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Got a blob in my left eye putting 2nd coat on a ceiling, washed in out under the tap and carried on. Ceiling looks like marble, my eye looks like a fricking road map and feels like i have a needle in my eye ball.
I'm wearing my glasses tomorrow.
 
Not nice. I've had a few myself. Some people seem to shrug them off, whereas i worked with a guy years ago who got one and he had to go to A&E. Came out with a bandage on his eye and a sick note for 2 weeks. It's always a good eye-dea (lol) to keep an eye bath in the van. So you'll be back doing this.. :o and some of this ::) in no time ;)
 
dude you gotta take it serious when you get s**t in ya eye, I never used to.. the odd little bit aint bad but I dropped a huge lump in (covered whole eye)

coudlnt see out of it for rest of time troweling ceiling, left it for few days still rubbing it like fook, ended up getting talked into hospital by the missus and me mum..

ended up being lucky I went, got told if you dont get the s**t out, your eye can begin to heal around the s**t thats still in your eye, leading on to losing an eye! plaster is an alkeline and burns the surface of the eye so will stick to it and you gotta wash it out!

I aint one to worry about f**k all but if I was to lose anything it wouldnt be a f**k**g eye! id rather lose two or three fingers than that so you gotta be careful, no second chances!
 
Bruce Willis said:
how would you find the eye bath though ::)
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What, you mean after surviving stumbling across a busy road to get to the van and then realising you've forgot the keys? ;D.....or worse, trying to get into somebody elses van! :D
 
I had to go a&e over it a couple of months ago, it mashed my eye right up all my eyelashes stuck together and inside out....lol

And when i was an apprentice i got hydrated lime in my eye, insted of putting the lime in the water in the mixer frist, i chucked it in when dry, and it just spat it straight in my face.....Dumbass
 
I once got a piece in the eye when boardin a ceiling and had contact lenses on. It got behind that and scratched my eye to bits. The specialist said it looked like an ice skating rink :o
Wearing an eye patch is scary, your depth perception completely goes. Made me think twice I tell ya
 
I totally agree freerider. Get the safety specs on!! I just can't wear them because i sweat like kebab king walking by a takeaway on a friday night ;D
 
Casper said:
I totally agree freerider. Get the safety specs on!! I just can't wear them because i sweat like kebab king walking by a takeaway on a friday night ;D
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I wouldnt go as far as wearing safety specs, id rather lose me eyes than not look cool. lol
 
our old lab got a massive blob in his eye, and being a thick c**t he started rubbing it straight away. we were about 45 minutes away from the hospital, by the time he got their the plaster had started to set on his eye and they had to scrape it off. had both eyes patched up for a couple of weeks and got a real bad infection, scared the s**t out of me if im honest.
 
f**k**g hell wash it off in your splash bucket and get back to work you pussy. or never work under your trowel like you were taught?
 
twice ive ad to go to hospital.
If its not rinsed out quick enough, the lime will burn through the protective membrane of the eye. this membrane will heal,but in the meantime, the eye is open to the risk of infection.

If the eye is still irritable next day, worth checking out
 
i always have these with me Link Removed usually gets most of the s**t out ,if not they at least give me enough time to finish what i'm doing before heading to an A & E OR Minor incident unit (got one 1min away from my house,in and out in 30mins)
 
If you get plaster in your eye get your mate to have a swig of water and squirt it into your eyeball directly where tbe plaster is its gets rid of most of the s**t straight away sounds disgusting but it does work its an old school thing ive had it done to me,
 
pftmonojetman said:
If you get plaster in your eye get your mate to have a swig of water and squirt it into your eyeball directly where tbe plaster is its gets rid of most of the (german word) straight away sounds disgusting but it does work its an old school thing ive had it done to me,
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Stuff the spitting lark, perhaps one of those squee gee bottles is better - at least the water is clean....and I still keep one handy for those doh 'its going off quickly' moments.

Anyway I'm a tall bugger so std height ceilings are comfortable for me, to avoid 'eye plops' i ensure I am well ahead of my trowel, on higher ceilings then its stilts or scaffolding to maintain the distance. Directly overhead in this game is a no no unless safety glasses are used. IMHO
 
Chaz said:
Anyway I'm a tall bugger so std height ceilings are comfortable for me, to avoid 'eye plops' i ensure I am well ahead of my trowel, on higher ceilings then its stilts or scaffolding to maintain the distance. Directly overhead in this game is a no no unless safety glasses are used. IMHO
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If you're well ahead of your trowel how the hell can you tell what's going on behind the trowel? Or are you so tall that no one will tell you your ceilings are as rough as f**k ;) Perhaps this explains why short arse spreads are better than the tall ones, you know like Simply is short and Monkey is tall ::)
 
if thats the case, my nickname at work is little legs, now give me my gold card!

oh and dannys about 7 foot isnt he? ::) ::) ::) ::)
 
been hospital a few times with plaster in my eye.
It the black part of the eye that can get damaged,cant remember what its called,but if u get a drop in the white part,wash out and carry on.
but if u get a big blob in whole eye or a small bit in the middle (black part) go straight to eye casualty
theyll wash it out give you some drops that turn ur eye illuminus yellow then orange take then for a week ,youl have to go back a week later to get it checked again to see if it has done permanent damage.
Plaster can BLIND you i was told by the consultant, he also told me he personally sees 2 plasterers a week on average.
learnt my lesson long ago,i wear anti mist safety glasses when doing lids,this way when leaning back skimming ceiling they wont mist up!!
 
i had my eye washed out in A&E,was a weird feeling after the anesthetic :'( then off to the eye hospital.

a lad in collage dropped a huge lump of sand,lime,mortor in his eye :o ;D ;D
 
Thanks for this post. Just ordered some safety glasses off ebay for £1.79 delivered, and some eyewash capsules (for when I forget to wear the safety glasses and inevitably drop some muck in my eye!)

Lost count of the number of times I've had a near miss when doing a ceiling, and have always thought to myself that I should really get some safety glasses.
 
well i havea glass eye and stupidly still dont wear safety specs to be honest i have had a couple of blobs over the years but they have always been when scaffold was too low
 
Cant get on with stilts so always use a trestle which means I am directly underneath, after two trips tp A+E always wears saftey glasses now and saved my eyes a couple of times my eyes are too precious, I used to carry a squirty bottle for rinsing in an emergency, but when I dold the eye doctor what I had done he said had I used boiled cooled water in it as unboiled can cause infection (like I had time to boil a kettle and let it cool whilst my eye was burning) so its glasses every time, I have a piece of cardboard tube in my lunch bag that beads come in (B&Q) and this stops them from getting sctrached, I feel im pushing my luck if I dont wear them
 
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