I am going to be building a roll cage and as I go I will be tack welding while it is in my bronco. I want to protect the bronco paint as best I can. I see a wide range of welding blankets and wanted to seek some advice of which type to go with. As I said I want to protect the rig, but don't want to go broke doing it. The black Stallion are cheaper which would allow me to get a second blanket, but would I be substituting quality? Is the other one just that much better and more then I need?

This one looks good and says it will not scratch the paint. Also says "Withstands temperatures to 30,000F, fire, and heat resistant" not sure, but sounds like they are streching the truth on that, but again I don't know.
http://www.amazon.com/50-Pyro-Welding-Blanket-KTI70450/dp/B000TRLGIE

I also see soe of these: http://www.toughweld.com/safety-gear/welding-blankets

Thanks

I just use a couple of bath towels. Get them wet(not dripping) Haven't had a burn mark yet. Have welded lots
of racks this way.(welded not tacked)
Ken

I do the wet towels as well but then I don't do alot of that kind of work

I will try that. It is not heavy welding so that should work. I guess it goes right back to KISS.

Thanks
Martin

What type of welding are you doing? Stick, mig, tig?
For light welding a damp towel or blanket is normally suffice, just make sure it's cotton and NOT polyester or other synthetic.
I have a heavy moving blanket that I dampen and have never had any trouble even with heavy stick welding. I also have a couple old leather aprons I use for smaller coverage jobs.
If your worried about $$ then I would just go with the damp towel and save the cash for tooling.

welder19

I have got a couple from HF there made in Russia and seem to be just glorified treated canvas. There heavy duty and the price is right.

Damp bath towels are awesome for this like the boys say, the only thing I would add are magnets. Then you can place them just about anywhere.