Custom/Hybrid Fire & explosion hazard with composites

Schmidty721

someone turf my rails
Location
WI
Please excuse my ignorance with this post.

I plan on starting a winter build and want to partition off an enclosure in my garage to do all the composites work in.
I have a hanging natural gas furnace in one corner and want to build the "booth" around it to conserve some energy and not heat the entire garage.

To my question.
Is there any fire or explosion hazards with the fumes from epoxy or vinyl ester resins?
I have a large squirrel blower from a old furnace that I will be using to draw fresh air through the booth and exhaust the fumes outside the garage.

I checked out the MSDS and it's looks like epoxy resins isn't a concern, but I wasn't sure on the vinly ester.

Impress me with your knowledge
 

shawn_NJ

Chasing waves.
Location
Daytona Beach
Vinyl ester contains 30-60% Styrene (vinyl benzene) and the vapor is flammable. That said I have laid GALLONS of ester resins near a propane heater, but I made sure I had OVERKILL of ventilation. Your mileage may vary...
Even with all the added ventilation, I still managed to get chemical burns on my face anywhere that was not covered with the respirator...this was from just the vapors coming off the resin! Its NASTY stuff, and worse in a confined area.....I personally would be very hesitant using any nonepoxy in my garage. Epoxy is also very bad for you, but atleast it does not have that meth lab smelling Styrene that gets into everything and never goes away. High quaility organic compound respirator is also key here.

Fire info on the MSDS for Dow Vinyl Ester resin:
vinylest.JPG
 
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