Hi Friends,

Something about Welding fumes..

We all know that they are not good.
I made a test with stick welding how long it takes until the Room Air is not more „healthy“ with a measure device.

Because the video is german, just go to 02:20 Minutes, i placed a timer in the video

Pretty heavy because my shop is not small. We have 100square meter and a ceiling height of 8 Meters. After 2.5 Minutes the air quality was bad. Really bad… I set the device to the double of what is international recommended for a healthy workplace.

But what is about TIG WELDING?

so there is a lot missunderstood.. People think that tig is not so unhealthy because you don’t see fumes. But it is even more dangerous.

Because the „thick“ particel in Stick or Mig Fume will take some really unhealthy little parts and bound them inside. With tig you don’t have these particels so you breath in the full invisible load.

On AC Tig it is really bad because there the arc light produces Ozone. And this can occur even meters away from the Weld, imagine a Aluminium sheet standing on the wall reflecting the light…

In a small Shop, Maybe Hobby used a Industrial Fume extraction is way to expensive. But you can get a lot away with a old radiator fan blowing the stuff away from you, open windows and making breaks.

Dont Weld in a room Full of Fume, make shure you get that stuff away from you. I got colleagues in the docks that welded years in ships and tanks, without fuse extraction. They didn’t get old, some lost fingers or legs like a heavy cigarette smoker.

So keep your health in mind when welding and do the best you can and afford to get a better situation in your shop

Greetings,
Christian