Galvanized can't only be bad if you breath it in, it can be obsorbed threw your skin. And yes milk it the way to go. I weld everyday if I get flashed I just used eye drops and take some ib profin and I'm good to go.
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All of this is good info. I'll have to keep it in mind! I try my best to use a helmet but sometimes doing exhaust work or the such, a helmet doesn't fit!
Yo wear bettergear. Or stop tacking with yor helmet up ....if it's on arm wear 80 or high sunscreen
potatoes do work slice them in then put them on your eyes with a wet wash cloth , arc flash is blisters on you eyeball feels like sand in you eye, just my 2 cents
X2 if your doing that much with Galvanized at least wear a respirator or blow the smoke away from you.
We sell galvanized trailers. Fab them before there dipped. But theres missed stuff we have to get. Or the heat from being dipped cracks stuff we have to reweld I point a fan at me but on low so I dont get porosity. Didn know it could go in through your skin.
The absorption rate threw the skin is a lot slower. We go over kill on safety so we are fully suited up...yay
Galvanized is nasty... I've never had flash, kind of amazing. Old guys I work with use shade 9 lenses using 24+ volts, I use a nice dark shade 11 :thumb:
when I was young I mig'ed a bunch of patches on a chev box with those light green oxy,accetaline glasses on cuz I was dumb and didn't know better.4 hours of welding and I almost went blind and screwed my eyes for life,ALWAYS wear eye gear,not worth your sight!
We weld 30-35 volts at work we have shade 12s I believe. Our welders are 440. We have roll around shades for when we work close to each other there pretty handy and we wear full leathers. Which are awesome but hot