Solar Flux Welding Stainless Steel

It was a powder that we mixed with rubbing alcohol to a past consistency and smeared on the inside of the pipe edge were the weld was going to be.

Solar flux welding stainless steel. I ll mostly be using my maxstar 150 sth tig as it is pretty thin stuff 16 gauge but some pieces will be 3 16. Solar flux type b is specially formulated for welding stainless steel and alloy steels. Solar flux is mixed with alcohol methanol methyl alcohol preferred and brushed on the weld joint. Solar flux meets or exceeds the requirements of the european r e a c h.

I was just wondering is it worth it to back purge every single weld to avoid sugaring or could i just use the solar flux type paste. The ideal time to use this flux is when you cannot use backing tape bars and do not want to use large quantities of shielding gases such as nitrogen or argon. Solar flux is a complex chemical compound in the form of a very fine powder. Solar flux is mixed with alcohol methanol methyl alcohol preferred and brushed on the weld joint.

When correctly mixed with alcohol preferably methanol and brushed on the back of the weld joint solar flux forms a shield protecting the weld from oxygen. Our solar flux type b stainless steel welding backup flux is similar in properties to superior no. It is formulated to shield the back of the weld joint from oxygen dissipate heat and unwanted oxides and to clean the. It is formulated to shield the back of the weld joint from oxygen dissipate heat and unwanted oxides and to clean the surface of the metal.

In those cases we would use this stuff called solar flux at least i think that is what it was called. Once it dried it was supposed to be like a flux coating to compensate for the lack of shielding gas. Program and is fully approved for use in all european countries under submission gp 445334 30. I ll be starting work on a large stainless steel human like sculpture.