i weld quite often at work (3/4 of my 11 hour shift) and tend to get a decent ammount of welders burn throughout the day

getting kinda tired about it and wondering if anyone has any tips on trying to avoid it

any tips are appriated

 

Long sleeve shirt, gloves and jeans. Pretty simple.

 

I use a 45 sunblock on areas that seem to get burnt. In the summer when it's stupid hot and I weld(Tig) with a short sleeve shirt, I slather on a ton of babies 45 sunblock, I haven't been burnt since!

D.

 

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agreed. A tighter weave shirt like a Dickies that's all buttoned up works well. Leather Boots are also a no-brainer

 

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D.</TD></TR></TABLE>

thats the kinda stuff im lookin for, for some reason that never crossed my mind

i wear a leather jacket while welding as well as gloves and jeans

pretty much the only thing that gets burnt is my face, untill i get a hole in my gloves, then i get some nice heat blisters on my arms and hands, lol

thanks for the idea, i'll try that next week

 

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agreed. A tighter weave shirt like a Dickies that's all buttoned up works well. Leather Boots are also a no-brainer</TD></TR></TABLE>

steel toed leather boots are also required where i work specificly because i weld so much and the stuff we weld has to be moved with 5ton winch's (cattle trailers)

 

if your face is getting burned, you might get an old pair of jeans or dickies and cut about a 6 inch strip to put around the bottom of your welding helmet to seal off any light and sparks.

 

i may do that as well once i burn through this coat in a couple more places, thanks for the tip

my face is really the only thing that gets burned, but last week i had a nasty pair of heat blisters on my forearm

 

What kind of welding do you do? What helmet are you using, does it cover your neck?

I can't figure out how you burn your face?

The only time I ever got my face burned was when I was welding in an electropolished tank and there was another welder in the tank, I got cooked at the side of my face. Other than that, my Jackson helmet covers most of my head, and I have a HUGE head.

 

right now im useing a really old freakin helmet untill i can afford to buy the jackson one

i weld aluminum floors for cattle trailers right now, at times theres another guy welding the same floor but usealy its just me, sometimes i go weld the steel hitch's also but not often

i've always burnt my face when i welded somehow, i dont quite understand it either, in my last welding job they supplied jackson helmets and i still managed to do it

 

My Jackson was 40$ canadian. I'm old school though, I don't like auto-darkening, so helmets are cheap. I have 3 Jacksons, my buddy runs a Fibre-Shield and it sucks, very little coverage.

Try the sun-block, I'm sure that will work for you.

 

aluminum deck plating, thats the explanation for why you are burning all over, especially if there is someone else in there with you.
there are what i call 'mullet hats' that you can buy that are like a regular welders beanie with a long flap on the back that covers the back of your ears and neck. those are nice to have.

are you getting arc flash a well or just sunburn?

 

never heard of arc flash.. you'll have to fill me in on that

but im just burning...

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Try the sun-block, I'm sure that will work for you.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i want the auto-darkening, so mines gonna be like 250 USD, i can charge it at work but i can find it cheaper elsewhere so im gonna save up and just buy it

 

Kevlar sleeves work really well for me. I've accidentally given my forearms 3rd degree burns too many times. The kevlar sleeves won't burn unless you drop molten metal on them or burn them with a direct flame, like a blow torch. In either case, at least they burn before your skin does.

When I get burned my gauze wristbands always get me confused with "emo kids"

 

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My neck kept getting burned even with sunscreen, so I chopped up an old dickies shirt and pop riveted it to my helmet. Now it's just my forearms that are unseasonably tan all winter....I should really get some sleeves.

 

i use the 50.00 harbor freight auto darkening helment at work and never have been burned. for the price, it rocks.

 

orange metal.....hot
silver aluminium....probably hot

a few things i remind myself daily

 

arc flash, or welders flash, is when you burn your eyes. feels like there is sand or sandpaper in your eyes, really itchy and you can lose your vision from it. its like a sunburn on your eyeballs.
it sucks.

sounds like you're just getting sunburned a bit, wear long sleeves, and put on spf40 before your shift. if thats not good enough there are things like those mullet beanies

 

You're probably getting burned by the reflection of the arc shining off the AL. It WILL find all the holes in your protection trust me. Beware of the arc reflecting from the other guys arc if he's behind welding behind you. You wont notice that your eyes are fucked until you try to drive home.

 

ah ok, never heard the term arc flash before, but no i dont get that, unless i tack somethin and dont bother to use my helmet

i found that the helmet i am useing is an oldschool jackson model, it looks like a big green pill with a window in it..

thanks for the advice guys, it has helped, no more welders burn for me