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    Default Protecting windows during welding

    How have folks protected windows from welding spatter while installing cages? (I know removing would work, but trying to avoid that).

    Thanks. Rory

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    Preface that I'm not a cage builder. But, I have done a lot of welding close to things that need protection so I do have experience with this. Buy one of those kevlar welding blankets at your welding supply.
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    If it's a quick welding job I use wet cardboard but if it's going to take a while then a proper welding blanket is advised.
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    Thanks. Any suggestions on attaching/supporting the welding blanket over the window/windshield? Although as I think about it, you probably just hang it as a "curtain" between the welding and the window in question.

    On a related note, how far away does one have to protect? Or to put it another way, how far will spatter fly?

    Thanks again.
    Rory

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    3M™ Welding and Spark Deflection Paper, 05916

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    where does one get that? Welding supply store perhaps?

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