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Originally Posted by solidsnake11
I don't really care about everything your saying. I just know the coated header I welded welded fine.
So maybe I'm not qualified to say it welded fine.
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I know I said I was done arguing the point, but then I remember something that I couldn't believe I forgot.
This post, which makes me ask myself, how could you say welding over a coating welded fine when here are two examples of what you welded below? Neither are particularly amazing, but I'm not here to critique weld skill, but my point is you can't honestly say that the first picture shows welds that are just as good as the second picture, that the welds in the first picture are "fine". Come on man; be intellectually honest.
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Oil pan almost done. Should have stripped the paint before welding but I got in a hurry. Just need to leak test and weld in a oil return.
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For anyone who wants another reference video that discusses technique, this one is good, and he points out in the end, that paramount to a good weld, regardless of technique or variability in amps, speed, distance, etc, is to prepare the surface to remove dirt, oil, oxidation, rust and to back purge when necessary: