It's been two weeks since I stupidly installed insulation without gloves or long sleeves, and I have been feeling fiberglass itches randomly over...

It's been two weeks since I stupidly installed insulation without gloves or long sleeves, and I have been feeling fiberglass itches randomly over every square inch of my body, it has driven me nuts.
I made my wife wash the bed sheets every day, I use a skin scrub brush in the shower, I washed all my clothes multiple times, on hot, and I still feel it.

What can I do, I thought this itch would go away a few days after last touching the fiberglass?

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Could be the start of eczema, try hydrocortisone on the most itchy spots. Could also be overdried skin from excessive washing. Could try some sort of moisturizer. Best applied before bed, let it sink in overnight. If it's fiberglass, I can't imagine anything but time will help. Your skin sheds and will carry glass fibers out.

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    As someone who has worked with a lot of insulation.

    The clothes you used during the work need to be thrown away. No amount of cleaning will get all the fibers out. You are most likely getting recut by the fibers if you put those clothes back on.

    When I work it I come home and immediately take off everything until I’m naked. Then I walk to shower and clean up. The clothes I used I throw away. Or sometimes I’ll take those clothes and put them into a bag. Then when I do insulation again I’ll wear those same clothes.

    Your bed is probably fine unless you laid down in it with the work clothes on.

    Very strange I usually only feel the burn for 24 hours.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Scrubbing ain't gonna do shit m8, cept for making your skin raw and even more itchy.
      The trick is tape. Decent grippy masking tape. Just lay it down, bit of a press, then peel the fibers off. Won't cure everything.
      Also
      Throw the clothes out.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I am not throwing out my clothes they were nice clothes.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Idk about you but I would gladly pay $300 to not be covered in fiberglass shards. You could just put them in a bag and wait out the embarrassment of your mistake until you get some sense and throw them out

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Stay itchy then, dumbass.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >were
          yes were

          captcha sn22d

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          how many different garments did you wear while installing insulation?

          tbh I have worked with fibeglass so many times in my life and while yes it sucks to touch I have never had an issue with it getting embedded in my skin or clothes. if you're not moronic and just suffering from dry skin after over scrubbing yourself, then you must have made a serious fricking mess and gotten fiberglass literally all over your entire house

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >how many different garments did you wear while installing insulation?
            a few, I was doing it all day and started in the morning in sweatshirt/sweat pants, but as it warmed up I changed into shorts and a t shirt, it was also lunch time by then and I took a nap with my wife, then finished the evening in another sweater.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              yer gonna have to throw your wife out

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Two weeks? wtf. That isn't normal. Whenever I've worked with insulation, the itching went away within a day usually, maybe two if there was a lot

      Good advice

      https://i.imgur.com/QuwV5Aq.png

      And people laughed at me when I used a full 3M suit with a respirator like pic related to remove insulation in my crawlspace...

      Not a single inch of me was itchy after doing an entire 1700sqft house. Why do people not take PPE seriously?

      I use a half-face respirator but not a suit because I'm in Florida and I aint trying to get boiled alive. Some of my bros will do that but that's not my life. Even the respirator gets too hot sometimes and has to be taken off, but I like having it on because the air quality is noticeably better and I already have enough fiberglass inside of me, tyvm

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    And people laughed at me when I used a full 3M suit with a respirator like pic related to remove insulation in my crawlspace...

    Not a single inch of me was itchy after doing an entire 1700sqft house. Why do people not take PPE seriously?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Good tip

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      because "its for pussies"

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Ignorance is bliss.
      Nothing like doing something like undercoating your car, and then have your lungs hurt for 2-3 weeks.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >Why do people not take PPE seriously?
      People are fricking moronic.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >Why do people not take PPE seriously?
      It can't happen to me.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >Why do people not take PPE seriously?
      toxic masculinity

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Shit like this is what toxic masculinity meant before the purple hair set commandeered it to mean sitting on the bus in a fashion they don't approve of.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Machismo backed by greed and being a israelite.
      Bossman doesnt want to buy a bunch of expensive PPE, calls you a b***h and questions your manhood for not "being responsible for your own health"

