i have a stainless steel muffler and i need to weld a down tip onto it. i have a regular wire feed welder. im using wire for aluminum right now w/ argon. do i need to buy a specia kind of wire to weld aluminum and stainless steel together?
i have a stainless steel muffler and i need to weld a down tip onto it. i have a regular wire feed welder. im using wire for aluminum right now w/ argon. do i need to buy a specia kind of wire to weld aluminum and stainless steel together?
What part of your exhaust system is aluminum? Aluminum and hot exhaust gases won't mix too well. They do make steel pipe that is aluminized for rust prevention. But it still welds like steel. Just put some steel flux core wire in and weld it.
but just for the record ..... aluminum is a heat sink ..... it actually takes more heat to weld Alum than it does to weld steel or stainless steel ..... I know this because I am a weld/custom fabricator by day (and a porn star by night:laugh
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