Anyone work in a factory here?

[lxskllr]

Really? Cotton all the way? Guess maybe if you like soaking wet cloth clinging to your sweating torso....but if you want the sweat to be wicked away from your body to be evaporated quickly, you need a synthetic and FORGET the cotton fabrics. While cotton does feel good, it absolutely sucks at having any ability to move sweat away from the body at all. Guess that's why athletes' uniforms (shirts, pants, etc.) are all synthetics these days.....they just work vastly better than cotton based garments.

Synthetics smell like ass, and they don't wick shit . When you're sweating under extreme conditions, liquid isn't going anywhere.

 

[Bman123]

I'm drenched when I leave there

 

[Twista]

no, i dont, but i have hawk pads on my mustang

 

[Loop2kil]

Lol I was waiting for that to be said. It's a big change for me. I drove a stand up Raymond tow motor stocking and picking orders in a ac warehouse to this, it's a big change man.

We have a stand up Raymond...I like my sit down Raymond much better though
Hot as hell where I work too....Powerade Zeros for me, don't just drink water make sure to replenish nutrients you lose from sweating.

 

[Loop2kil]

Oh, and stay away from all synthetic fabrics...you will smell like ass(especially polyester) Polyester is like wearing a plastic wrap, it will make you feel 2x as hot? Cotton all the way.

 

[Leros]

I worked in a factory one summer. Huge metal building, tons of welders, and it was 100+ degrees outside. Had to wear jeans, long sleeve shirt, hat, and steel toed boots. I just drank lots of water. I became acclimated to the heat pretty well that summer.

 

[Joey Propane]

Go commando.




But seriously, to all the people saying "wear cotton", your completely and utterly wrong. Cotton shirts will act like a sponge, holding the moisture and massively reducing the effeciency of the sweating process. I'm a keen mountain biker, racketball player and gym bunny and sports specific, wicking, clothing is the way to go to keep cool (or at the very least, stop you collapsing in a fleshy heap).

 

[Wheezer]

It has to be over 100 degrees easy in there. The powder coating machine bakes the parts at 950 degrees so I have hot air blowing on me all shift from the back of the machine. I hate it when I leave there and have to drive 40 minutes home with swamp ass.

I can't use the bathroom whenever I want either. It's about 100 yards away from my station and the water there is fucking warm too. They have a ice machine but by the time you add water the ice is gone and my water bottle has warm water within 5 minutes.

I went thru a temp service so I get worked like a dog there. It's non stop except break time. I did around 4,000 brake pads yesterday in a 10 hr shift and 2,000 of them weighed 3lbs each. I was so tired when I left yesterday...

I HIGHLY recommend:

 

[gar3555]

I've worked in many factories as an automation/robotics/process engineer. Some(such as foundries, and glass plants), can get very hot in the summer, 130+ Deg F daily. Drink plenty of water, a lot of people I know where those neck coolers. Usually rotate them out with freshly chilled ones during the day. If money is no object, I would recommend one of these: glaciertek vest

 

[blurredvision]

i have my doubts that it's 43c... people tend to exaggerate.

You obviously don't know what you're talking about. 110F is commonplace in a lot of factories.

I've never worked at a factory, but had a job once that required me to do some minimal work inside a factory for a few hours. This particular factory made rims, so there was obviously lots of heat involved in making them. Just walking through the production area to a manager's air conditioned office resulted in my face breaking out in sweat.

I once had to return to make some modifications to a product I had sold them, which was a couple hours of work inside the factory. It was the height of summer, and by the time I got out of there, I was completely soaked, sweat dripping everywhere. Walking out of the factory into the 90F heat of the day was refreshing.

 

[lxskllr]

But seriously, to all the people saying "wear cotton", your completely and utterly wrong.

Bullshit. I've worked under extreme conditions, probably about as long as you've been alive, and have the experience to back up my claims. Polyshit makes you hotter, period, end....

 

[Old Hippie]

It's about 110degrees if not more in there I have to wear steel toe boots, jeans and a short sleeve shirt.

There's many places in a steel mill (my old work place) where you must wear wool outer clothing to keep the extreme heat away from you.

Those guys used to wear cooling neck wraps and headbands under the safety equipment.

 

[BUTCH1]

Bullshit. I've worked under extreme conditions, probably about as long as you've been alive, and have the experience to back up my claims. Polyshit makes you hotter, period, end....

I'll back that up as well, my uniform shirt is poly, most of them are because of it's durability and cheaper and easier for the uniform co. to deal with. Even though its thin the damm thing won't breathe at all, the first thing I do when I get home is put on a cotton t shirt, huge difference. Everything about poly is gross to me, it just feels like shit whenever i wear it..

 

[MetalMat]

You want to talk about hot? Go work at a paper mill, in more specific the department where they dry the pulp out. That was easily the hotest sales call I went to, like over 100 degrees with 100% humidity.

 

[TwiceOver]

I spent my time in a factory. We did submerged electro plating so there were baths of boiling chemicals. It got pretty hot in there in the summer. Probably 100f or so.

I always wore Jeans, cotton wife beater, coton t-shirt. It was warm, but my skin breathed better with the undershirt. I always avoided shorts because there was an endless array of items that could damage your shins/knees. Will have scars from that place for ever.

 

[Hacp]

Go commando.




But seriously, to all the people saying "wear cotton", your completely and utterly wrong. Cotton shirts will act like a sponge, holding the moisture and massively reducing the effeciency of the sweating process. I'm a keen mountain biker, racketball player and gym bunny and sports specific, wicking, clothing is the way to go to keep cool (or at the very least, stop you collapsing in a fleshy heap).

It depends on the humidity. If humidity is near the dew point, then the sweating process means shit.

 

[D1gger]

You need to get yourself some Fresh Balls Link maybe NSFW for some.

 

[JoeBleed]

Bullshit. I've worked under extreme conditions, probably about as long as you've been alive, and have the experience to back up my claims. Polyshit makes you hotter, period, end....

I second this, except for the length of time.

I work as a lan/computer tech for a factory. We are lucky that we have large a/c units to help cool the floor. when they are working and the doors are kept closed.

on days its not and hot out, it gets hot inside. It gets really hot in the jacketing area. (we make cable)

I have some 50/50 cotton polyester shirts and i hate them. thankfully the dress code is light here for me because mostly i were 100% cotton t-shirts with the company log on them and they are much, much cooler. I also stooped tucking my shirt in. It helps let air flow through and evaporate the sweat from your skin. Even in the 50/50 shirts it helps, when there is a breeze.

Maybe those form fitting bicycle cloths work differently because they are right on your skin, but average cloths, no, i don't want anything to do with anything with synthetic material that touches my skin.

As for advice on how to try and keep cool, all i have to do is keep working and try not to think about it. But i also have the luxury of coming back to our a/c office.

Edit: oh and yes, 110f or 43c is very doable in most factories. Add working with something that generates a lot of heat and it will get hotter.