Sellstrom Arc Welding Helmets, Filter Plates, Blankets

A helmet with the right shade, and cover for what is around you

OSHA asks for a helmet or a hand shield in all arc welding and cutting, made of a material that insulates against heat and electricity and keeps the arc off your face, neck and ears. The filter shade comes from your process and current: Shade 8 for stick at 60 to 160 A, Shade 10 for MIG from 60 A, by the OSHA table in our shade guide.

Spatter does not stop at your helmet. A welding blanket covers the floor, the bench or a nearby machine, and the leather bib covers your chest at the bench. Wear safety glasses under the helmet for the moment you lift it to chip.

These 20 products are of the Sellstrom line, $3.99 to $209.00 in our last catalog update.

Which Sellstrom shade do you need for stick welding?

At least Shade 8 at 60 to 160 A by the OSHA table, darker at higher currents. See the welding shade guide.

Do you need safety glasses under your Sellstrom welding helmet?

Wear them for the moment you lift the helmet to chip slag, when the helmet is no longer in front of your eyes.

This is general information about choosing protective equipment, not a hazard assessment of your workplace and not medical advice. Your employer's assessment, the markings on the product and its instructions come first; after any injury to the eye, get medical help right away.

What the safety sources say

OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.252: Welding, cutting and brazing, general requirements. Helmets or hand shields must be used during all arc welding or arc cutting except submerged arc welding, and goggles or other suitable eye protection during gas welding or oxygen cutting. Helmets and hand shields must insulate against heat and electricity and protect the face, neck and ears from direct radiant energy from the arc. Read October 2, 2026.
OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.133: Eye and face protection. Employers must ensure appropriate eye or face protection against flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, chemical gases or vapors and injurious light radiation, with side protection against flying objects, and filter lenses must carry a shade number suited to the work. Devices must meet ANSI/ISEA Z87.1-2010, Z87.1-2003 or Z87.1-1989 (R-1998), and the table sets minimum shades such as 10 for gas metal arc welding at 60 to 160 A and 14 for carbon arc welding. Read October 2, 2026.

Each of these sources is linked in our welding shade guide.

Before the next shift

Pick the hazard, then the part

Every shield, window, lens, goggle and station in the Sellstrom line is one click from here, and you pick the exact part number on the next page.

Start with what can reach your eyes, your face or your ears, then pick the part for the gear you already own.

Sellstrom protection for arc welding

A helmet with the right shade, and cover for what is around you

Other ways in

Arc welding: what people ask

Which Sellstrom shade do you need for stick welding?

Do you need safety glasses under your Sellstrom welding helmet?

Pick the hazard, then the part