iv seen some pepole in here tig and get this reddish coloring in their welds i can get good penetration and be Consistent with my welds but cant get that coloring the only way i can even come close is on ac and i have gas lenses also

 

u get good coloring when your amperage is dialed in really good, and you move fast.

colors are just for looks, most guys will run a "fancy pass" on their weld to make it look like that.

if you wire brush your weld and u got no pitting or oxidation, its going to be just as strong as some colored weld..

 

Yeah that's what I was doing right now, welding it and making the second pass for coloring. Hopefully I can figure out a better way for time but for now that's the way i'm going to have to do it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by crxsir23 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yeah that's what I was doing right now, welding it and making the second pass for coloring. Hopefully I can figure out a better way for time but for now that's the way i'm going to have to do it. </TD></TR></TABLE>

thats kinda dumb

 

so are customers that think colored welds are gangster

 

my thoughts exatly but that's what some people wont
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SequenceGarage &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so are customers that think colored welds are gangster</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

What is the coloring from?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SMSP &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What is the coloring from? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Exactly!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SMSP &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What is the coloring from? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Contamination. Ideally if you're do stainless with 100% inert gas coverage the weld will just look like shiny stainless.

Here's what a stainless weld should look like (neither of these are mine).

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by shortyz21 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
if you wire brush your weld and u got no pitting or oxidation, its going to be just as strong as some colored weld..</TD></TR></TABLE>

And to add, if you wire brush afterwards, the weld is less likely not to rust in that haz area. I just learn this from talking to engloid, so my question is how come more people don't polish there stainless after its welded.

 

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And to add, if you wire brush afterwards, the weld is less likely not to rust in that haz area. I just learn this from talking to engloid, so my question is how come more people don't polish there stainless after its welded.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Because it doesn't look like a pretty rainbow.

 

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Because it doesn't look like a pretty rainbow. </TD></TR></TABLE>





Or the reading rainbow ?

 

I guess i could clean the stainless better and see what happens but don't wont to leave zizwheel marks all over it. is their a chemical that i can use maybe

 

no, get some markers and color them lol

 

SMSP, contamination is correct.
if you really really really want coloring, a Gas lense helps and very good cleaning of the stainless helps as well, im saying like stainless wire wheel and even mild grinding but very mild though. stainless to mild steel using 308 or 316L filler will really give you some coloring. the coloring is cool but doesnt at all promise a good weld. Remember that its even a good Idea to clean your filler rod before using it, And about what shortyZ said about how you go over the welds for coloring, that can give you a much weaker heat affected zone equaling in a weak weld unless your doing a root pass and then filling the rest in. This can also warp flanges very well!
Good luck! and keep welding.

 

SOOO EDUCATIONAL !

 

heyyyy why not...

 

the colors you want are silver or gold...do not ever go back over a weld

 

i can get really good color when im on and off the petal exactly like i wont but iv got to figure out how to do this with consistancy and not on and off the petal this sux because im dame good with a MiG i now every body clams to be a grad A miger

 

use as little heat as possible and have good gas coverage. whipped this up real quick. havent migged in awhile so excuse the inconsitancy just a tad

 

if the color has been brushed away from a weld, im usually suspicious because that bit of color and haz tells a story of what the welder was doing when the piece was being worked on. a good welder knows how to make any color show at his demand whether it be dark purple or gold(with full penetration).

 

is it true full-race uses a special marker to get colors??

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by crxsir23 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">iv seen some pepole in here tig and get this reddish coloring in their welds i can get good penetration and be Consistent with my welds but cant get that coloring the only way i can even come close is on ac and i have gas lenses also

</TD></TR></TABLE> If you are tig welding stainless than why are you using AC? Maybe a misprint.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mynameisjustin &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the colors you want are silver or gold...do not ever go back over a weld </TD></TR></TABLE>

Wrong!

 

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Wrong! </TD></TR></TABLE>

What color do you want then ?