Welding table splatter

Ok I finally got a somewhat dedicated welding table and want to know if anybody has a trick or product that will keep the surface clean??? I TIG but also like to use a MIG that would cause the splatter problem???

Just want to keep as clean straight surface???

 

I don't know if you mean keeping the spatter off the table or off the part you're welding?

I used Nozzle Gel for my MIG welder to reduce spatter & build up in the nozzle. The table gets little balls of spatter all over but a quick scrape with a brush and its on the floor.

 

tar and bug spray will work.

 

Go to a welding supply shop and by some 'anti splatter' you mix it up with water in a spray bottle and spray away.

 

buy a grinder.

 

Yep - a disk grinder, it's traditional.

 

No matter what you put on the table you will have to grind it occasionally.My last 2 cents

 

splatter aint to bad on my hot rolled welding table......

 

I'll second the anti splatter spray. I've worked black iron fabricating for years and its the best you can get. It won't mess with your weld unless your really soak it up in the corners or seams.
The anti splatter spray keeps the splatter from sticking to your work and your weld table, that way you can keep the grinder off of it and you wont have unneccessary grinder marks to fill on your body panels or divits in your weld table.

 

I grind mine ever few months...

 

I use a grinder with a 80 grit sanding disc.

 

Yea use anti slatter aresol spray, think its put out by lincoln. its messy but does what it intend to do.

 

Used cooking spray a few times. It seemed to work but made me hungry.

 

Keep a wide chisel handy, 3"-4". A quick swipe and it's gone.

 

Thats the best way I've found. The one I use, is an old brick cutting chisel. Nice and wide, and works great.

 

Stop being afraid of your table,what I want you to do is go and weld a bead straight across it then beat it with a hammer.Go get a grinder,grind it flat,use a DA to get the surface flat.Then get some scrap ,design a jig for some thing you have wanted to build,in that vein,then weld the jig to the table ,use it, then cut it off.Every welding table Ive ever used from college to now has been treated that way, and none have ever failed

 

I've used bees wax and the nozzle gel trick before and it does help. It won't fix that guy who welds the part to the table though.

 

Who cares? IT's a welding table. SAND IT OFF FOR CHIST SAKE! Mumble,mumblr,&*%^$^#&*^$@&#@^$%#$............... Mikey

 

i know what you are sayin if you are trying to assemble something on a uneven surface. you may just have be satisfied with a few imperfections. i have never seen one stay in pristine shape. you could keep a 24" x 24" 1/2' thick flat steel plate you set on the table to use a a good flat surface and after a few tack welds take it off and finish it off on the regular welding table. if you only tack and don't do a lot of welding on the plate it will stay in pretty good shape.

 

How much splatter are you getting? I use a argon co2 mix and get very little splatter? I think a straight co2 gives you more splatter.

 

I wondered if that would work or not.

 

i use a claw hammer

 

I was thinking the same thing as for the mix shield!

 

Hey.....................you're a guy!............Everything we do splatters.........everything

 

After 30+ years in the welding trade I've used about every type of anti spatter known to man. By far the best I've found is the Walter brand. We used this on precision fixtures and weldments and when mig welding stainless steel. It is thin watery in consistancy, little smoke, no smell, and dries quickly but can welded over wet, without messing up the weld. GREAT stuff!


http://www.heavydutystore.com/walte...spatter-release-liquid-53-f-253-pr-63815.html

 

1" chisel and a hammer.

 

I made my table with a stainless top and the splatter is minimal.

 

I've seen Johnson's floor wax used in foundries to keep melt-splatter from sticking. Apply heavy, right out of the bottle, air dry, don't wipe off.