Glare while welding..

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Since I started welding (mostly done outside)  I've noticed I get a major glare from behind the helmet making it extremely difficult to see what I'm doing.. I have draped towels over my head to keep light from entering the back of the helmet, but realized this weekend when welding my roll bar in, that is a bad idea when it caught fire. lol! so.. I ask, what do you all do to keep light glare from entering the rear of the mask?www.thefusionsolution.com
Reply:Most people I know have used scrap from old leather jackets.  Same goes for protecting the neck.
Reply:I don't have any leather jackets.www.thefusionsolution.com
Reply:Find a place that sells leather near you and buy some.  Thats what I did when I made the piece that goes around the bottom. It's not that expensive and it beats smelling old sweaty leather jacket pieces.  For my neck piece between the leather and the machine screws, fender washers, and nuts I was below $5.
Reply:Get a Pipeline Welder's "pancake" hood, or, one of these. Attached Images
Reply:Or try goodwill.
Reply:Originally Posted by paweldorGet a Pipeline Welder's "pancake" hood, or, one of these.
Reply:Sounds weird, but.......Tilt your head so the weld is in the shadow, and concentrate.  Be the puddle"Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
Reply:Originally Posted by farmersammSounds weird, but.......Tilt your head so the weld is in the shadow, and concentrate.  Be the puddle
Reply:i cant see if the sun is behind me, the light goes into the hood and that s the end of seeing any puddle..i gotta move..or wait  for the sun to move
Reply:Originally Posted by speedfreak87I should be able to get it at a welding supply place right?