I hope you have a fire extinguisher, just in case the yard goes up..

The make weld blankets that stop the sparks from buring what's underneath them.. I would set up plywood, place on the ground, then cover with the welding blankets. The grass will be flat,but not burnt..

I had do to something similar on a project of ours where it involved a brand new basketball floor. We used plastic tarps,plywood,then rolls of fire blanket..

To protect bystanders eyes,they make welding stand up wielding shields too..

 

dmac257

Since you are already sleeping on the couch, I'd weld in the living room.

In no time at all, your wife will order you back to the yard.

Opus

 

Would you like to come here and weld? I have a few areas that I would like to kill off the grass!

 

Something good that works to protect the grass from turning brown when you are welding/grinding is a nice slab of concrete with a roof, possibly some stone....

Make something for the wife to show her this is a useful and worth while hobby/skill. I have made numerous coat racks from horse shoes... decorative bird houses.... hanging basket holders for the garden.... There are tons of ideas out there... Happy wife, Happy welder

 

Get some 4'x4' or 4'x8' sheets of masonite to lay on grass and then throw a fire blanket on top. Harbor freight ones work. Could dispose of wife but that might cost a LOT OF $$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

Grass grows back. I'm kinda confused why it all turned brown, though.

 

The heat sucked all the water out of the ground and grass. Just a guess, I'm not a migrant worker and I don't have a green thumb. lol


Why was the wife out of the Kitchen to see the backyard, that's the part I'm most confused on. LOL

 

Never heard of welding killing grass except when it catches on fire in which case it turns black rather than brown. :laugh: DAMHIKT!

I suspect it might be more from trampling around on it. It should green up from the roots if the soil has enough moisture. If not, then just water it a bit and all should be good.

If all else fails I could sell you some of the ultra secret "Goat Pasture Seed". Ot contains about everything but grass and has proven quite impervious to any attempt to kill it or stunt it's growth. If it does catch on fire it just comes back stronger than before! :blob2:

 

I am forbidden to weld in the yard. What should I put on the ground to protect the grass? Anyone know if that grass will come back to green or will I be re-seeding the area and sleeping on couch for a while?

dmac257

Here's what I would do, I would spray RoundUp on the rest of the yard, now it all matches. No worries.

You're "Forbidden" from welding in the yard? Do you get lunch money too? Can you stay up late on Friday nights to watch TV?

Sorry for the rant dude, but I don't understand how you can be "forbidden" from doing something that you enjoy. I must be missing something here.

 

Nevermind numbnuts above.. he apparently isn't married. Every man knows who REALLY wears the pants in the family. Usually very shapely pants with a zipper from back to front. So, you are doing fine.. just get a few 4x8 sheets of plywood and put them on the ground first. If you have a driveway, do it there. LOL! The women rule the world, we are just here to spread the seed. Who doesn't know that? DOH!!!

 

stop pissing all over the yard and blaming the welder..

 

Something I did was buy one of those galvanized thin sheet metal oil drip floor pan things they sell at auto parts stores. Theyre used to catch a leaky engine dripping oil on the driveway (another wife complaint issue). They have a little lip on them too and prevent about 80% of the little fireballs from skidding out and away from the pan. Mine is about 4' x 5' and you can find various sizes. When its not in use, I store it between the garage refrigerator and the wall. Outa sight.

They only weigh about 3lbs and cost under $20. :waving:

 

Weld in the driveway...

 

Take a pix of this putative welding site that killed the grass.

I wonder if the die off was caused by mold from all the rain.

Welding produces heat and UV. To kill from heat you'd have to be mere inches from the grass and that would be spotty and highly local.
To kill from UV - - - well I don't know if you can kill grass with UV from welding because it drops off on maybe a log of the distance and, I should think, the heat from close proximity would be the more serious threat. While UV can hurt plants, I don't think it's the culprit.