did alot of welding on sunday (useed the mask, honest )

but there was alot of taking and i suppose i flashed my eyes a few times

any way, sunday night, feels like there some thing inym eye, by monday, agony and sight fucked. still bad yesterday, no paint today just sensitive to bright light.

my question is, to those fo you misfortuanaat enought to have had it,

has your vision come back fully, im hoping mine will, as i didnt have any jip or loss of sight until about 8 hours after i finished welding, surely if i fucked my eye, then it would have been bad straight away ????


cheers, hope some one can give me an opinion, as i need my sight formy job

 

You'll be fine. It usually takes around 8 - 12 hours for the flash to develop. And your eyes will be kinda sensitive for a few days

 

you can get drops from the hospital to help aswell

 

cold tea bags is the best for arc eye

 

No a SHIELD is best for arc eye, sorry preventing it.
Arc eye, is a form of PHOTOKERRATIS, most people are not aware it can cause PERMANENT DAMAGE, from continued exposure, as the cells around the cornea stop rebuilding after shedding, it is this shedding which then allows the sensitive part of the eye to contact the occualr cavity(eye socket) which causes the pain, the cells regrow.
It has been know to cause total and permanent blindness in extreme cases, but can certainly cause eye problems with little exposure.
The arc of light will go through shut eyes/skin, and any reflection can cause it as well, it is the same condition as SNOW BLINDNESS, also caused by sunbeds!!
tabetha

 

You should be fine mate

4 times ive had to go and get my eyes flushed from it now and I'm sure it wont be the last time

I'll probably go blind from wanking first

 

i had this when the cage got welded in - FUCK ME ITS HURTS

 

be more careful....

its easy to avoid!

Alex

 

Allrite ive had this a couple off times myself you will be OK ,it just takes a couple of days to go away and your sight will be back to normal

 

pheew, cheers guys,

i was using the mask, jus there was a few bits where need two hands so i gess i was kinda just closing my eyes

will deffinatly be more carefull when i weld on my new rear quarter,.

how much are those helmet masks, the ones the balck out?

 

2 hands?

Ł4.50 gets you one on a head band.

Ł45 gets you a fully automatic one...

or to put it another way 10 packs of fags

 

opps forgot the link

http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/scripts/...ding%20Helmets

 

as alex says, get yourself a proper lcd one. very easy to use

what price to keep your sight?

 

clearly two eyes cost Ł45

 

before anyone says I am being hard on the lad...

I do know him, I know some of his mates! This isn't the 1st or 2nd or 3rd time one of you lot has had arc eye is it

 

I've never had arc eye, mind you, I can't weld so that might be the reason why

 

Its not good, I've had it twice and I make sure I'm very careful now.

I wouldn't be very useful at my job or my hobbies if I was blind

Ł45 is a bargain, think my work one is a SpeedGlass one iirc

 

i thought the black out ones were like Ł45,

just earnt 40 fitting a splitter, so ill be buying one of them,

i no your not being hard alex, and your right, i cant buy another set of eyes,
jst got fucked of with my wank fiesta.

cheers for the link mate,i do appreciate it,
this my first time having it, lavy got hospitalised with it ((he used no mask at all ) dont think tom had it yet,


so these fully auto matic ones, i heard you still get a milisecond flash, or are the new ones rid of that issue???

 

lol well i make up them 3 alone so i guess ur right there i have got a awsome mask now only prob is cant bring it home from work for anuffa month till its fully payed off lol