Why wearing goggles while breaking tiles for a mosaic?
June 7, 2010
I don’t wear goggles because I put the tiles into a plastic bag, so I can’t get pieces in my eyes.
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June 7th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
I occasionally make soap. I am very, very careful since you have to work with very caustic substances. I never take chances. However a few years ago I started to get a bit lax–I asked the same question. Why wear goggles? Nothing bad ever happens.
Except it did. I had a very strange, once-in-a-lifetime accident, and the soap base exploded, literally exploded, all over my kitchen. There’s still a melted spot on the ceiling where it hit. It ruined the finish on my floor, took the paint off of my walls and gave me chemical burns on my scalp and up and down my arms because I didn’t wear the recommended long sleeves.
Luckily, at the last minute–right before the accident–I put the goggles on. There is a chemical burn right across the eyes of the goggles. I look at those goggles whenever I think that "it could never happen."
June 7th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
The plastic could still rip and pieces fly into your face. Better safe than sorry.
June 7th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
If you enjoy being able to see, take the extra precaution and use the goggles. This is the only set of eyes you get. If you ruin them, there are no replacement parts available.
June 7th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Accidents can always happen. That’s why they are called accidents.
You can buy very clear goggles to use. Since the tiles are sharp the risk ripping the bag, and glass could fly into your eye.
Believe me, I have only partial vision and I would never risk loosing what vision still remains.
The goggles may be uncomfortable at first, but nothing like tiles in your eye. If you value your vision, go for the extra precautions! It is amazing how much you miss when you only have partial vision. I have no center vision, and I have difficulty reading or seeing a person’s face.
Let alone driving, watching TV, finding things that are out of my field of vision, etc.
Be smart!