My son came by and wanted to use the MIG welder to weld some light gauge galvanized steel. I hadn't used the welder for a while and noticed the C25 cylinder was disconnected. I looked at the wire in the gun and it appeared to be stainless. So I connected the gas and my son commenced to welding. The welding didn't work out so well. The wire kept sticking to the tip of the gun. There was even a big drop that looked like it was alloyed with the copper tip. I figured the problems were probably because it was galvanized steel and an inexperienced welder doing the welds. It was only when I needed to do some welds with 70S6 wire that I realized the problems came from using innershield with C25. What I thought was SS wire was actually innershield. Next time I'll look at the spool in the machine and not at the wire sticking out. Eric
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10 years ago