No matter how long, you have had a reaction already and that is not a good sign as to your tolerance level for the chemical make-up of resin products.
Drilling isn't bad, with normal, low speed (relatively low) drilling equipment. What you want to be careful of is any time you are creating dust type particles. Even most hand sanding isn't bad except for the fact that the sanded material doesn't just stay where it falls. Next thing you know, you've inadvertantly brought it up to scratch your nose, or your lip started itching and then, there's the problem. You have more to worry about while you're cleaning up the dust than you did while you were sanding because you end up making it airborne.
Where caution really needs to be taken while working cured resin is any time you start working it with equipment that makes it airborne, such as a grinder or mechanical type sander. An example would be a 'dremel' type tool or belt sander and things like that.
Your particular problem, however, doesn't have as much to do with working cured resin or the dust it creates. This type of activity will always need to be respected, of course, but your problem stems more from the chemical compounds the resin is composed of.
Jase, make damn sure you protect yourself while you are mixing and pouring (and shaking and stirring and measuring....etc; ) uncured resin. You are apparently more reactive to the chemicals of these products than many others would be at this early stage, or I should say, your symptoms showed up earlier than most. This is probably a good thing! Many have the same ill effects, they just don't know it because they never got any outward signs as you just did. Most continue until a worse symptom appears, so you got a "warning" early, that's all.
As you say, it does suck that you seem to not 'get on well' with resin and you've just started working with it. I would say that it's probably not a bad thing that you realise at this very early stage what many don't figure out till it's too late. Take the proper precations, always. Read and understand labels and even dig a little deeper. Some of this may cause you problems just from the fumes they create when you open the containers!
Read thoroughly. Check concerns listed. Just remember how many things are in this world. If they say that something "May be hazardous", that probably means that it is very harmful! They just weren't 'required' to say that.
Drilling isn't bad, with normal, low speed (relatively low) drilling equipment. What you want to be careful of is any time you are creating dust type particles. Even most hand sanding isn't bad except for the fact that the sanded material doesn't just stay where it falls. Next thing you know, you've inadvertantly brought it up to scratch your nose, or your lip started itching and then, there's the problem. You have more to worry about while you're cleaning up the dust than you did while you were sanding because you end up making it airborne.
Where caution really needs to be taken while working cured resin is any time you start working it with equipment that makes it airborne, such as a grinder or mechanical type sander. An example would be a 'dremel' type tool or belt sander and things like that.
Your particular problem, however, doesn't have as much to do with working cured resin or the dust it creates. This type of activity will always need to be respected, of course, but your problem stems more from the chemical compounds the resin is composed of.
Jase, make damn sure you protect yourself while you are mixing and pouring (and shaking and stirring and measuring....etc; ) uncured resin. You are apparently more reactive to the chemicals of these products than many others would be at this early stage, or I should say, your symptoms showed up earlier than most. This is probably a good thing! Many have the same ill effects, they just don't know it because they never got any outward signs as you just did. Most continue until a worse symptom appears, so you got a "warning" early, that's all.
As you say, it does suck that you seem to not 'get on well' with resin and you've just started working with it. I would say that it's probably not a bad thing that you realise at this very early stage what many don't figure out till it's too late. Take the proper precations, always. Read and understand labels and even dig a little deeper. Some of this may cause you problems just from the fumes they create when you open the containers!
Read thoroughly. Check concerns listed. Just remember how many things are in this world. If they say that something "May be hazardous", that probably means that it is very harmful! They just weren't 'required' to say that.
~Recycle~