      Saves the boss money, makes the wagecuck feel pride in his manliness
      Win win

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >Why do people not take PPE seriously?
      moronic ideas of masculinity

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >moronic ideas of masculinity
        this

        I worked temporarily at a fibreglass plant. All the permanent labour were Man's Man Boomers, none of them would wear the safety goggles, gloves, respirators, etc. Most they'd do was wear safety toed shoes and ordinary prescription glasses. They complained, constantly, about how painful the work was and how the glass got everywhere. I made the mistake of chiming in to say it wasn't that bad if you just wear the PPE, and they took the opportunity to cut me to the bone with insult after insult about how much of a lady I was for wearing the safety gloves. Meanwhile, the spool operators' hands were so calloused and inflexible from handling the fibreglass spindles that most of them could barely make a fist because of all the fricking scar tissue they had on their hands and how often they broke their fingers.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Throw in a bit of overcompensating for their soul crushing deadend job, they literally have nothing to be proud of slaving away all day working for a company that doesn't give a shit about them

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >Why do people not take PPE seriously?
      no idea but since everything is quoting this why shouldn't i

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        People who laugh at PPE are just trying to copy black culture. So much for being tough “white” “men”

        Both of you are gay

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      People who laugh at PPE are just trying to copy black culture. So much for being tough “white” “men”

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        blacks only respect violence and death

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Reminder that idiots who bash PPE fell to peer pressure themselves not to wear it and now they're simply continuing the "tradition". You are better than them in every way for using PPE

      Health > Everything else

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      i am now also quoting this

      i wear a half-mask respirator for welding, machining cast iron, and all but the quickest of grinding (angle grinder, die grinder, bench grinder) jobs. if i can't hold my breath comfortably through the job, i wear the respirator. is this enough? honestly my throat still feels dry and kinda scratchy when machining cast iron even with the respirator

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Do you guys have any stories about this?

      I'm not a tradie but my dad is and my parents ask me to help them out with renovation projects and construction projects
      They're always so flippant about PPE, when I was a kid I just went along with it but now that I'm in university I'm a bit more averse to just risking my body and so do the research
      For example my dad wanted me to help him mix concrete and he didn't think I needed gloves, eye protection or a mask
      I refused to help him despite him calling me a pussy and bought a mask from a hardware store, I have breathing problems and I don't want to make them worse

      I searched this up on google and there's a forum for arborists and one guy's going off on how he doesn't wear PPE and that chicks dig scars and shit...

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        The average homeowner can make their own choice about it. The exposure is much lower than pros since they take on less intense projects much less often.

        Don't bother replying with your bullshit well actually stories about how many projects you do so that's why safety is soooo important. Didn't ask, don't care.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          No I don't do many projects
          From what I understand concrete dust is only an irritant for short term exposure but that doesn't mean I'm going to risk it

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >one guy's going off on how he doesn't wear PPE and that chicks dig scars and shit...
        so a crab-bucket coper

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >that chicks dig scars and shit...
        Had someone vomit this from their mouth in highschool. "I dont where ear pro while wrestling, chicks dig cauliflower ear"

        Even my young moronic as knowing nothing about women other than boobs are great; knew women dont want to look at your mutated shit ear.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >Why do people not take PPE seriously?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >See this post with a dozen responses
      >They're all in favor of wearing PPE
      Pleasantly surprised that attitude has been dying with the boomers, t.b.h.

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    We're you rolling in it? Did you rub each batt across your bare skin for good luck? Describe.

    I did my whole attic in the summer in shorts and a t-shirt. I was itchy for 1 or 2 days. Mask free just as god intended. Anyone who thinks they can comfortably wear a mask working in confined space when it's 100+ is on some gear.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >Anyone who thinks they can comfortably wear a mask working in confined space when it's 100+ is on some gear.
      A half mask respirator isn't great in an attic, but it's not terrible.

