Too Hot!!

[BigGreg]

WAY TO HOT here in Belgium... the only idea of doing the jungle terrain i felt hot and humid... so today no bench time....hopefully on my day off on wednesday....

[Steve Brodie]

I feel your pain. I hate the sun, well heat :cold-sweat:. I even wear shorts in the winter!, Neighbours are used to seeing me out in shorts in the winter or jeans without a coat on when walking the dog, when they are wrapped up like they are in the north pole :smiling5:.

[Dave Ward]

I thought that the temperature was going to be the same as yesterday, but it's hotter, and the humidity has risen, so it's not at all comfortable. Thunderstorms are forecast for later today, over into tomorrow, so I hope that will clear the air a bit, I don't think I'll get any benchtime today............
Dave

[Guest]

It's all about humidity. Today (Monday) it's around 31 degrees here, and very humid, so it's sticky and uncomfortable. I've experienced 40+ in Egypt without sweating, due to the aridity - you actually get used to those conditions fairly quickly.

[Peej]

The chicken sheds on my farm are set at 30 regress at the moment as the birds are only a few days old. With the ventilation in the sheds it feels a lot more comfortable in them than being outside.

[Guest]

I'm really not a fan of the heat either.

I've been turning up to work around 05:45 and it's already too hot, 29.8°C one morning! One of the disadvantages of working in a super insulated building, it doesn't lose much heat overnight. Then during the day it just gets warmer. With 4 full sized spray booth / ovens running at 80°C up to 20 times a day we easily see mid to late 30's, and the paint mixing room (sandwiched between 2 of the ovens) gets up to the mid 40's :smiling6: All while wearing Tyvek overalls, mask & gloves.

It's really no surprise that I have no motivation to go into the shed after work when it too can be over 30 degrees due to baking in the sun all day :smiling5:

[Tim Marlow]

Bloody hell Andy, your paint room seems to be against health and safety rules...I know there’s no maximum working temperature but that seems pretty debilitating to me.

[Guest]

Yeah, it's not fun Tim. We try and spend as little time in there as possible. I've tried propping the doors open (totally against fire regulations!) but it doesn't help a lot.

The current shortage of PPE is causing further issues. We normally wear 3M paint suits which have large breathable panels in them. Since they are pretty much unavailable to us at the moment we're using cheap alternatives that are almost air tight. One of the younger guys was painting over the weekend and by mid morning his shirt was soaked in sweat. The only plus point is that we tend to stop painting by mid afternoon. The booths (set at 20° for spraying) just can't cool down enough between bake cycles at the moment so gradually get hotter during the day. Above about 36-38 the paint starts doing weird things due to drying too fast so we pull the plug.

[Tim Marlow]

Yep, tyveks are pretty uncomfortable after a while....do you have to wear the pixie hoods? They make them almost unbearable....we just used to wear what we called “pajamas” underneath them, like hospital scrubs....
With respect to the paint mixing room, what’s the flashpoint on the solvents, or is everything water based these days?

[Dave Ward]

Andy,
you get supplied with cool drinks? - I hope so, & salt tablets as well. When I was in the tropics in the MN, we popped salt tablets like smarties - at least 15 a day, and maybe 2 gallons of water ( and a gallon of beer after watch ). If you missed the salt tablets, you could be in a serious condition pretty quickly. I only had heat exhaustion once ( that was enough ) - frightened all my mates, as the initial symptoms are similar to a heart attack! Due to over exertion, not drinking enough water & taking more salt tablets - I sometimes wonder if my later health problems were due to the stresses & strains of 6 month voyages.................
Dave

[Road of Bones]

Try watching a few of these being rolled in this weather...

(Coiling temp around 900C)

[AlanG]

Working in heat opens the door for Health & Safety - Heat Stress Indicator rules. At certain temps you have rights to have heat breaks and cool/cold water provided by law.

Anyway. Bit hot up here today. Especially running after sows over fields of sand and breaking up boars fighting. Suffice to say i do believe it's now vodka o'clock

[Guest]

Andy,
you get supplied with cool drinks?

Yes Dave, and as much tea & coffee as we can manage.

My brother (paramedic) advised me to up my salt intake after telling him I was suffering a lot from cramp. I need to be careful with that though. A family history of serious heart / circulatory issues means I ought to keep it down, or I'll join generations that have died in their mid 50's.

I'm hoping I've got more than a few years left in me lol

[stillp]

My brother (paramedic) advised me to up my salt intake after telling him I was suffering a lot from cramp.

Interesting - my wife gets bad cramp if she has too much salt. Too much for her that is, we hardly use any. Our postgrad biochemist daughter suggested she take magnesium, either as a supplement or just some epsom salts in her bath, and that seems to help.
Pete

[boatman]

HI Andy i just got to feel little bit of how you feel when paintin as ive been out in the garage to spray my tiger hull in a top coat primer red an boy was i sweatin as now got to get the hulls in an then straight into the bath (phew) an then more coats of paint tomorrow before it gets to hot
chris