[Farmall] 1950 Farmall Cub grill color

[Mike Sloane]

I wonder if those pictures were taken with the workers posing for the 
photographer, not actual working conditions. Looking at some of the 
pictures in some of the tractor books, that would appear to be common 
practice for "publicity" shots.

I did have a customer who produced powdered dyes. The workers told me 
that they could stand in the shower for an hour, and the water would 
still run off them the color of the dye they worked on that day. And 
this was in later OSHA days, with everybody following all the rules.

Mike

szabelsk at gdls.com wrote:
> We have large paint rooms for painting the M1 tank that are essentially 
> filters and fans on three of the four walls and the ceiling. The only wall 
> that isn't filters and fans in the one wall where we drive the tanks in. 
> Even with this setup, our people use respirators and are only allowed to 
> spend a certain amount of time in the room on any given day. What I think 
> is interesting is that they weren't wearing anything other then their 
> basic work clothes. Can't imagine what their arms and faces felt like 
> after spraying all day. You know they have to be getting some overspray on 
> themselves. Bet they could go out in the rain at the end of the day and 
> their clothes didn't get wet.
> 
> Carl Szabelski
> 
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