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Do you wear glasses? Glass will filter out the UV.

The distance does vary with the type of welding and the power. Tig
seems to bleach my shirts much more than stick.

Dan


When I was doing a lot of TIG on stainless kitchen equipment, I had to add a
snood to my hood to keep from getting my throat and top of my chest burned.
I used a piece of suede leather, and stitched it to holes drilled in the
bottom lip of the hood. It looked cool, and I got lots of compliments, and
even a few guys copied the idea. Man, I got burned before the snood.

BTW, snood is actually a word used in OSHA CFRs for such a device.
Actually, I believe it is a word meaning a turkey's beard, or the fleshy
thing that is on their neck.

Steve