cf dust is bad to breathe in just like fiberglass, once you breathe it in to your lungs it is there forever. just like the coal miners " the black lung" but it takes alot of exposure of numerous years of heavy exposure. I wouldnt worry about tracking it through your house, other then making a mess and being a little itchy if you get it on you it wont be enough to ever matter
Yes, still below you in Springfield. Finding pre trained composites experts where your at demographically will be tough. There are more to be found near the lakes areas.
Going for green students will probably yield the best worker in the end one would think ?Thats how I’d do it .
Vinny
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Yep. Hire them green. Thats how I started.
The downside to hiring a seasoned employee is that they are hard headed. Probably wont follow your instructions when you not watching. Think they know better. ETC…
Thanks everybody for the numerous replies. I bought a shop vac but honestly it does not move all the dust, either in blowing or suction. I guess the cement in my garage is porous enough that even putting the blower right on top of it does not remove all the dust, you can wipe a wet rag across afterwards and still get black. So I returned the vac and mopped the garage with a $5 mop. That got all the dust up but I still have to clean every single shelf (and every item on them) with wet rag by hand. 
Hopefully I haven’t breathed too much of this stuff in, I do wear my mask 90% of the time but these posts about the black lung are scary.
On a similar note, I managed to cut my toe in the garage on a broken plate of carbon fiber (very stupid… I was actually stress testing and intentionally breaking a plate - wearing flip flops - and using my own body as the stress load - go ahead and call me an idiot :D). It wasn’t very deep and doesn’t hurt but now a few days later there is what appears to be a blood blister… sort of black colored, and I can’t help but wondering if the black color could be CF dust instead of dried blood as I would assume. I scrubbed it with a soapy brush and sprayed it with high pressure water but I am still going to my doctor tomorrow to be sure, and see what he says. I read on some message board about somebody getting CF splinter in his finger and then one year later noticing massive cartilage growth in that region. That does not sound good.
I think hiring experienced people is even worse. they have a tendancy to think that there way is the best way, and they do what they want, and usely have a bad attitude. I am open minded, but there needs to be order in a shop, no john waynes allowed
worldwealth, what are you doing for composite work these days? did you ever receive that rubber squeegie I sent you?
Yes And thank you . I’ve been adapting it on several molds.
Currently working over molds for several makes of collector car parts such as hoods,Interior parts,and other facsia’s.
My library is slowly growing.
Vinny
sounds cool, ill have to come down to your parts some time and check it out
YEAH,DO.I travel alot in my day job,but would love to talk shop with someone in the biz. No one here understands what I do with all my spare time,lol. You will !
I’m shooting for setting up a website by this time next year…if I can find a good programmer that will help me out without high fee’s…or super slow to deal with.
I guess beggars can’t be choosers.
Vinny