I was reading another thread and this came to mind--thought all TFLers should think about it.
It is to be hoped that all of us protect our eyes while shooting--but don't forget that shooters do other things that can be hazardous to visual health.
I'm talking about cleaning guns. There have been several occasions when I've managed to splash a droplet of something nasty into my eye. If I were smart, I'd wear eye protection--and sometimes I remember to.
But, for the times that you don't, here's a simple low cost solution to washing your eyes when something unpleasant gets into them.
Tomorrow, go to your favorite pharmacy or grocery store and buy a pressurized can of saline solution. NOT contact cleaner, just the saline spray. It will probably cost less than $5 and should last a lifetime unless you are really clumsy. Put it where you will remember it--under the bathroom sink or wherever. This stuff will not hurt your eyes and is great for washing out crud that shouldn't be there.
I have contacts, so I keep some saline spray on hand all the time for rinsing my contacts after I clean them but only realized I could flush my eyes with them after I caught some Gunscrubber backscatter in the face and eyes.
One caution--every can I've ever bought has a fairly weak spray. You might want to test your can before you point it at your eyes and let fly...
It is to be hoped that all of us protect our eyes while shooting--but don't forget that shooters do other things that can be hazardous to visual health.
I'm talking about cleaning guns. There have been several occasions when I've managed to splash a droplet of something nasty into my eye. If I were smart, I'd wear eye protection--and sometimes I remember to.
But, for the times that you don't, here's a simple low cost solution to washing your eyes when something unpleasant gets into them.
Tomorrow, go to your favorite pharmacy or grocery store and buy a pressurized can of saline solution. NOT contact cleaner, just the saline spray. It will probably cost less than $5 and should last a lifetime unless you are really clumsy. Put it where you will remember it--under the bathroom sink or wherever. This stuff will not hurt your eyes and is great for washing out crud that shouldn't be there.
I have contacts, so I keep some saline spray on hand all the time for rinsing my contacts after I clean them but only realized I could flush my eyes with them after I caught some Gunscrubber backscatter in the face and eyes.
One caution--every can I've ever bought has a fairly weak spray. You might want to test your can before you point it at your eyes and let fly...
