What is personal protective equipment?

Personal protective equipment, or PPE, is designed to protect employees(and Do-It-Yourselfers) from serious workplace injuries or illnesses resulting from contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards.

Besides face shields, safety glasses, hard hats, and safety shoes, PPE includes a variety of devices and garments such as goggles, coveralls, gloves, vests, earplugs, and respirators.

AUTOBODYPREP.COM can provide you with many of these items you need to protect yourself.  Manufacturers such as 3M and SAS Safety provide high quality personal protective equipment. 

3M offers approved filtering devices such as 3M Paint Spray Respirators in half mask and full face configuration.  3M Dust Respirators meet the requirements that you need when doing sanding and grinding operation in your vehicle auto body and paint restorations.  3M Welding Respirators will protect you from welding fumes that can cause "welding fume fever".  SAS Safety will provide protective eyeware and hand protection with a variety of gloves in latex, neoprene, and nitrile construction.  SAS Gen-Nex™ Painter's Coverall or SAS Polypropylene Disposable Coveralls offer the painter almost complete body protection.    Astro Tools offers "Moon Suits", a washable, reusable coverall in 4 sizes.