From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vrsasb$1h66b$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   I don't follow all the new products for welding, but there always seems   
   to be something out there that surprises me.   
      
   GMAW or MIG is usually DCEP   
   C25 Steel / Tri-mix SS / Argon or Ar/He Aluminum --- and others.   
      
   FCAW   
   DCEP for dual shield   
   DCEN for gasless   
      
   Having my morning coffee and surfing YouTube videos this morning I ran   
   across a gasless flux core wire for stainless and it says to run DCEP.   
   Blue Demon WMS312LCF.   
      
   I use gas less flux core fairly regularly working outdoors.   I do have   
   a DC power TIG supply that can run stick, but the little   
   Miller/Hobart/Weldmark (has all three names on the machine) 187 MIG   
   machine is a lot handier to drag outside.  For steel I run DCEN with   
   FCAW wire.  I was surprised by the DCEP call out on the 312LCF.  I   
   haven't bought any, but it might be handy for quick and dirty jobs like   
   welding up replacement BBQ grills.   
      
   Have any of you guys run stainless FCAW gasless wire?  What did you   
   think of it?   
      
   I watched a couple videos and the welds look cleaner than most FCAW   
   welds, but there was a shell of slag you need to pop off with your slag   
   hammer like burning stick.  It also looked a little ropey like maybe   
   they were running a little cold, but I've only made a couple stainless   
   welds (304) in my life, and I did that with TIG.   
   Bob La Londe   
      
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   Thanks, that may be useful if I ever try the large spool of SS flux-core a   
   dealer gave me for free because a roof leak had destroyed the box. I've used   
   dealer-recommended 312 stick on stainless pipe and 0.055" sheet and it came   
   out well and survived much abuse as the road-salt-proof bucket on my front   
   end loader. I may have to upgrade from my 75A Century Tote MIG.   
      
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