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Don Tyvek Suit and Gloves

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The presenter demonstrates putting on a disposable Tyvek protective suit. He advises choosing an oversized suit, specifically double XL, to ensure it can easily slip over regular work clothes and shoes without needing to remove footwear. He also puts on protective gloves. He mentions that for new construction, these suits can often be reused multiple times.

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so I suit up with Tyvex suits. I could care less what brand. Um, Ty DuPont Tyvex seem to be overpriced ripoff, but um, you know, these are what was available to me. They're typically around 12 bucks. I mean, they should be like $4, but I buy um, suits, slip them on. Uh, a lot of times I'll take up the excess by wrapping myself in tape, unless I'm reusing the suit. And new construction, I typically reuse them. Like I've reused the one out here so far four times. It got pretty caked. So I'm swapping out to another one. I buy double X's. I want to be able to whether it's cold and I got a jacket thing. I want to be able to slip over my shoes. I don't want to have to take my shoes off. So I wear a suit and I buy double XX. So, um, you do you and buy whatever size you want, but I'll show you. Like the double X's, the legs are big enough that your feet just slide right through them, which is super nice. So, now I'm protected. I also don't like wasting my uh shoes, boots, you know, with 1,000 lbs of dust and overspray. So, when I'm doing new construction and when I'm doing like fences, like oil-based fences and stuff, getting those non-drying oils on your boots and your your um clothing, it stinks forever. Stinks up your dryer, etc. Your washing machine. So, uh new construction and fences, I boot up. So, now I'm going to slip that on. I always wear gloves. kind of that type of guy that just doesn't like paint on my hands. I know a

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