anti splater for welding bench

[chester dylan]

Iv been doing a bit of work in someone elses workshop where the welding bench has been sanded/ground on a regula basis to remove splater and it seems to pick up splater a hell of a lot faster than mine.
Im asuming this is because of the bright bear steel unlike mine which is rusty and has been waxed.
Im wondering if i should give it a go with some cooking oil or use the same wax iv used on my bench I dont have any real problem with geting a good earth conection through the wax.
I just find it a pain haveing to get rid of the splater the wax iv been useing is a waterproofing wax ment for horse coats that i found cheep at the boot sale

 

[chester dylan]

just looked at my bench its more dirty than rusty it could be down to all the difrent types of oil that gets on it

 

[Spark plug]

Most anti spatter sprays are vegetable oil based, so the oil on your bench is probably the difference.

 

[dom501]

At work the benches haven't got a steel surface (just cross members running accross the width). So after sanding down we tend to put a light coat of oil (cutting oil, diesel oil forklift truck oil). Just paint it on with a paint brush. Any spatter will just brush off afterwards.
This may not work if your bench has a steel plate/ sheet surface as this may get excess oil on your job. You don't need lashings of the stuff mind.

 

[Tiggy_dorset]

I have never been a fan of anti-spatter, but the last I used must have been water based or something, the next day the bench was rustier that a rusty thing.

 

[Welderpaul]

If someone has been at the bench with a grinder/flap disc/sanding pad, the surface will be rougher than something that has been left alone so spatter will easily stick.
Spatter will still have a tendancy to stick to it even with anti spatter.

We use the bench surfaces as somewhere flat to tack the job together then weld it up off the bench on a set of trestles. Keeps the bench pretty clean that way.

 

[Robotstar5]

If someone has been at the bench with a grinder/flap disc/sanding pad, the surface will be rougher than something that has been left alone so spatter will easily stick.
Spatter will still have a tendancy to stick to it even with anti spatter.

Our production welders would clean the bench daily with a flapwheel so we fitted sacrificial plates tacked to the workbench top, only problem I had was when one bored welder decided to seamweld the plate on, took me hours with a grinder to remove it for replacement

 

[gaz1]

my table has been grounded so i use oil in an oily rag also to stop it rusting as well but it does stop some spatter staying to table

 

[chevy2]

I very rarely do any mig on my steel bench, normally tig,
been migging some grilles today on the bench so gave it a light spray of anti spatter and its stayed clean from stray welds.

 

[BrokenBiker]

i use veg oil most of the time, but only really use it on threaded items that are being welded to stop the spatter sticking to the threads or when im out of position so cant get a good rod angle or keep a tight enough arc and get loads of spatter etc