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Welding hood and eclipse

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John in Md.

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Welding hood is rated 11 darkness, what can be done to get the necessary 14 darkness?
My auto dark only goes to 13, it was dirty and the wife washed it and now it doesn't darken at all any suggestions?
 
I've got 2 arc helmets- one lens says 10, other doesn't say anything. Took them both out, put them together, and I have to look hard to even find the sun. I think my number is high enough now.
 
Just checked mine. Set on max dark, max sensitivity, will hold dark, and seems dark enough. Have quite a deck of high clouds which helps. Use caution!
 
I stacked two lenses in a regular arc welding helmet. Almost exactly the same result as a pair of eclipse glasses I bought.
 
I stacked a 11 welding and a 5 gas welding together and it cut more light than the approved glasses my wife got
Use your own judgement
 

That's what i did, 5 shade torch goggles inside 10 shade welding helmet, sun had a pale orange glow, I didn't stare at it constantly, was busy passing goggles and helmet to wife, son and grandkids.
We're a little north of the total line, probably 95+% total eclipse.
 
I can't remember if it was looking at eclipses or something else that my mother used to tell me to stop doing or I'd go blind.
 
(quoted from post at 13:35:49 08/21/17) I can't remember if it was looking at eclipses or something else that my mother used to tell me to stop doing or I'd go blind.
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HA HA!

I just used an old hood with a #10. I didn't need to stare at it, just verify they weren't lying about it.
 
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