Mistake brings enlightenment

[Gary_in_Indiana]

I stopped at TSC today and picked up a new welding helmet lens cover. Mine looked to be in pretty sad shape. Just seeing through it at even the #9 darkness setting was getting to be a challenge.

I decided I'd install it tonight rather than worry about doing it tomorrow right before class. It was only after I'd disassembled my helmet face that I realized I'd bought the wrong size. I only saw one size so erroneously assumed that was what I needed.

Since I had everything apart anyhow I decided I'd see if I could clean up what I had. What a world of difference! I removed quite a layer of brown dust from both the inside of the replaceable lens and the face of the auto-darkening filter. I put the helmet on and the additional light that came through was incredible. I still want to replace the lens cover as mine is pitted, marred and scratched but I'll bet I gained at least two levels of light just from cleaning what I had. I'm setting the darkness level up threelevels for tomorrow night's welding class just to be safe to start. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Amazing how you think you're going blind every so often, only to find it's the lense cover.
Now, just consider, all that crap you found between the lenses took time to get there, and you were breathing the very same contaminated air that hauled the crap between your lenses, only more of it.
That's one of the best demonstrations of the need for fume exhausters I ever saw.
Before class, coat your lenses with RainX, it will make cleaning a lot easier. When cold weteher rolls around, coat the lenses with FogX, it helps a lot to keep the lenses from fogging up from your breath.

 

[Gary_in_Indiana]

Believe it or not, this all happened WITH a big fume exhauster over my work. I don't want to think how much would be there without the exhauster working. I don't even want to consider how much I've inhaled and ingested, either. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif