Re: [CH] Ooops
jim (jim@mail.wildpepper.com)
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:14:18 -0500
Re: Another question.... What is it about heat + cap. that causes it
to launch a wave of pain directly at your lungs like that?
Capsaicin is *very* easily volitalized. It has a tenuous hold on the chile,
at best, and it doesn't take much to make it let go. You made a version
of poor man's pepper spray that dates back thousands of years to a
time when the ancients were said to burn piles of dried chiles as a form
of gas attack/defense.
Re: gas mask or something similar
What I found to be very cheap and mostly effective was a simple as
pulling my T-shirt up over my nose. You can also find the "half face
resiprators" at most good paint supply stores or on line from a number
of safety supply places. Most any cheap (particulate) filter will do- it
doesn't seem to take much to block out the cap.
Hope this helps!
-Jim C
http://www.StepUpForCharity.org
Mild to Wild(R)