Painted calipers and a trip to the ER - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Rayme · 04-19-2014, 06:52 PM

Two days ago, I was switching my winter wheels to summer wheels yay! Doing so I stripped a stud using the impact..bummer but easily fixed. So I start prepping the calipers to paint them black using the duplicolor kit (using a paint brush).

I did the rear and all went well, then I started the front, as I was changing side I dropped the small paint bucket on the floor (slipped from my fingers from about 6" high) and the motherfocker did some kind of physic magic and splashed paint about 7 feet high and a good amount in my face and in both of my eyes. That stuff started burning like crazy pretty much right away, I rushed to thee garden hose to discover no water was coming in and continued my run in the kitchen sink where I asked my dad to call 911 while I was rinsing. Needless to say I had to rince for about 15 minutes then head to the ER where they took PH tests and rinsed my eyeball for about an hour using some kind of oversized contact lenses with pipes attached to them...VERY DISPLEASANT!

After the doctor cam in and checked the eyes and said there was no cornea damage...which was nice to hear. I really want to kick myself in the nuts for that mishap..my safety glass were on the floor next to me, I had removed them just minutes prior, I'm a mechanic and ALWAYS wear them..talk about a wake up call. Hope this can serve a lesson for anyone out there.

TL;DR : Wear your PPE

ZOMFGAARON · 04-19-2014, 07:25 PM

Damn man glad you're alright!
How are the calipers looking? :P

Burrcold · 04-19-2014, 08:05 PM

Eye injuries are scary shit!! Really glad you're okay man. Definitely a great lesson to everyone about safety first (cliche I know, but...well here you have a perfect example).

YukiHachiRoku · 04-20-2014, 02:43 PM

damn dude, I had a piece of glass in my eye when I wrecked my Rx-7, thought I was gonna go blind, the tech at the hospital said dont move your eyeball when he was pulling it out with some tools, I was shitting my pants and did not move my eyeball due to fear of losing my eyesight.

Eye injuries are NOT FUN, good to hear you or OK! =)

Turbo95eg6 · 04-20-2014, 02:57 PM

Yeah, that doesn't look fun.

ZionsWrath · 04-20-2014, 03:20 PM

I got temporary blindness from an inflamed cornea doing a brake job once. Don't recall getting anything getting in my eye either. It just kept itching then I closed one eye and realized I couldn't see with the other. Luckily it went away, safety glasses are a must.

04-19-2014, 06:52 PM	#1
Rayme The Answer Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: Mazda 2 Location: Moncton, NB Posts: 1,233 Thanks: 488 Thanked 661 Times in 315 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Painted calipers and a trip to the ER Two days ago, I was switching my winter wheels to summer wheels yay! Doing so I stripped a stud using the impact..bummer but easily fixed. So I start prepping the calipers to paint them black using the duplicolor kit (using a paint brush). I did the rear and all went well, then I started the front, as I was changing side I dropped the small paint bucket on the floor (slipped from my fingers from about 6" high) and the motherfocker did some kind of physic magic and splashed paint about 7 feet high and a good amount in my face and in both of my eyes. That stuff started burning like crazy pretty much right away, I rushed to thee garden hose to discover no water was coming in and continued my run in the kitchen sink where I asked my dad to call 911 while I was rinsing. Needless to say I had to rince for about 15 minutes then head to the ER where they took PH tests and rinsed my eyeball for about an hour using some kind of oversized contact lenses with pipes attached to them...VERY DISPLEASANT! After the doctor cam in and checked the eyes and said there was no cornea damage...which was nice to hear. I really want to kick myself in the nuts for that mishap..my safety glass were on the floor next to me, I had removed them just minutes prior, I'm a mechanic and ALWAYS wear them..talk about a wake up call. Hope this can serve a lesson for anyone out there. TL;DR : Wear your PPE Attached Images __________________ \| Roof wrap thread

04-19-2014, 08:05 PM	#3
Burrcold Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Drives: Subaru BRZ Limited Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 2,624 Thanks: 763 Thanked 1,586 Times in 776 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Eye injuries are scary shit!! Really glad you're okay man. Definitely a great lesson to everyone about safety first (cliche I know, but...well here you have a perfect example). __________________

04-20-2014, 03:20 PM	#6
ZionsWrath Thanks Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: BRZ Location: NY Posts: 4,163 Thanks: 5,989 Thanked 3,100 Times in 1,498 Posts Mentioned: 38 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	I got temporary blindness from an inflamed cornea doing a brake job once. Don't recall getting anything getting in my eye either. It just kept itching then I closed one eye and realized I couldn't see with the other. Luckily it went away, safety glasses are a must. __________________

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04-19-2014, 07:25 PM	#2
ZOMFGAARON A Demon Join Date: Dec 2013 Drives: Raven GT86 Location: Denver Posts: 1,992 Thanks: 190 Thanked 1,321 Times in 701 Posts Mentioned: 20 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Damn man glad you're alright! How are the calipers looking? :P

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YukiHachiRoku Lex Luger Join Date: May 2012 Drives: 2004 GS430 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 929 Thanks: 2,054 Thanked 754 Times in 316 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	damn dude, I had a piece of glass in my eye when I wrecked my Rx-7, thought I was gonna go blind, the tech at the hospital said dont move your eyeball when he was pulling it out with some tools, I was shitting my pants and did not move my eyeball due to fear of losing my eyesight. Eye injuries are NOT FUN, good to hear you or OK! =)

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