Hi Friends!
Don't ever think " Oh! I'm just decanting some solution" or "It's just a few seconds to test with a Q-tip" why bother with the safety glasses! You never know what freak thing that you never thought of will happen and you could loose your eyesight, get burned or worse!
I just want to share something that happened yesterday. never expected it, but, it could have been serious.
I was using my turkey baster to remove to solution from the top of a large beaker of copper chloride solution. I was squeezing the bulb and sucking up the liquid, then would tip it back on the edge of the beaker to let the liquid fill the bulb so I could expel the air. then I'd suck up a second bunch of liquid. When I gave the bulb a squeeze to empty it into a second beaker, a thin stream shot out a hole in the bulb, past my shoulder and went on the ground. Could have got me in the face.
I'm going to get a face shield instead of the glasses.
Things can go wrong in a second! NEVER take safety lightly!
artart47
Don't ever think " Oh! I'm just decanting some solution" or "It's just a few seconds to test with a Q-tip" why bother with the safety glasses! You never know what freak thing that you never thought of will happen and you could loose your eyesight, get burned or worse!
I just want to share something that happened yesterday. never expected it, but, it could have been serious.
I was using my turkey baster to remove to solution from the top of a large beaker of copper chloride solution. I was squeezing the bulb and sucking up the liquid, then would tip it back on the edge of the beaker to let the liquid fill the bulb so I could expel the air. then I'd suck up a second bunch of liquid. When I gave the bulb a squeeze to empty it into a second beaker, a thin stream shot out a hole in the bulb, past my shoulder and went on the ground. Could have got me in the face.
I'm going to get a face shield instead of the glasses.
Things can go wrong in a second! NEVER take safety lightly!
artart47