Mattycoops43
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Hi all
Just getting back into Stick welding with a Parweld 140A inverter and 6013 rods of various sizes.
I have read a lot about storage, and a lot of talk of 300 degrees in the oven, sealed packs, changing packs of rods to a new sealed one after half a shift.
I am thinking this is for coded welding, in a very high quality industry. My question is this. I am carrying my welding gear around in my van, stored in a big sealed trunk. Stores of rods live in the house in the warm, and I have put some in the heated office where I work most of the time, to use when I go there. But i need to carry some in the van as I don't want to get stuck doing a mobile repair and having nothing to weld with.
How fussy is it, in real life, for sticking broken things together again? Am I going to find the ones in the van weld like crap after a couple of weeks? Just not sure how fussy I need to be. I have read something about more spatter being a sign of water in the rods.
The few rods I have left in the wooden shed for a couple of weeks, which is damp, don't seem to weld any worse than new ones if I am honest.
Thanks for input in advance.
Just getting back into Stick welding with a Parweld 140A inverter and 6013 rods of various sizes.
I have read a lot about storage, and a lot of talk of 300 degrees in the oven, sealed packs, changing packs of rods to a new sealed one after half a shift.
I am thinking this is for coded welding, in a very high quality industry. My question is this. I am carrying my welding gear around in my van, stored in a big sealed trunk. Stores of rods live in the house in the warm, and I have put some in the heated office where I work most of the time, to use when I go there. But i need to carry some in the van as I don't want to get stuck doing a mobile repair and having nothing to weld with.
How fussy is it, in real life, for sticking broken things together again? Am I going to find the ones in the van weld like crap after a couple of weeks? Just not sure how fussy I need to be. I have read something about more spatter being a sign of water in the rods.
The few rods I have left in the wooden shed for a couple of weeks, which is damp, don't seem to weld any worse than new ones if I am honest.
Thanks for input in advance.