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Can you use safety glasses for welding? Yes, for mild welding. If your going to be assembling a bridge, you’re going to need a welding helmet or mask. However, for smaller jobs (see below) you could use a filtered safety glasses.
A filtered lens is the most misunderstood lens of all. It’s like Cousin Pete and his slurred speech. Greenish in color, the filtered lens comes in a variety of different shades. The shades are numbered, with the most popular shades being 2.0, 3.0 and 5.0. The highest numbered shades offer the most eye protection.
A filtered lens is worn for applications and environments where others are performing welding tasks such as torch brazing, torch soldering, gas welding and oxygen cutting. These lenses also protect against UV and Infra Red radiation that occurs while working with molten metal.
A simple chart for the most popular shades and the most common uses can be found below:
IR 2.0 – Torch soldering
IR 3.0 – Torch soldering, torch brazing, and cutting
IR 5.0 – Torch brazing, cutting, and gas welding
Popular Filtered Examples:
Uvex Astro Spec 3.0 Filtered
Uvex Astro Spec 5.0 Filtered
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