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theconrodkid

posted on 3/5/08 at 01:40 PM Reply With Quote
mig wire

need to get some more mig wire (for heart attack google machine mart /mig wire)
i have some stainless to weld to mild,ive done it before with mild wire,can i use stainless wire with co2 to get a better (rust proof) weld?





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theconrodkid

posted on 3/5/08 at 01:54 PM Reply With Quote
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/search/filter/mig%20wire/page/2


this was the page that popped up for me





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Peteff

posted on 3/5/08 at 04:25 PM Reply With Quote
CO2 will give carbon stained welds even with stainless wire, pure argon is cleaner. I bought a 5kg roll of mild steel wire from my supplier for £12 a couple of months ago so they are not too bad.





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theconrodkid

posted on 3/5/08 at 06:58 PM Reply With Quote
ok mild it is then





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UncleFista

posted on 3/5/08 at 07:05 PM Reply With Quote
You need an argon+CO2 mix for SS really.

TBH if you weld it with mild wire it'll "take on" some of the properties of the metal being welded. If you weld SS with mild wire, the weld seems to rust much less than if you'd welded mild steel.





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posted on 3/5/08 at 10:10 PM Reply With Quote
309 wire required for welding ms to ss


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UncleFista

posted on 4/5/08 at 09:22 PM Reply With Quote
Soooo, (he says trying desperately to not sound daft) what'll happen to the welds I did on my exhaust (ss to mild) using mild wire ? Thay seem OK at the mo', but they're not exactly structural.





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