MOPED ARMY

Maybe my fingers are more prone to burn since they spend their days perched above keyboard? Also heard that MIGing / TIGing aluminum releases more UV light due to brighter arc + less diffusion through argon compared to stick (not sure how true that part is - just some gossip I read, but I was doing MIG Aluminum).

In any case, if you sunburn easily (I do), just something to keep top-of-mind.

Aloe Vera plants around the house are useful for burns.

totally welded in my boxers. got some peelies on my belly...

When I first learned tig I learned from this Irish guy pale as paper wearing shorts and a t shirt and only one glove. Silly me figured maybe tig doesn't generate UV rays like mig in the same way it doesn't generate spatter. I tig'd for an hour in my tank top and got some nasty burns up my arms and inside my armpits- definitely a first for a burn there.

I still regularly tig in my riding gloves and a t shirt but only for quick jobs. You can get away without gloves for quick jobs too but I wouldn't do it every day- plus the gloves give you one tiny extra amount of protection when you accidentally grab the hot end of the filler rod. (edited)

I was stick welding one time at work and had a slag pop and burn thru my pants-underwear and land on john tomas.

I weld every day in my usual riding gear/work gear(sandals shorts and t shirt) only use mask for mig and stick but not for oxy acetylene welding

my welds have improved since i switched to a 9 a few years ago. I can see whats going on so much better.

Edit: i think this is another one of those damn "getting old sucks" things. But whatever, it sure beats the alternative... (edited)

Yeah, those goggles suck. A pair of sunglasses work great for oxy/ace. No spots afterwards and you look cool while you're doing it.

When I was welding up that safari subframe motormount idiot project I was in a T shirt, I got a trucker tan

Nah fuck that

Ever get that riding mower going, Nate?

I just welded together a small tall bike and had crazy trucker tan. I even had splatter burns around my inside of my elbow where I was welding head high and it looked like a sharks bite. Should have taken a picture..... I am pasty AF and always burn from welding unless I cover up.

Hahaha, burn any?

Thats not too bad, you'll live. I have had way worse than that and I am much darker skinned. Usually happens to me in the summer when I can't stand gearing up. hope you have a good helmet though. I know my eyesight suffers from all those tacks where I was too lazy to throw the helmet on and just closed my eyes and turned to the side a bit. I have had both eardrums burned through by welding spatter... now that is unpleasent.