Ahhhh!!!!#$#$(*& Today while taking off some lettering on a log truck, a little dirty gop of EZ OFF oven cleaner went right into my left eye. I put my head straight down so it won't get in any deeper. My eye teared up enough to flush it out. And I was back to work, didn't even mess up my make-up. That's what I get for not standing on a box looking down, rather than looking up at the truck (Peterbilt) door.
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
Wow! You are lucky! Also good quick thinking!
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
I'm sure that feels about the same as a shot of rattlesnake venom in the eye, something I know first hand. Since most females wouldn't be anywhere near the snake, they are unlikely to share my adventure. My wife is more inclined to have the EZ-Off experience, but not from removing paint.
Posted by Russ McMullin (Member # 5617) on :
I can't relate to either experience, but I sure can imagine how that feels. I'm glad it turned out okay Alicia. David, I assume you recovered as well, since you seemed to have the use of both eyes at Lodi. Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
I was using both eyes and both brain cells in Lodi. Only one of either was operational when I was playing with the snake.
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
That's what they used to say about "playing with the snake"... I never knew it was true though!
Posted by FranCisco Vargas (Member # 145) on :
You're a lucky lady. I had a branch 'poke into my eye' once, had to go to the doctor, they put some gel type ointment and an eye patch, told me I would be ok in a couple of days. So I had to run around like a pirate. Yes get the crate or box next time.
Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :
And the Safety Glasses were where?
Posted by John Gresak (Member # 6347) on :
I bet that smarted... and such beautiful eyes too. : )
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Geez Alicia!!! Sorry to hear of something like that happening, you were fortunate to do the correct thing...but please take care in the future.
Stephen..I have to agree with your question..."where were the safety glasses?"
I have had the misfortune and, sometimes the good fortune, to have needed to wear glasses since age 4.
In adult life I have always had lenses with "hardened" glass, and they have protected my eyes on many occasions, from welding spatter to paint spray blow back to walking by a low hanging tree branch.
Eyesight is precious folks...protect it at any cost...even if it involves wearing clumsy safety glasses!!!
Posted by Mikes Mischeif (Member # 1744) on :
A, Did that too. My sight was distorted the NEXT day when I woke up, but cleared by the afternoon......hope that does'nt happen to you.
Posted by James Donahue (Member # 3624) on :
David, you're usually a funny guy, but this snake business, man I don't know what category that falls into. Were you invited to one of those backwoods snake-handling church services?
While we're on the subject, my brother in law just got done telling me that one of the worst things you can get in your eye is the liquid catalyst used for fiberglass work. He said you have something like 10 seconds to rinse it, or goodbye eye. Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
James.If you are refering to MEK..your B-I-L is probably correct.
Back years ago we would almost wallow in the stuff (well..didn't wear protective gloves, didn't worry about it, just wash it off with acetone)
Nowadays, I take more precaution with epoxy products..THEY are even more dangerous than any polyester products.
Edited to say...Epoxy resins and their "activators" can and might and probably will build up in a persons body, and can, might and will end up causing a reaction. (speaking from personal experience)
Be careful with stuff you "think" you can use!
[ June 03, 2006, 11:03 PM: Message edited by: Dave Grundy ]
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
A few years ago, my shop foreman had a Mojave Rattler, which he caught in West Texas when he went out there to install some signs. With its combination of neuro and hemo toxins, the Mojave is the most poisonous snake in North America. We named it "Uncle Sam", because... He Wanted YOU!
One spring, Sam woke up on the wrong side of his den and was striking at everything in sight. Billy put him in an enclosure screened with 1/2" hardware cloth and then came into my office and told me Sam had struck at him and he could see his fangs and all the way down his throat. I went out and was looking in the top of the cage from about four inches away and Sam struck at the top of the cage and hosed venom in my eye.
I ran into the bathroom and stuck my face in running water for about 15 minutes while Billy got Poison Control on the phone. He said that after they quit laughing, they told him I was doing the right thing. About that time, one of my wife’s friends dropped by to visit. After hearing Billy on the phone and seeing me with my head in the sink, she just shook her head and left.
For about a year afterward, that eye felt dry and sore.
Posted by Stefanie Fox (Member # 6523) on :
Glad you are OK Alicia!
Posted by Jim Moser (Member # 6526) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dave Grundy: James.If you are refering to MEK..your B-I-L is probably correct.
Actually it is MEKP...Methyl Ethyl Keytone Peroxide.....Neither one would be good to get in your eye....Most people I know who work with composites won't even have MEK in their shop...nasty stuff!
Glad you are OK Alicia !
[ June 04, 2006, 02:04 AM: Message edited by: Jim Moser ]
Posted by Alicia B. Jennings (Member # 1272) on :
Sodium Hydroxide (lye) is what is in EZ Off oven cleaner. I do think that lye does burn. And my left eye is a little red, but it doesn't itch.
Posted by Carl Wood (Member # 1223) on :
so THEN whut Happened?
Posted by Jill Marie Welsh (Member # 1912) on :
Glad to hear your peeper is OK, Alicia. That must have REALLY burned! We can put ourselves at risk without even trying to. I have to take off some lettering today and I will be very careful! love....jill
Posted by Nancie W. Phillips (Member # 3484) on :
Oh yuk, Alicia! Glad you got it out fast. I had an uncomfortable experience a month or 2 ago eating spicy boiled shrimp when some of the spicy stuff flew up and hit me in the left eye. I don't think cayanne would do as much physical damage as lye, but I know it really hurt. Glad you're ok girl. It's hard to paint with just one eye...
Posted by KARYN BUSH (Member # 1948) on :
yeah take care of them eyes! this is what happened to me after a billboard type install. i can't tell you the number of times i've almost blinded myself...the stupidest thing i ever did regarding that...i was routing hdu(which is like sugar) well i wanted to see the relief carving part so like a giant ass i blew on the panel and it ended up in my face(i swear i should have a webcam running) now that was smaaaaaaaaat. hell i'm amazed i have all my limbs at this point...knock on wood! Posted by Alicia B. Jennings (Member # 1272) on :
Oh, my gosh, Karyn, that's the worst blackeye I've ever seen. Looks like you did a few rounds with Mike Tyson. Tough chick you are.
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
You should see Mike.
Posted by Russ McMullin (Member # 5617) on :
That looks seriously painful Karyn. How long did it take to clear up?
Posted by bill riedel (Member # 607) on :
Now if were wearing that black cowboy hat that you had in Lodi, it might not have happened. I think that you should send a new picture to the Shortreeds so everyone can see how great you looked.
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