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I thought those new ceramic welding blankets were just hype until a job in Toledo
Honestly, I was setting up for a big pipe weld in a tight corner last month. My old fiberglass blanket kept snagging and I was losing my mind. The foreman handed me one of those ceramic ones, said it could take direct flame. Ngl, I figured it would melt in five minutes. That thing held up for three full hours of heavy spark spray without a single burn through. Has anyone else switched over to these, or am I just late to the party?
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emmawood4d ago
Yeah, it's like that with a lot of gear now. I had the same surprise with some new heat-resistant gloves last year. You get used to stuff failing a certain way, so when something actually works like the box says, it feels like a small miracle. Makes you wonder what else we're all still putting up with that's secretly been solved.
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