Welding/Misc Q's

[Mr.K]

@brightside

CLEAN, CLEAN, CLEAN the area your welding. That makes for a strong weld that doesn’t have porosity. I’ve been learning how to weld the last couple months and most of the time when it doesn’t work out it is because the surface has oils and crap on the surface that doesn’tlet the puddle penetrate the metal and you get porosity.

And, Flux core sucks. You need a shielding gas for a weld to look nice and have strength. I wont weld without it but that me. Probably be about 300 bucks to get setup with a bottle and regulator though.

I spent over 1200 on my welding setup but that was a 220v welder, a half bottle and a good auto mask. You don’t need to spend that much but the welder you use makes a BIG difference.

Where I had worked last year we did both flux and mig welding. Flux welds look like shit, but they were fairly strong and when cleaned up, didn’t look like total ass. I’ve got a rental place near me that rents bottles and gas, so I’ll look into getting some stuff from them, and just picking up a welder. I’d pick up a 220v, but I don’t have a plug to use it with .

I’ve got an auto mask, definitely important. Doesn’t work so hot for Tig welding though. I had to spend like 30 minutes getting the setup right on it, ugh.

@bmart"

I can get the por 15 at my local carquest, maybe give them a call and see if they have it in London?

Orly? I’ll check it out, I’ve got a carquest in the area.

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The only thing I’m worried about is dealing with the double metal layers. When I bought the car I hadn’t realized it was doubled up, that’s really strange. A lot of the holes I have only are in the floor, not the underbody, so I guess that’s good-ish? o_O