Lung Irritation???

[R W]

I did a good sized encap job this week for a Church. I was using Prochems encap solution, and the next day I felt like a cold coming on. I've heard others on this board talk about breathing in the encap solution of all the other brands, also, and having some reactions.

I WILL be wearing a mask on any other encap jobs from here in. Any other products that are exceptionally irritating??

 

[Jimmy L]

Hruby's was cough-able too.

 

[Scottie]

The syrup stuff from Ed V. had me hacking pretty well. I gave it away, couldn't take it any more, cleaned well though.

 

[bob vawter]

ONE WORD:

Chemical Emphysema........OK two.....



look it up!

 

[Ron Lippold]

i dont get any lung irritation from hwe what do you think could that stuff be bad for the customer as well

 

[Mountain View Carpet Care]

Are you spraying it on the carpet or gravity tank?

 

[steve r]

rick g's stuff messes with my sinus but not my lungs.i use a tank to apply it.its the steam from the hot water i think.hek of a good head buzz at the end of a big job.

i think once the products dry there is no problem.

 

[Dolly Llama]

nearly all the encRapoos irritate the back of my throat just from breathing.
more often than not, they also give me a headache

Steve Smith's juice is one that never has.
even at heavy dilution ratios, the ammonia smell is preferable to me than the obnoxious smell/irritation of the other encRapoos

.L.T.A.

 

[Ron Werner]

its encaping all the crap in your lungs


Ramsey had a neutral pH cleaner for HWE that would stick in the throat when breathed. Good cleaner, just too many issues

 

[The Magician]

I would sell that machine cheap to me. Problems solved.

 

[hogjowl]

A good many of the encap. shampoos I have tried made me cough and the longer I used them, the worse it got. Like already said above, Steve Smiths (vacaway.com) formulations are the exception. Try them.

I would suspect, however, that it was coincidence that you got sick at the same time.

 

[R W]

Well....I sprayed the solutions on with a pumpup sprayer. I don't think I was coming down with a cold....it was the irritation of the pre-spray. Cleared up in a day or 2. I will try Steve Smiths stuff....

 

[John Watson]

When applying with the tank we, Helen and I have no problem

But, when I used to spray steps it became airolized and it got to Helen right now. I just ignored it and it went away..

I now use a spray bottle in stead of a pump up or multi to lay it down.

 

[Shawn Forsythe]

Look at the bright side.

Tea Tree Oil has antiseptic properties. Your lungs may hurt, but neither will bacteria survive. :roll: Uh, kinda like a tree-hugger formaldehyde.