School Master Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 I'm looking to get into pouring some of my own plastics, and I was just wondering where you guys did your pouring at. I've got pretty limited space and was curious what everyone else had set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outdooradvantage Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 I pour in my garage, I have a microwave, a heater and a couple of fans for venting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampBaits Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 I pour in a 2 1/2 car garage. The 1/2 part of the garage has it's own garage door. There's insulation inside of it and a gas heater, along with some work benches and good lighting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longhorn Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 I pour in my boat storage which is well vented. I always use a respirator when I pour. I heat the plastic with infrared lamps. I would not recommend pouring inside a home due to the plastic fumes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charkins Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 I pour in my garage which is NOT attached to my house. I have a heater and fluorescent lights. I ALWAYS use a respirator and air out the garage after I have finished. IMO do not pour inside without a respirator. I speak from experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDBaits Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 I pour in my garage, my work bench is about 10 feet from the door so I only need a box fan to blow the fumes and dont need any heaters cause i live in FL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike-A-Pike Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 ... dont need any heaters cause i live in FL Yeah but, when I used to visit my dad before he passed, just about every Florida home we ever visited had a fireplace... If you don't need heat???? Ya' know what I mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDBaits Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 lol spike-a-pike i mean in the garage, if it falls below 50 i stay inside....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laydog Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 I just started pouring and I pour in my attached garage. I bought a workbench from Lowes and set up on that. I always open the main garage door about 2 feet and open the side garage door all the way when I pour. I also wear a respirator because the smells give me a migraine if I don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYqpHUNTER Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 wonder what the long term effects of these fumes are doing to us ????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDBaits Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 wonder what the long term effects of these fumes are doing to us ????? They are gonna gives us cancer in 30 years like everything else.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubeman Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Spark something else up to offset the fumes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Prager Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 I'm set up in a very large air conditioned garage. I have a floor fan set up about 6 feet away on the left of me. This is positioned to lightly blow the fumes out about the 10 inches I have opened in the sliding glass door to the right of me. I slowly exhale as I'm pouring. I really don't get much smoke at all unless I get the plastic too hot or remelt scraps. I use M-F plastic and it doesn't smell or smoke too bad. When I first started pouring, I was getting bad headaches. The pastic I was using at the time both smoked and smelled pretty bad. Drinking lots of water helped, but the headaches completely stopped when I switched plastics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COBRA Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 from about 1997 to 05 i poured in the kitchen right on the stove, used the oven hood and microwave, worked well. made unreal amounts of baits standing there, lol now in my new house, 1/4 of the basement is a seperate room with a dual fan oven hood that is ducted out the window. microwave directly below and side skirts off the hood to the bench. works well, no worries on fumes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
