So on the 23rd I went down to my local REI to get a few things. While there I found a Spray called Tectron DWR Water repellant spray. This restores the Waterproofing on Coats pants boots tents whatever you want to apply it to. Over time the coating on your waterproof gear can wear out and restoring it with a spray like http://www.rei.com/product/672447/tectron-gear-water-repellent Can help bring new life back to your garment.
So on the 23rd I had time off and was bored and decided to go and apply this to my Kryptek Coat and my EDC Coat I wear. I opened my Garage up hung the coats right at the open doorway and proceeded to spray them down. All went well no issues.
About 2 hours later I started coughing. I could tell something was wrong. I figured ok I must of breathed a little bit of it from the spray back. I let it ride figuring it would get better but no Bueno. I slept that night sitting elevated on the cough in my TV room and managed to sleep through the night. Next morning I woke up with a screaming headache and a mad ringing in my ears also tingling in my fingers. At this point I knew something was definitely way off. I called the wife at work to come home cause I needed to get over to the Hospital. I really knew something was wrong when I talked to her as she sounded like Mini Mouse on the phone.
She came home took me to the ER and was put on oxygen. It turns out that this spray had actually waterproofed my Lungs and cut my Oxygen levels down to 54% (Normal Person CO2 Saturation is 90+ % Anything less and your starving your brain). The ER staff was amazed that I walked in there on my own 2 legs and hadnt passed out.
The next 5 days was spent admitted in the Hospital while they pumped me full of C02 Steroids (open my airway) and Antibiotics. By Friday after Christmas I was getting back to normal and they released me from the Hospital.
Moral to the story here is I learned I will be using a mask from now on with anything to do with Spraying. It didnt recommend you wear a mask at all with this stuff. Just said to use in a Well Ventilated area. I had my garage completely open and was at the doorway when I sprayed this stuff.
So if you have plans to use something similar. learn from my mistake. Even if it doesnt say it throw a mask on to be safe. Coats are waterproofed again. About 3000 in Medical Bills from the stay. (insured) and a big slice of Humble Pie about taking extra precautions from now on when dealing with anything coming from spray can.
Turns out after much research on this there are 1000s of cases of people going through this same ordeal from similar products out there. If Id of known that then...... Hopefully me getting the word out will help others not do the same and go through this crap.
So on the 23rd I had time off and was bored and decided to go and apply this to my Kryptek Coat and my EDC Coat I wear. I opened my Garage up hung the coats right at the open doorway and proceeded to spray them down. All went well no issues.
About 2 hours later I started coughing. I could tell something was wrong. I figured ok I must of breathed a little bit of it from the spray back. I let it ride figuring it would get better but no Bueno. I slept that night sitting elevated on the cough in my TV room and managed to sleep through the night. Next morning I woke up with a screaming headache and a mad ringing in my ears also tingling in my fingers. At this point I knew something was definitely way off. I called the wife at work to come home cause I needed to get over to the Hospital. I really knew something was wrong when I talked to her as she sounded like Mini Mouse on the phone.
She came home took me to the ER and was put on oxygen. It turns out that this spray had actually waterproofed my Lungs and cut my Oxygen levels down to 54% (Normal Person CO2 Saturation is 90+ % Anything less and your starving your brain). The ER staff was amazed that I walked in there on my own 2 legs and hadnt passed out.
The next 5 days was spent admitted in the Hospital while they pumped me full of C02 Steroids (open my airway) and Antibiotics. By Friday after Christmas I was getting back to normal and they released me from the Hospital.
Moral to the story here is I learned I will be using a mask from now on with anything to do with Spraying. It didnt recommend you wear a mask at all with this stuff. Just said to use in a Well Ventilated area. I had my garage completely open and was at the doorway when I sprayed this stuff.
So if you have plans to use something similar. learn from my mistake. Even if it doesnt say it throw a mask on to be safe. Coats are waterproofed again. About 3000 in Medical Bills from the stay. (insured) and a big slice of Humble Pie about taking extra precautions from now on when dealing with anything coming from spray can.
Turns out after much research on this there are 1000s of cases of people going through this same ordeal from similar products out there. If Id of known that then...... Hopefully me getting the word out will help others not do the same and go through this crap.
) But since then I try to use a mask around any sprays, even though it is usually my nature to just think with most things- "oh well I don't have to really take any precaution here, it will be OK".
