Thread: Anti-spatter spray

I have only used the CRC Anit-spatter spray and I find it works very very well.

I might add that is only with stainless I have never had much of a problem with spatter welding mild steel.

Cheers

Justin

Originally Posted by Gavin Newman

Anyone here use the water based anti-spatter sprays with the MIG process?

I was given a bottle to try by my supplier today but I worry that it might affect the weld quality.

We don't generally have a problem with spatter but wanted to try the stuff out - but not if it's likely to compromise the welds.

Not a big fan of anti spatter sprays as spatter can be controlled for the most part by welder set up and gas selection. However when welding galvanised for an extended period found that the best of the lot was to spray the gas shroud of the mig with any cheap spray on cooking oil, it worked as well or better than the proprietary sprays and was much cheaper, a quick tap of the nozzle and the spatter would fall out, obviously if the nozzle were pitted/ deformed then this would hinder the process.
Anti spatter sprays can and will affect weld quality, (typically porosity within the weld) when working at the high end of the welding game but would be unlikely to be a problem for most.

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Originally Posted by zuffen

Novel,

Would you be associated with the product in any way?

Seems likely.

We use a water based soapy pink product at work, can't think of what the name is off hand. I personally don't use it as I'm with Karl - spatter is controllable by doing it right! Too much gun angle is the first thing to look at. We do a lot of flux core and if you drag by too much you can see the globs of metal bouncing out of the pool and over the job ewwww!

anyone who uses migs across all welding styles and positions will have spatter problems at some stage or they are not full timers.water based anti spatter that i used a while back was fine with gp welding just dont go heavy handed on the weld area.

I generally do not use it, I have used it in the past and sometimes it does cause porosity issues. I do like to coat the nozzle with it though as I find it helps keep it clean and when it does build up it comes off a lot easier.

If there is any spatter I will use a chisel to knock it off and it comes off easily most of the time.

If the welder is setup properly spatter won't be a big issue.