What material to use on a plasma torch cover?

[Fyrme]

Nylon, denim, leather?
I've seen all three. Obviously the lether would be the most expensive, but other than cost, I don't like the weight. How does nylon and denim hold up? I need to buy one soon before I melt a big hole in my torch hose. FeeBay has some overseas covers for cheap that look to be denim. Is going on a 15' torch on a Hypertherm PM30 btw.

 

[gte718p]

Leather is the only thing that will stop sparks. Denim will help with the dust and debre that goes along with plasma cutting. Covers are cosmetic IMO if yur worried about melting hoses you really need to look at how you are setting up. 10 years of plasma cutting and I've never melted a hose or damaged the machine. Set a lot of other things on fire but it always comes back to being careless in the setup.