I've done the big "OOPS" one way or another and struck an arc with my shield
up a few times and woke up the next morning feeling like my eyes had been
sandblasted. I found that time and eye drops are the best bet. Though I have
seen some "welders eyes" that needed closer medical attention when I worked
in our E.R. at the hospital(12 years as a paramedic), but I wonder if these
clowns even bothered using a shield.

As far as contact lenses. Don't worry. the stories that you have heard about
some guy somewhere fusing his contacts to his corneas and then removing his
corneas with his contacts are nothing but urban legends.
I used to wear contacts, and asked two ophthalmologists the same question.
They said that they are always being approached with this question, and no
it has never happened. If you have permeable contacts they might feel a
little dry, but there will be no harm to your eyes because of this, but you
might have a bear of a time getting them in the next morning.

Hope this answered your questions on "welders eyes".

John Ernst

"mongke" wrote in message
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Hello all

Today I got flashed some three times while practicing. Bad timing when
pulling down the helmet. Just a fraction of second each and no lasting
discomfort. Are there long term effects to be feared? BTW, I use contact
lenses.

I've been practicing with 6011. I find this rod harder to start than
6013. I have noticed that the arc seems to starts better and is more
stable when the coating is toasted (as a result of stickups). Of course
when the coating gets charred the rod loves to get stuck and when arcing
produces hege globs of molten metal! Comments?

Thanks in advance



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Regards,


Mongke