Best way to protect from weld spatter?

[Travelover]

Years ago I was given a lot of asbestos welding blankets, I use them to protect everything. I doubt you can buy asbestos, (new anyway) but maybe theses would work too.

6 Ft x 8 Ft Fiberglass Welding Blanket

I actually do have a sheet of asbestos that I have squirreled away. I use it occasionally when I sweat pipes near wood. It is getting kind of crumbly, though.

 

[toolbox5]

I use an anti-spatter spray , duct tape or a welding blanket whatever i can get my hands on

 

[koritina]

Nozzle/Tip dip.

 

[ray66v]

I use the anti-splatter nozzle spray too. (Black Magic).

Since switching to flux core wire, I have found splatter is definitely a draw back to using it.

 

[weldermike]

Nozzle/Tip dip.

Nozzle gel for a mig gun works great. Smear it on with your fingers. Reasonably cheap as well.

 

[SandburRanch]

When I was a pup and just learning about stick welders an old man suggested to me that if I would turn my amps down to where they should be most of my spatter problems would go away. He was correct but on surfaces like the OP has we still need some protection sometimes.

 

[Haywire]

Welding tips and tricks says Pam spray works great as a nozzle spatter deterrent.

 

[Travelover]

OP here.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I welded it today. I put some woven asbestos cloth I have had forever on the critical surface next to the weld, held with a hose clamp, then draped a wet rag over the rest. It worked just fine.

 

[Jerry/MT]

I actually do have a sheet of asbestos that I have squirreled away. I use it occasionally when I sweat pipes near wood. It is getting kind of crumbly, though.

When I took a stick welding course, my instructor said to keep the arc short. I still have a tendency to carry a long arc and I get lots of splatter. It's not that much of a factor for what I do most of the time. I've used wet rags but there were some other good ideas( foil and duct tape) presented here.

 

[snowjoker]

Nozzle gel for a mig gun works great. Smear it on with your fingers. Reasonably cheap as well.

Yup thats what you want, or even smear some clay on it from the back 40....