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Hi. i currently tig weld only and cant seem to find any clothing that is suitable for me. i was using a baggy hoodie and sweatpants and as you can guess hoodie caught on stuff and pants melted to me. hoodie has been replaced by a carhart heavyweight loose fit shirt ( but the chest pocket keep filling up with metal). still cant find anything somewhat suitable for pants? does anyone make welding pants with like an elastic waistband, or pants that are comfortable, dont really need a belt and are roomy? i hate tight pants like jeans. suggestions and advice please! thank you and have a great day
Reply:why not just get some pajamas
Reply:I never understood the whole "sweatpants" thing. Either you are from the inner city and have no idea what it is to work a blue-collar jobOr you are a fat guy.  Tig welding is about the safest method of welding as far as getting burned Not sure why you are burning your pantsDo you ever respond to a thread and then halfway through think to yourself...Why did I even respond.  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProMiller 211Hypertherm PM 451961 Lincoln Idealarc 250HTP 221  True Wisdom only comes from Pain.
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Originally Posted by Wolf_Welder

Hi. i currently tig weld only hoodie has been replaced by a carhart heavyweight loose fit shirt ( but the chest pocket keep filling up with metal)
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Originally Posted by john t

how is this even possible?
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Originally Posted by John T

I never understood the whole "sweatpants" thing. Either you are from the inner city and have no idea what it is to work a blue-collar jobOr you are a fat guy.  Tig welding is about the safest method of welding as far as getting burned Not sure why you are burning your pantsDo you ever respond to a thread and then halfway through think to yourself...Why did I even respond.  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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Originally Posted by Wolf_Welder

Hi. i currently tig weld only and cant seem to find any clothing that is suitable for me. i was using a baggy hoodie and sweatpants and as you can guess hoodie caught on stuff and pants melted to me. hoodie has been replaced by a carhart heavyweight loose fit shirt ( but the chest pocket keep filling up with metal). still cant find anything somewhat suitable for pants? does anyone make welding pants with like an elastic waistband, or pants that are comfortable, dont really need a belt and are roomy? i hate tight pants like jeans. suggestions and advice please! thank you and have a great day
Reply:Got on line or to your welding supplier, they sale welding specific clothing.  I assume you mean you get metal in pockets from grinding? Often pocket are on inside of welding clothing…. How about an apron?Last edited by tapwelder; 3 Days Ago at 11:02 PM.
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Originally Posted by tapwelder

Got on line or to your welding supplier, they sale welding specific clothing.  I assume you mean you get metal in pockets from grinding?
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Originally Posted by 52 Ford

I keep picturing a guy wearing pajamas .
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Originally Posted by Lis2323

we don't judge here.....
Reply:I use clothes (pants and shirts) that for welding.Then use a leather coat and gloves made for arc welding. All my sink is covered with any arc welding. Any arc light that hits the skin will burn.The only time I do not use leather is for torch work.Dave

Originally Posted by Wolf_Welder

Hi. i currently tig weld only and cant seem to find any clothing that is suitable for me. i was using a baggy hoodie and sweatpants and as you can guess hoodie caught on stuff and pants melted to me. hoodie has been replaced by a carhart heavyweight loose fit shirt ( but the chest pocket keep filling up with metal). still cant find anything somewhat suitable for pants? does anyone make welding pants with like an elastic waistband, or pants that are comfortable, dont really need a belt and are roomy? i hate tight pants like jeans. suggestions and advice please! thank you and have a great day
Reply:I do TIG fulltime in the aerospace industry, I only wear Duluth pants. I don't remember exactly which ones, I have to look at the tag in them every time I buy new ones but I think it's the flex firehose pants? They're made with 3% spandex in them so they have some nice stretch to them if you're bending and stooping they don't bind up on you. They also have a crotch gusset so there's no blowing out the crotch if you kneel down one day. They have another style of pants that's a bit heavier fabric, they don't have the spandex but it does have some elastic in the waistband which makes them super comfortable. Those are also full work pants with pockets and the whole nine yards. All of them hold up well to heavy titanium sparks, so I'm sure they'd handle steel sparks just fine as well. For shirts I just do a button up, usually a Duluth brand but I often wear a t-shirt under it for heavy grinding because a lot of the lighter weight button ups do not stand up to sparks well. A normal cotton t-shirt helps protect my delicate and soft underbelly from hot titanium sparks so it doesn't look like I have chickenpox when I go home.
Reply:All arc welding (Stick, Mig and Tig) has ultraviolet wavelength. There are three categories of ultraviolet light wavelengths, UVA, UVB, and UVC. All three will burn and just light. Dave

