A compressor…that would be a good thing to have.
Howzit Rhino, A compressor is a neccessary tool these days in a shop. Getting close to Xmas so ask Santa for one and not a cheapo model. I prefer belt driven models since they use less electricity,are more quiet, and you can repair them your self.Aloha,Kokua
I don’t have a compressor, but then I have a shed not a shop !
BTW I recently discovered while foiling a carbon fibre fin panel that carbon fibre gives the itch worse than glass does, I had never heard that carbon itched so I bought it as a no itchy fin panel cloth but it was itchus extremus I suppose you guys know this already ?
dustless sander… solves many problems at once.
I’m slowly building up my arsonal of tools. Currently, I only have 1 electric handplane, 2 manual handplanes, A handsaw, saber saw, and a band saw. I’m looking at a jointer and a radial arm saw today; I’ll get the both for 100 
What I really need to get is about 10 or 15 bar/pipe clamps and a bunch of free wood.
to make up for my lack of tools, I’ve been going back to my old highschool on occasions to use some of their tools since I’m chummy with my old teacher.
My shop is a small corner in my garage…I wish I had a shed.
Another option is to use a lotion used in the composite industry called STOKO Emulsion. It is manufactured by Stockhausen, Inc. in Greensboro, NC 27406. Really helps when working around fiberglass and carbon fiber…
Ken
One of the best methods (and most fun) i use to stop fibreglass itch is acryllic paint!
I tested a few ways to sand, ie: in clothes, fully covered up, or in just shorts etc…
tried the baby powder to fill pores… didn’t really work if clothes rubbed the stuff in… or you sweated…
I had a good thing going with sunscreen for a while, wearing just shorts, i’d cover my belly/waist in sunscreen and forearms to try and clog all my pores… this was good sunscreen coz it dried effectively and actually worked… the other day changed sunscreen and it was more of a wet sunscreen, and just attracted all the fibreglass dust…
So i got thinking, i need something i can paint on to clog my pores , but it needs to dry, and needs to be easily removable… bing acryllic water based paint!
Thats right kids, getting down and messy is fun, and helps you prevent the itch! 
All i do now, is sand in shorts, and paint my belly/waist and forearms with acryllic paint (letting it dry first) and gloves (that i tape to my wrists to prevent rubbing)…
Paint fills pores, and drys … makes a barrier for fibreglass dust, and then you just jump in the shower or pool straight after and clean as a whistle!
Thats my 2 cents, just so stoked to have found something that works… hate the itch more than having no swell…
Ant
I haven’t tried this, but a guy told me he uses women’s facial mask on the areas that are itching. The kind that dries on and you peel off. I guess if it pulls junk out of their face, it can pull junk off your arms.
You’re a sad man Lavz, we now need to see pictures…
To avoid the itch problem, I finally made a sanding room with a raised floor and mounted an attic fan in the floor between the stands, blowing down. It moved something like 3000 cubic feet of air per minute. You could sand a board wearing just shorts and sandels and never get any dust on you.
try baby powder thats whar a/c installers use when running ductwork works ok
I use lab coats (poly/cotton) with long sleeves like they wear in electronic assembly places. These are anti-static and you can get them (used) from places like Cinta and other uniform supply co’s. I also use long rubber gloves (grocery store kind) with the sleeves tucked in and rubber bands. A respirator and beanie and I’m good to go. I try and do all cloth sanding/sawing outdoors (I use a bench-type disk/belt sander combo on fins) preferably with some wind. Even with a Festool it will still get on you.
Once you’re done sanding, use the compressor and blow off the work piece, tools, and yourself last. Then take off your sanding gear and blow yourself off again. Wash yourself with alots of soap and cool water, do it twice. If you get the itch, wash the area with a worn-down scotchbrite pad (soft brillo works too) and plenty of soap then apply some lotion. Put the sanding clothes in the washer and use a couple of dryer sheets (fibers are static charged) in the dryer. Run a load of old towels (I use car wash ones) in the washer afterwards.
Howzit lavz, I bet aloe vera would work since it will seal skin pores.Aloha,Kokua
You asked for it hix!
Let me add… this colour is called “hot” pink…
Whoever said aussies weren’t colourful ? 
lavz 1 fibreglass dust 0
Stoked!
L
that one goes out to you Rachel .
and…
oh , forget it
Sooo, has anyone on swaylocks ever used pantyhose to get the stuff off your skin? Its what Ive been doing through commercial applications and what I do when sanding my boards. I where longsleeves and shorts and whatever itchs gets a once over with an old pair of pantyhose I stole from my chica. She keeps me supplied and doesnt look at me funny anymore now that shes seen what I use it for…
I tried the baby powder when I worked for a boat manufacturer. I was a hole cutter and sander. It didn’t work for me but, liquid dish soap applied to all of the exposed skin areas and let it dry before starting to work, worked. A friend that is a mechanic does this before he works on greasy jobs. It seals the pores and with the soap in the pores it helps with the clean up in the shower. It worked for me.
Seems kind of silly but I thought I pass this on since it worked for me.
During the summer if I’m doing 5-6 hour long sessions at a pop the only thing that helps reduce a severe crisping in the Hawaiian sun for me is caking on that thick crayon like white zinc oxide all over my face. its messy and gets over everywhere but is the only thing that lasts 4-6 hours in the water…
Well getting the stuff out of your pores at the end of the day is a nightmare so I buckled and bought one of the girly man charcoal activated mud mask goop things from Origins. Just like your favorite nightmare on elm street green guacamole faced better half, the stuff is supposed to go deep in your pores, harden and pull everything out when you wash it off.
Well this weekend after grinding all the hardened (forgot to trim before it dried) fiberglass flaps off my new foam core fins on my bench sander I got a terrible case of the itchies on my hands/forearms and top of my feet (got to remember to wear shoes not slippers). And this is after losing 3 lbs of sweat in a hooded plastic nomex suit with gloves on in the noon day sun. Being somewhat skin allergic to fiberglass dust this is a big problem kind of like breaking out in chickenpox with scabs from the scratching and not too good for the day job.
Anyway on a whim I decided hey what the hell the stuff takes off zinc oxide I wonder about glass fiber?
So I mud caked my hands arms and feet with the stuff and let it dry hard as you do with this spa mud mask stuff.
I then vigorously scrubbed the stuff off in the shower with with a scruchie and yoila most of the glass came off as well as the itch.
Off course my skin hurt like hell from the scubbing and activated charcoal from the mud mask. So i grabbed another summertime solution I had which was a special aloe vera gel solution I got for severe sunburn to prevent peeling and applied it to all the now burning surfaces and boom everything was back to feeling normal.
So I guess one option is to go get some girly man thick facial mud mask stuff from the store cake it on the affected areas and scrub it off vigorously. Then treat the area like you would a sunburn.
Prior to this nothing worked and I would suffer and bleed (from the scatching) for a week or more until the glass came out
Just another option to think about I guess.
Howzit oneula, Like I said in a previous post,try aloe vera since it will seal your skin also. I feel sorry for you guys that get the itch since after so many years it doesn’t even faze me.Aloha,kokua
Just wear a full wetsuit, booties and a little hoodie. Put the ol 3M mask on, and your good to go. You guys on the east coast could sand outside year round.
-Resinhead “the thinking mans, man”