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Due to the global supply disruption and shortages, we are having problems getting some of the raw materials used to manufacture our hoods. One is the specific dye in our resin to make it the yellow that ages to the dark brown many of our customers are familiar with. Please expect these color variations- Dark pencil yellow, burnt orange, brown, and a very pale brown. All will continue to age naturally as resin does. Black will be black, but yellow will be termed “natural” and for the foreseeable future will ship as the pale tan/brown color. It will darken to brown but we don’t know how dark it will eventually go, and if it will ever get to the dark burgundy that many of you love and covet. Please be patient with our disruption/change as we have been working months on a solution and this was the only option to keep our hoods at the current price point. There will also be more out of stocks on the “yellow” as until the market settles a bit and we can get full runs on the production. Thank you for being our customer!

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Our Lightweight Pancake Welding Hoods Are precision handcrafted from phenolic, basla, and pine woods.  They have a contoured balsa box ready for custom-fitting.  They are of a one-piece pressure formed phenolic faceplate and folded ear guard design.  All models accept "cheater" lenses, have easy side or bottom loading with closures, and are available in Black.  Our most popular models are Z-87.1 ANSI approved and OSHA accepted.  Smaller models are available; however, they do not provide the approved and accepted coverage (Listed as old style on website).

"I want to thank you so much for the support you showed me.  I am about to get on an airplane and return home from a crazy six month deployment on the USS Ohio.  During this run I got many opportunities to use the hood you sent to me.  We had a high pressure air rupture occur that prevented us from being able to make air aboard the submarine.  We had a rupture on the reverse osmosis unit that prevented us from being able to make water for anything from drinking to reactor plant operations.  We had a hydraulic rupture that caused a loss of steering hydraulics to the ships controlling systems.  Needless to say it was a wild deployment and The Original Pancake Hood was right there on the fore front with me making those repairs so the ship was back up and 100% operational.  Thank you so much for supporting me and my shipmates.  You guys definitely played a part in serving the country and assisting in missions vital to national security!"

MMN3 Seth Reesh

USS Ohio

USN

"Here at Pipeline Local 798 Training Center, Tulsa Ok. We have been training pipeline welders for over fifty years.  We believe that good equipment is important to learn welding, from your welding machine all the way to your welding hood.  That's why the only hood we use at Pipeline Local Training Center is the Original Pancake Brand hood.  It meets all the industry standards and is constructed with quality.  It is also compatible with glasses and quick-change lenses, and that's very important.  We promote Original Pancake Brand Welding Hoods to all our contractors and anyone that ask about what kind of hood to buy.  They are also quick to get your order processed with a reasonable price for a good American product.

Farron Hollabaugh

Director of Training

Pipeline Local 798, Tulsa, OK