Originally Posted by Wolf_Welder

Hi. i currently tig weld only and cant seem to find any clothing that is suitable for me. i was using a baggy hoodie and sweatpants and as you can guess hoodie caught on stuff and pants melted to me. hoodie has been replaced by a carhart heavyweight loose fit shirt ( but the chest pocket keep filling up with metal). still cant find anything somewhat suitable for pants? does anyone make welding pants with like an elastic waistband, or pants that are comfortable, dont really need a belt and are roomy? i hate tight pants like jeans. suggestions and advice please! thank you and have a great day
Reply:Duluth trading, relaxed fit stretch  firehose pants Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

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Originally Posted by 52 Ford

Umm.. We most certainly DO judge here! *cough cough* John T *cough*
Reply:I've seen some guys wearing FR pants over their regular pants, made of the same stuff that they make the green welding jackets of. Could simply put a welding jacket and chaps on over your cloths. Could wear bib overalls, a T shirt, and a welding jacket. You are not going to find anything soft like sports clothes, that stuff is all made of Nylon, Polyester, Rayon (read, plastic ). Everything is going to be heavy, loose fitting, FR cotton. I just wear blue dickies like the Maytag man. flaps on the shirt pockets keep the grinding dust out.Airco Auto-Pak 130Forney 235AC/DC
Reply:I think John and I might be blood relatives somewhere down the line.  I would miss him dearly if he wasnt here. Keeps me out of some trouble.www.urkafarms.com
Reply:How must welding are you doing?Dave

Originally Posted by Roert42

I've seen some guys wearing FR pants over their regular pants, made of the same stuff that they make the green welding jackets of. Could simply put a welding jacket and chaps on over your cloths. Could wear bib overalls, a T shirt, and a welding jacket. You are not going to find anything soft like sports clothes, that stuff is all made of Nylon, Polyester, Rayon (read, plastic ). Everything is going to be heavy, loose fitting, FR cotton. I just wear blue dickies like the Maytag man. flaps on the shirt pockets keep the grinding dust out.
Reply:Any type of poly or spandex in them and it will melt.  Nothing wrong with heavy sweat pants as long as they are 100% cotton.Century buzzbox that I learned on 40+ years ago (was Dad's)Crappy Century 110volt mig 70 amp pigeon pooper.Lincoln Idealarc TIG-300
Reply:You find out why I buy clothes for welding.  Dave

Originally Posted by bead-boy

Any type of poly or spandex in them and it will melt.  Nothing wrong with heavy sweat pants as long as they are 100% cotton.
Reply:Spent today "welding". That really means grinding, building a jig & running when I ran out of C25. In hot weather that means for me, shorts, (whatever Mrs. B bought me I don't really like, burn holes less tragic), I wear an old T shirt & put a welding jacket over bare arms 20 times a day when I make a two minute weld. My favorite non welding boots have a bit of synthetic fabric exposed, so I switch to leather when welding.That applies to MIG & stick welding. TIG I wear whatever I was wearing, might not wear the suit I'll be buried in, but everything else is fine.Winter, it's Carhartt overalls & a cotton Carhartt jacket. Super cold: Arctic Carhartt coveralls.Last edited by Willie B; 2 Days Ago at 07:39 PM.An optimist is usually wrong, and when the unexpected happens is unprepared. A pessimist is usually right, when wrong, is delighted, and well prepared.
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Originally Posted by 123weld

why not just get some pajamas
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Originally Posted by Freebirdwelds

I'm not sure but I think Halloween costumes are supposed to be flame retardant now.


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Originally Posted by Willie B

TIG I wear whatever I was wearing, might not wear the suit I'll be buried in, but everything else is fine.

Originally Posted by bead-boy

Um, and that includes the suit you were born in ???
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Originally Posted by Freebirdwelds

I'm not sure but I think Halloween costumes are supposed to be flame retardant now.


Reply:Halloween costumes flame retardant. But not light prof and will tear easily.  Do you really want Mickey Mouse 🐭 yelling like a sailor ⛵ after hot 🔥 metal runs down the inside of shirt to the pants 👖.Dave

Originally Posted by Freebirdwelds

I'm not sure but I think Halloween costumes are supposed to be flame retardant now.