Filling plasma cutter kerf on stainless

It doesn't sound like there would be any problems TIG welding, As long as you can reach the bottom with the tungsten you'll be fine.

Richard

-Mike

Just die grind out the top of the kerf a little to remove the carbide skin of the kerf. If you try to weld through the carbide skin you will likely get some porosity in your welds. A narrow Tungsten carbide burr on a die grinder will work fine.

One thing I have yet to try was a technique shown over at the SolarFlux web site. In the video, the fellow brushs some of the solarflux on the plasmacut edges so that he doesn't have to grid them down. Seems that the backside flux has another advantage when dealing with plasma cut stainless. I do the same thing with Al when O/A welding plasma cut stock.