05-31-2016, 09:19 AM
(05-30-2016, 03:07 PM)Vinny Wrote:(05-30-2016, 12:27 PM)Black Forest Wrote: Let me venture a guess. The rods you used had been sitting around for a long time in the open air. Before you use them again bake them in your oven for 2 hours at 250 F. Those welds look typical of wet flux coating.
Actually it was a new box, bought a couple months ago and just opened to do this, but I will bake before I use them next.
Vinny, what type of electrodes are you using? Not ALL types of rods take well to re-baking....
Willie