Anti-spatter alternatives ?

[ronan]

I stupidly forgot to pick up a few cans of anti-spatter spray the other day when at the suppliers. The work pieces i am working on are getting full of spatter, is there any household chemical that will do the job until i buy the proper stuff ?

 

[gordon stephenson]

A lot of the American welders on their forum state that they use the spray cooking oil. their popular one is called Pam, but there will be quite a few in our supermarkets no doubt,

 

[tones61]

silicone spray

 

[wheresmejumper]

when I'm stuck I use vaseline
Ahem

 

[Paul.]

Neat washing up liquid will do it, the only problem with it is most household ones contain salt and may make the job go rusty

 

[wheresmejumper]

What about spatter though?

Washing up liquid as Paul stated

 

[Spark plug]

The main ingredient in the stuff I am useing at present is vegetable oil. So spray cooking oil will be very similar.

 

[J.B. Welding]

Is it high amp stuff or just little balls of splatrification? I don't like the smell of the spray or the residue so i generally just rub any spatter off with the nearest egde, or a chisel. If your in lowish amp dip transfer there shouldn't be spatter that wont rub off with a glove really, 350amp plus it's hard to avoid the odd stubborn barnacle even with the spray. Im almost there with my first ever tip dip purchase though

 

[ronan]

Its just i am up to my teats in a job at the moment and i was trying to get as much done with this good weather we have at the moment (large work so have to do it outside). Knocking off spatter with a chipping hammer or chisel is wasting my limited time.

 

[julianthegypsy]

silicone spray

You'll have a nightmare painting after it....

 

[brokenbiker]

Where I used to work they used to buy bulk barrels of veg oil and put it in old window cleaner bottles to get it to spray. Worked well and the ace smelt like chips when they welding

 

[ronan]

I have some clean veggy oil on the shelf that i use for quenching silver steel, i'll chuck it in a spray bottle and use that.

 

[Gareth0123]

I use Solent Anti-spatter fluid from Cromwell Tools, mainly because it does an excellent job for a very reasonable price. I had a quick look at the Health & Safety data sheet and it is mainly water (90%), Glycerine (9%) and other "stuff". I stock Glycerine for topping the new hydraulic gauges I fit to a regular job, there's water in the tap, and I have some of Aldi's finest washing up liquid. So I have mixed up 100ml of this solution, fired up the R-Tech mig pushing 0.8mm A18 wire @ 210amps on some 10mm thick off-cuts and this home bodged Anti- spatter fluid works.

 

[pedrobedro]

silicone spray

What if you're going to paint after ? That stuff never goes away.

 

[ronan]

Yeah i can't and don't use silicone sprays in the shed anymore. The lathe and mill i use ordinary cheap motor oil to protect them from rust, and most other tools i have too.

 

[gordon stephenson]

I bought quite a few cans of spray anti-spatter ( cheap out of date) seems like the homemade stuff above, Came out of the nozzle like soapy water. but worked fine,