MEK in the eye hurts like hell

tmbg · Post by **tmbg** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 11:56 pm

Dan got all rushy rushy trying to get the last rib clecoed and riveted while the last bit of nasty proseal was getting stiff and hard to work with, and as he furiously shuffled stuff around, he slammed a gallon of MEK down on the bench as I was leaning over to squeeze a rivet, and I got a healthy splash right in the eyeball.

Oh jesus that hurts.

cnpeters · Post by **cnpeters** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:57 am

Kills your MRSA you had, too. Please tell me you washed your eye out well. Watch carefully in the next 1-2 days for increasing redness, irritation, etc. If so, see an ophthalmologist THAT day. Here is an MSDS on MEK:
http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/M4628.htm
Hope all is well... .

tmbg wrote:Dan got all rushy rushy trying to get the last rib clecoed and riveted while the last bit of nasty proseal was getting stiff and hard to work with, and as he furiously shuffled stuff around, he slammed a gallon of MEK down on the bench as I was leaning over to squeeze a rivet, and I got a healthy splash right in the eyeball.

Oh jesus that hurts.

jim_geo · Post by **jim_geo** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:59 am

The word I've heard is that the peroxide MEK (PMEK) that's used to react polyester resin causes almost instant blindness. Please be careful with your stuff.

Brantel · Post by **Brantel** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:20 am

I learned quick while cleaning cleco's after work sessions on the tanks that you need to at a minimum wear safety glasses and better yet goggles while working with this stuff.

Ouch!

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:50 am

Brantel wrote:I learned quick while cleaning cleco's after work sessions on the tanks that you need to at a minimum wear safety glasses and better yet goggles while working with this stuff.

Ouch!

Amen to that!!! SAFETY GOGGLES/GLASSES...WEAR SOMETHING! Not directed at you in any way Ian, just a friendly reminder to all!!

1:1_Scale · Post by **1:1_Scale** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:39 pm

For the record, carb cleaner isn't too pleasant either

painless · Post by **painless** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:57 pm

Geeze Ian....If it weren't for bad luck, you would have no luck at all!!

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:59 pm

Ian,

I hope you make it through the building process and are actually healthy and strong enough to move the throttle lever forward!

Dam!

You better start being careful!

Are you suffering and post traumatic symptoms?

CJ

tmbg · Post by **tmbg** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:16 pm

hahaha I'm fine

I wear contacts, and I think the lens took the brunt of it. I got it out immediately and flushed my eye really well, no discernable damage three days later

BTW, I'm just getting back to the point where I CAN push the throttle on my own in the cherokee!

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MEK in the eye hurts like hell

MEK in the eye hurts like hell

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