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Technical Section => General Tech => Topic started by: mouse on July 31, 2006, 01:33:38 PM



Title: argon
Post by: mouse on July 31, 2006, 01:33:38 PM
can i use 100% argon for mig welding mild steel ?
thanks in advance


Title: Re: argon
Post by: Manky Monkey on July 31, 2006, 02:25:55 PM
Yes -as far as I know.
I use 5% Argonshield mix which gives nice clean results with MIG. 100% Argon is usually used with TIG or stainless MIG welding & is far more expensive. A bit of a waste for normal mild steel MIG, unless you've been given a free bottle as I was recently -I passed it on to Steve who's TIG welding his drag car chassis with it. I know several people who MIG weld with straight CO2 as used by pubs etc though I've never tried it myself.


Title: Re: argon
Post by: mouse on July 31, 2006, 02:55:48 PM
thanks m8 i have been offerd a free bottle of argon  ;D i also use pub gas and have done for years but i do prefer the argon c02 mix