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Us a hair remover sticky thing. If you have pets you know what I'm talking about. But this helps along with cold showers. Hot showers open up the pores an that crap seems to dig in. Good luck

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Embrace the itch.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I craved the strength and certainty of fiberglass. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Insulation.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Kinda always wanted to make a full head mask like that I could lock on like the dude from the man in the iron mask for reasons.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        buy some gypsum bandages, make print of face, fiberglass cloth + epoxy resin, cut edges and holes.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Ty

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Do you have a specific reason for making this or sre you just doing it because you can and it looks neat?

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            blackout anarchy phase
            total looter death

            Kill looters.
            Behead looters.
            Roundhouse kick a looter into the concrete.
            Slam dunk a looter baby into the trashcan.
            Crucify filthy looters.
            Defecate in a looters food.
            Launch looters into the sun.
            Stir fry looters in a wok.
            Toss looters into active volcanoes.
            Urinate into a looters gas tank.
            Judo throw looters into a wood chipper.
            Twist looters heads off.
            Report looters to the IRS.
            Karate chop looters in half.
            Curb stomp pregnant looters.
            Trap looters in quicksand.
            Crush looters in the trash compactor.
            Liquefy looters in a vat of acid.
            Eat looters.
            Dissect looters.
            Exterminate looters in the gas chamber.
            Stomp looter skulls with steel toed boots.
            Cremate looters in the oven.
            Lobotomize looters.
            Mandatory abortions for looters.
            Grind looter fetuses in the garbage disposal.
            Drown looters in fried chicken grease.
            Vaporize looters with a ray gun.
            Kick old looters down the stairs.
            Feed looters to alligators.
            Slice looters with a katana.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous
  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Bio salts, bathe in bio salts(salt water), or use food to make your body produce bio salts,
    bio salts can break down glass particles in the body.

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Just imagine OP this has happened to someone in the world but instead it is within their butthole.

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Put 91% rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle and douse yourself on the itchy areas. The alcohol will dissolve the fibers. Otherwise just stop being a pussy and forget about it.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      *acetone
      sorry autocorrect

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    use soap and a wash cloth to remove fibers, then apply a good benedryl type anti itch cream or even lotion will help, reapply as necessary, aloe or aloe lotion can also help, sunburn spray can help too

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I didn’t have any Benadryl cream so I used bengay because it’s supposed to help with pain but now my skin is burning all over.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >I didn’t have any Benadryl cream so I used bengay because it’s supposed to help with pain but now my skin is burning all over.

        >Bengay?
        for how long?

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Frick you, not helping

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        > Bengay is an analgesic heat rub for muscle and joint pain.

        Why are you surprised that you're now feeling hot?
        Why did you think it would work to relieve the pain of a physical irritant?
        Did you seriously just rub the fiberglass fibers further into your skin?

        Are you regarded?

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          It said it helps with pain, not that it makes your skin feel on fire

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Indeed, I am well-regarded.

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    There’s a MAJOR difference between the safety man being a fricking c**t and common sense PPE. I have never heard anyone give a guy shit for wearing knee pads, gloves, safety glasses, or a hat. Everyone’s here to do their job, that’s it. I wonder where all these imaginary hardo boomers live, because I’ve never seen a single one tell another guy he was a pussy for PPE.

    Covid times were a different story. It’s impossible to wear glasses and a hard hat with those silly blue masks because of the condensation, and our safety prick would write guys up for having it pulled down under their nose. I really wanted to hit that guy in the face with a wrench.

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I picked this up from a 70 year old pipefitter when I started out as a tradesman-- if you ever get insulation on your arms or legs, stretch out a piece of pantyhose over your hand and rub the area that has insulation on it in one direction only -- the fine mesh of the pantyhouse will catch the fibers. It works better than anything I've tried.

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    It’s officially been 4 weeks and my skin is still itching, it has gotten worse, my
    Wife itches too

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      You probably washed the fiber glass into the rest of your clothes and probably even your bed sheets. Might even be in the mattress itself. You have made a huge and expensive mistake. Consider seeing a dermatologist for prescription medicine or whatever to deal with the itch until you can afford to completely replace everything you own. Maybe you can trick some poor soul into buying your sofa too

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      lmao moron keep using your old clothes because it's 'nice' and rub shit all over the place, get fricked pennypincher

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      EMBRACE THE ITCH

  14. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

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