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Stick welding vs flux core on outdoor pipe work
Spent a rainy Tuesday trying flux core on a 6-inch steam line and it was a mess. Switched back to 6010 rods and finished in half the time with way less cleanup. Anybody else find flux core overrated for outdoor boiler work?
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thompson.xena5d ago
Honestly I switched to 6010 rods for exactly this reason on outdoor pipe work. That flux core just couldn't handle the wind and damp metal no matter how I adjusted the settings. Preheating the pipe helped some but honestly the rod was still way easier to control and gave me better penetration in the end.
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