Technical Cold garage jacket recommendations?

Good to know. Thanks.

 

A fleece pullover will light up like a Coleman lantern mantle if it gets a spark to ignite the fuzz! I had it happen to me while watching a customer weld after I wired up his new welder outlet. Standing by with a hood over my face just watching, when suddenly somebody began slapping me all over my arms! I turned to see why he was slapping me and the whole surface of my fleece was glowing like a fire working up the side of a hill in brush!
Last time I wore fleece around any welding. Chamois shirts that get old and fuzzy will do the same thing too!

 

Carhardt's standard lining on jackets is blanket wool. It's only their heavier winter quilted lining that's got the nylon quilting.

 

Army field jacket with removable liner.

 

Layers with the second to last one having a hoodie. I cut the draw strings short so they don't get caught in a lathe or other power tool.As mentioned, only cotton or leather outer if doing heavy welding.
If knowingly brutal and outside - Under Armor. But that gets too warm in a cold garage IMO.

 

J Crew rollneck wool sweater. I have a black "charcoal" one I've worn in the shop for years (15 plus?) and I need to replace it.

 

My daughter bought me an English mechanics sweater for Christmas it perfect to keep you warm it a garage with just a little heat.

 

Try the thin nitrile gloves... I have the same cold hand problem, and it's surprising how much difference those thin things can make. YMMV

 

Having worked in fab shops and large industrial sites, there was someone around to hose you down with a water hose, wither you needed it or not.

 

Here in Florida,for those that don't know, in mid Feb. at speedweeks,in the week before the Daytona 500,we race all week at local small tracks. Often there are days an more nites below 32*.
Working on race cars in the chill is done with fire trash drums out side,but often in the inclosed trailers with tube heaters of a number of brands an types ,powered by propane like a BBQ > like this one as a exsample ;https://www.walmart.com/ip/Mr-Heate...591256304?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0

 

Santa brought my son one of those work hoodies that is electrically warmed with a battery. He likes it. On the other hand he constantly wears a 12 year old wool hoodie that’s been repaired a few times. I wear a cotton sweatshirt with a T-shirt under it when it gets down into the forties. But your best bet is wool, buy used at whatever charity thrift store near you.

 

Just prior to feeling the guy patting out the fire, I was thinking, "Man that big 400 amp, 480 volt wire feed sure radiates a lot of heat!"
Then I realized it didn't really.

 

Hmm, been wearing them for a few years, they're full of burn marks but I never went up in flames.
Good call, I'll put on the welding jacket when I strike an arc.

 

Second this

 

"The unit heater and propane wall heaters are cheap, but the install is very expensive - because I'd have to have a propane line run from the basement, almost 100 ft."
I faced the same problem although with natural gas, too far from service to be cost effective. I went to propane for the shop with it's own dedicated tank. Here we can get delivery as long as it's over a certain amount. Our winters vary but, as an average, I can go about 1.5 winters before having it refilled (about a 250 gallon tank).

 

Our company supplied fleece pullovers, and chamois shirts to all the electricians I worked with. When I reported the incident, and took one of my spare shirts into work, and demonstrated how it glowed like a catalytic heater, the safety guy went off the deep end!
They immediately sent out messages to all of the company employees to stop wearing them, and replaced them with shirts that didn't catch fire. Of course we all kept the shirts, and used them at home for working around the house. But not for welding or grinding. I've been retired 11 years, and I still have work shirts and fleece pullovers that are 20 years old from my last job.

 

You're right. Thought I conveyed that last message. It's good info. Thank you. You're right.

 

I have a full length fire proof quilted racing suit I got at a swap meet because it was out of date for $5 including a pair of gloves!

 

This! These are worn my professional mechanics everywhere, for good reason. They are warm, they fit tight, they are stain resistant, they are flame resistant, they wear like iron.

 

In all seriousness, it's hard to work when you're all bundled up like the kid from A Christmas Story. Get some heat in the shop and work like a human being. My shop has actual forced hot air heat now from. oil fired furnace, but years ago I kept it pretty low tech. When I'd work in my mom's 2 car garage, I'd set up a basic bullet heater and run that. The snow would be on the ground outside and I could be in there comfortably working in short sleeves.

 

The Eisenhower mechanics type jacket is great. In fact that is what I wear almost all the time when I need a jacket going outside even not working in the garage. Here is a cheap source for them, $12 for used and broken in. Might have some stains or an old patch that was removed. Perfect for garage use:
https://usedworkclothing.com/collections/used-work-outerwear/products/lined-work-jacket-fold-collar

 

For years I have used my old army field jacket. It is showing a lot of wear as i ETS'd in 68. It has served me well.

 

Had 2 field jackets when I ETS"d in '73. Wore one out. The other was in really good condition with the button in quilted liner and button on hood with coyote fur fringe. I was shocked when my 20 something year old son wanted it to walk to work in. He just moved from Seattle back to SoCal so it may come back to me yet.

 

Carhartt full zip heavyweight hooded sweatshirt. I'm on my third one in like 20 years.

 

cooler weather 40s 50s henley long sleeve under short sleeve heavy cotton tee, any long sleeve cotton or denim button shirt starch it heavily leave the tail out sparks and grindings bounce off.