Contact me off the forum and I'll send you pictures of the ventilation that should be available for  the brush cleaning and the SAA where the three containers for 1) solvent-based, 2) water-based, and 3) paint rags are kept for EH&S pick up from UMass-Amherst where they do this right.  

Be aware, the solvents for painting are used at each easel.  There is no way they can work in a fume hood, so there has to be 

1) local exhaust for area solvents are dispenses and brushes are cleaned and these systems must provide  which are part of the total exhaust for

2) the rapid dilution the room needs for the open solvent use. For a good solvent like Gamsol, that rate is 100 to 200 cfm/person depending on the location of the supply and exhaust relative to the breathing zone of the painters.

If you like I'll send you also the chapter on ventilation which has the formula for the dilution rate which depends on the TLV and evaporation rate of the solvent used.

All of the parameters for solvent exposure ventilation are in the ACGIH's Industrial Ventilation: A Manual of Recommended Practice.  Be aware, you cannot set this up without a ventilation engineer to do the design, a rebalance the building's HVAC system, and a good EH&S department to handle the waste.

Monona Rossol, M.S., M.F.A., Industrial Hygienist

President:  Arts, Crafts & Theater Safety, Inc.

Safety Officer: Local USA829, IATSE

Safety Consultant:  SAG-AFTRA

181 Thompson St., #23

New York, NY 10012     212-777-0062

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-----Original Message-----
From: Pam <aubu**At_Symbol_Here**HOTMAIL.COM>
To: DCHAS-L <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU>
Sent: Sat, Sep 15, 2018 11:27 am
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Art Studio

Thank you Loren

Would you be able to send a picture of the studio set up? 

Pamela Auburn, PhD

2041 Branard

Houston TX 77098

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From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU> on behalf of Loren E Yeager <loren.yeager**At_Symbol_Here**NORTHWESTERN.EDU>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2018 11:41 AM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Art Studio

 

Pam,

 

The hazardous waste - solvents, silver from film processing, etc. -from our art studios at Northwestern is managed by our Office of Research Safety. I know we also have pull down "hoods" for lack of a better term that suck up air right over the artist work spaces in the sculpture lab as well.

 

Our ORS director is Michael Blayney, PhD. I am copying him on this message. He can direct you to the appropriate staff who may be able to discuss their protocols.

 

Good luck,

Loren

 

From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU> On Behalf Of Pam
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2018 7:15 AM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Art Studio

 

I was wondering if anyone has information regarding safety guidelines for art studios. Recently one of the art studios has relocated close to my office. Yesterday the smell of solvent in the halls was significant. I am sure that had the odor been coming from one of the chemistry teaching labs a response would have been immediate. In this case no one seemed to bother. I asked the instructor who told me that they had a can for solvent disposal that facilities never seemed to pick up. She was transporting this herself to the county disposal location. Meanwhile there was an air purifier in the room she had been given to take care of the odor (I was wondering if it were explosion proof as it was pulling through solvent vapor) She offered to get another :(. There were jars of solvent open at each easel for cleaning brushes. 

 

 

Does anyone know where I can find safety code for art studios. What I observed is concerning.

 

Thanks 

 

Pamela Auburn, PhD

2041 Branard

Houston TX 77098

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