Spray Safe: The Rules For Insect Repellent And FR Clothing
With every new bug season, come swarms of new questions as to how to properly use insect repellent while wearing FR garments. Here are Bulwark’s “do and don’t” details. Make that, DEETails. DEET is the active ingredient in many well known, and often used, insect repellents (liquids, lotions, sprays, wristbands, etc.). It is used to […]
The MVP of FR Set To Roll Big at The Super Bowl of Safety
Today we announced our plans to participate at the American Society of Safety Engineers’ Safety 2013 Conference in Las Vegas (Las Vegas Convention Center, June 24-27, 2013). A fantastic opportunity for “the FR outfit of No Compromise,” according to David Crace, VP of Marketing at VF Imagewear. “At Bulwark, we have come to think about […]
Bulwark garments designed by who? You!
Most of you know the Bulwark design team is made up of 4 ladies ages 28-35. What do we know about designing Flame Resistant (FR) clothing? We didn’t grow up rough necking in the oil fields of south Texas. We did grow up playing on the beaches of South Padre Island. We didn’t grow up […]
Which one does what?
What happens to Nomex, untreated Cotton, and untreated Polyester/Cotton when exposed to a flash fire? Nomex extinguishes once the ignition source is removed. The Untreated Cotton continues to burn until there is nothing left. The Untreated Polyester/Cotton blend continues to burn until there is nothing left too, but it also drips and melts. Which one […]
Got Stains?
It’s the end of the day, you’ve worked hard and you are tired. You realize you have a nasty stain on your FR shirt. What do you do? Probably throw it in the hamper, who am I kidding…probably on the floor, and leave your wife to worry with it. Well, the first important thing to […]