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Correct about keeping oxygen away regardless of material. Aluminum is just much less forgiving than steel in this regard. I use the DC TIG process even for stee
by dreamcompiler 2y ago
Correct about keeping oxygen away regardless of material. Aluminum is just much less forgiving than steel in this regard. I use the DC TIG process even for steel because it makes cleaner welds than sticks do. (TIG is also slower than stick, so it's less good for high-volume welding.) I've never tried flux-coated rods with aluminum because they seemed like a gimmick to me, but maybe I'll do an experiment.
- potato3732842 2y ago>I've never tried flux-coated rods with aluminum because they seemed like a gimmick to me, but maybe I'll do an experiment. They suck to use but they work. They're not really a production item. They're more for globbing something together in the field.
- jcgrillo 2y ago> They suck to use but they work Yep, exactly. I welded a fitting onto a cast aluminum intake manifold using these things and an oxy-acetylene torch and it came out "good enough"