Newbie advice!

[prey]

Just bought a sealey supermig 185 to use for car repair work.

It does have .8 wire where .6 would be better so I understand?

It also has a half bottle of pub gas which I haven't used before (only had very little experience with a murex tradesmig using .6 wire and argoshield).

The main problem is the weld spatters a LOT - I turned the cfm up to just over 10 which helped but it still doesn't like to do a decent run - got the power on 1 (out of 8 I think) and the wire on 2 (out of 10 I think)...

Now my main question (bear with me!) - after a bit of use the regulator gets very wet - is this it leaking? I did redo the end of the pipe as it was loose and this seemed to help.

Just trying to make sure the welder is working ok first and foremost - there will be some example pics up when I find my camera!

 

[langy]

0.6 is good for car bodywork, Only my personal opinion but i wouldn't use pub gas as it makes for very hard welds and spatters, use Argonsheild much better.

 

[boydy1989]

the reg getting wet is probably condensation - a drop in pressure causes a drop in temperature, so it gets cold.

I would be surprised if it was 'leaking' CO2 as at room temp co2 is a gas.

 

[prey]

I've never tried pub gas before - just using it because it came with the welder, I will be making enquiries about an argoshield bottle!

Good point on the temp! I did wonder about condensation but it seemed very wet so thought I'd ask!

Is co2 inherently very spattery then? could just be me as I've not had anything to do with it before!

 

[shenion]

CO2 has a narrower speed range. It is also harder to hear when it is right.

0.6mm is more sensitive to torch/work length. It will spatter if you don't maintain the length the speed was set for.

Try lowering the wire seed some.