Welding aluminum requires expensive specialized equipment, or does it? We set up an Eastwood MIG 175 welder—a device normally associated with steel fabrication—to weld aluminum. Tonight we’ll go through our setup live and attempt to lay down some of our first beads as we learn the fine art of aluminum welding with a MIG welder.
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plain92 said:Honey can you stop by the store on the way home
Uhh, how about brake clean and welders don't mix
Hope to be around.
Looks like you made it, Dean! This will be fun.
Great video, thank you!
In reply to Ed Higginbotham :
Sure did was a great show.
If you weld after cleaning with with brake or carb cleaners, make damn sure they're not chlorinated. Most modern brake and carb cleaners are non-chlorinated, but some still are. They usually state this on the can.
As Guant596 alluded to, welding with after using a chlorinated cleaner is EXTREMELY dangerous and results in a very toxic gas (and I'm not one that gets cautious about most things).
But, and non-chlorinated cleaner does not produce toxic gasses.
A safer way is to just use acetone, but yes, the spray can is very handy.
Stay safe!
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