Abstract: A method for ensuring that a spot weld electrode tip dressing operation is performed properly at each occurrence thereof. The method of the present invention takes advantage of an electrode wear compensation routine inherent to most spot weld robots. The method uses measurements of total tip wear as determined by the electrode wear compensation routine to calculate a difference in electrode wear between selected numbers of successive tip dressing operations. This value is then used to perform a comparison with the stored average tip wear per tip dress value, or a tip wear value derive therefrom, to conclude whether the tip dressing operation is operating properly.