation is the best option -- welded lots of galvinized water pipe. Milk definitely helps with the sickness.

I weld outside BTW.