[Farmall] 1950 Farmall Cub grill color

[Jim Becker]

I think they are mostly posed pictures.  One of the Cub pictures is the only 
one I can actually see any paint coming out of a nozzle.  The original of 
one Cub picture has a note that the painter should be wearing a mask.  One 
of the Farmall factory pictures shows masks on the painters.  At the time, 
masks were probably the standard for painter protection.  At that time paint 
didn't have any of the extremely hazardous hardeners but prolonged exposure 
to the fumes of that paint was still a hazard.

Jim Becker        jim.becker at verizon.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
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Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] 1950 Farmall Cub grill color


>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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