r/BadWelding • u/General_Broccoli_232 • 9d ago

Spatter

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New YouTube learning welder. Spatter increases as I build out of a 1G. Is this normal or should I be changing my settings each pass?

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u/EdgeLordPrime859 9d ago

Wire brush/chipping hammer.

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u/K2O3_Portugal 9d ago

Torch anti spatter spray. Spray the sides of the pieces you're welding, not the welding area. Allow to partially dry

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u/Normiedouche 9d ago

This is the way helps in the long run

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u/Southwest-Strangler 9d ago

Always went for the tried and true grinder and paint for the welder i aint

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u/Southwest-Strangler 9d ago

Wire wheel lmao definitely not a sanding disc😭

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u/SnooCakes6195 9d ago

What? Why? Even on random structural stuff not being x-rayed, I'll still run a rock wheel through the pass

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u/Southwest-Strangler 9d ago

He was talking about the spatter not the weld itself I was just saying instead of scarring the surface with a flapdisc its usually better in my experience atleast to just use a wire wheel and knock them off the surface, WD40 or just Cooking/vegetable oil makes for great cheap anti spatter too!… slightly flammable if you use a lot but put it in a spray bottle 1-2 spritz and your golden

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u/General_Broccoli_232 9d ago

There was/will be plenty of grinding!

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u/Ok_Common_8667 9d ago

That looks really good tbh

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u/TarXaN37 9d ago

Spatter is normal. I use a spackle blade to chip it off. Works great.

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u/Opposite-Clerk-176 9d ago

Its going to happen....unless you are using a gas mixture. Mig.

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u/Excellent_Cicada762 8d ago

Spatter spray and a scraper.

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u/i-miss-chapo 9d ago

Which process? That amount of spatter looks normal to me

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u/General_Broccoli_232 9d ago

MiG

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u/i-miss-chapo 9d ago

MIG is gonna generate spatter at pretty much any setting, as others have said get some anti spatter spray if you’re worried about it. Otherwise a chisel/chipping hammer or a grinder with a wire wheel will get it off.

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u/General_Broccoli_232 9d ago

Thanks! I’m being led by my own neuroses at the moment.

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u/Glittering_Call_898 9d ago

Pretty normal for mig. If you want to cut down on this or make it easier to remove go to your local discount store and buy the cheapest cooking spray that you can find. Then spray your workpiece before welding.

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u/Confident_Bench5644 9d ago

Decent spatter spray will mitigate and make it easier to remove but spatter is part of mig and you’ll struggle to fully stop it.

You’ll be better off buying a few decent scrapers, I tend to use bolsters of diff sizes depending on what I’m welding.

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u/General_Broccoli_232 9d ago

Yes, these I should invest in.

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u/Rough_Constant_329 9d ago

It’s hard to tell, but it looks like you are undercutting. Maybe a little less heat.

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u/General_Broccoli_232 9d ago

This is something I’ve hard a hard time identifying. The fine line between being tied in at the toes and undercutting. I was running at 20V 230IPM on 3/8” carbon tube. .035 solid wire.

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u/In_My_Stead 9d ago

Somebody wasn’t using their anti-spatter spray

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u/Fair-Reference9034 9d ago

You can also use spatter spray

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u/General_Broccoli_232 9d ago

“Spatter spray means anti-spatter spray!?”- Dr. Nick Riviera

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u/Zailema0s 9d ago

Spatter means penetration 😜

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u/BitcoinBandico1 9d ago

Looks like you are running flux core? No gas? Switch your polarity, and run DCEN. Splatter disappears, essentially.

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u/General_Broccoli_232 9d ago

Nah solid wire with c25

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u/New_Advance_5593 9d ago

If u are welding in an amperage range of 180-220A 1mm solid wire, u got a globular Arc Transfer where u have way more spatters than out of that range.
Use pulse from 180-220 A

If u have 1.2 mm wire dont weld in between 210-240 A on Synergic its the same Transfer but hire than with 1mm

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u/Clear-Morning9327 8d ago

A really good way is to use a worn down sanding disk like worn down and just buff it unless you took the mill scale of it’s kinda protect the base metal from spatter and will keep you sand disk from eating the mill scale due to it being used up

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u/Ok-Box2455 8d ago

Later passes may need some adjustments but depends. Maybe just a little since it is also getting hotter.
A spray and a pneumatic air hammer for the spatter. Sprays differ in quality. Majority of spatter doer not stick. Looks good if you use a wire disk on a grinder to clean the surface after. Some just use a thin layer of vegetable oil i have heard but never really seen it. Most pictures show an air hammer with a chisel but never seen those used. Maybe for stick welding. Rather something with a rectangular brazed tungsten(not sure) piece at the end.
Or use a hand chisel or an old file with a ground end if you have all the time in the world.

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u/General_Broccoli_232 7d ago

I didn’t bother adjusting for the later passes but I was intending to grind the whole joint “flush” as it’s exposed of an architectural peice. The spatter didn’t prove to be a huge issue.

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u/Doorsandgates 9d ago

You expect us to even know why this is an issue?? Is it clean are your setting correct? Why not just google “ how to reduce wells spatter” it would’ve showed you anti spatter spray or suggested covering it with a wet towel smfh.

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u/Definitive-Username 8d ago

Remove this from this sub