Tried that cheap welding wire from Harbor Freight and it clogged my gun twice in one hour

Switched back to the name brand stuff mid-job on a 2018 F-150 rocker panel and the welds laid down clean, no idea why anyone pushes that budget wire for anything but tack work. Anyone else waste a whole afternoon fighting spatter and bird nests with that stuff, or was it just my machine?

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jake_mason3015d ago

That cheap wire is nothing but headaches, man. Had the exact same thing happen on a roll pan job last month, and the bird nests were unreal, it was like the liner had turned into a slinky. The spatter was so bad I was grinding for an hour just to get a clean surface back. Tried adjusting my feed roll tension and everything, but that budget stuff just doesn't stay round or feed smooth. Glad it worked out taking a break to swap it out, cost me a chunk of the day too but at least the welds finally held.