The Secret to Welding Galvanized Metal Revealed!

how to weld galvanized With a Mig welder or 6010 stick rod.

Congratulationss on starting your new welding business. If I missed somthing, I have no doubt that I will find out in the comments. Thanks for watching guys Happy welding.
Tips for welding With 6010 ,70+ or 8010 and 7018.

Just getting out of welding school Here's some advice. I hope it helps people starting their welding journey.
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I'm not a welding inspector, a safety man, or your mom. Do your own research. I'm not responsible for anything you do. Have an awesome, awesome day. Stay safe. welding tools homemade

[williamthomas]

You’re 100% correct and I’ve told many of my helpers (when I’ve rarely had one), “ if you ain’t seeing sparks, you’re not done yet”. I typically find that welding it with hard wire and 75/25 works pretty good but you need to turn your gas up and use a push travel ONLY! This way when the arc burns through it, your gas can blow it away before the puddle gets there.

[JamesDoylesGarage]

As a young person. learning to weld by YouTube :P . I just want to say thank you very much for taking the time to show me. Have a great day.

[waiakalulu]

In the tropics we get a lot of galvanized welding jobs. Tough stuff. But anytime you weld, whatever was on that material either from the manufacturing process or from whatever Farmer John sprayed on it to make it last forever, it's a toxic soup best to be avoided with some good respiratory protection. Loved this episode. I really learned some things I can apply tomorrow!

[randalebrudi]

I’ve been struggling with messy welds and nasty fumes this video finally explained what I was missing. Game changer

[scruffy]

Another YT welder suggested using muriatic acid 1:1 ratio with water. It works. Completely dissolves the galvanize away. However, the challenge is submerging the welded parts. It only takes a few minutes (3-5). I am replacing my gutters with 18 ga galvanize. Sheetmetal shop just did the bends and cut the end pieces for me. I dipped the ends of the gutters in about 1/2" of the acid and water. It looked like a bathtub ring where the galvanize was removed. I submerged the end pieces also. No grinding. The other thing too, when done welding, you need to paint it. It can flash rust fairly quickly.

[dougmiller]

I welded a trunk floor in a car once with a white N90 particle mask, It was almost black within 10 minutes and I was SICK! Do as this man says. Find a respirator to fit under your helmet. You will thank yourself down the road.

[gordjohnson]

Whenever possible, set up a fan behind you, to blow the smoke away.

[elkvis]

I wish I'd seen this last week. I had my first experience with galvanized last week at work, and it's absolutely miserable to weld. I figured out some things that worked, and produced barely acceptable results (by my standards - the other guys working on it had much worse looking welds, which the company also considered acceptable), but I knew there's got to be better ways.

[terrydarger]

I like your style and I like this video. I too have had the fun of zinc poisoning from welding studs through a galvanized deck, it's no fun.

[davidmacdonald]

Thank You Taylor, Awesome Tips and Knowledge, Will Be Attempting My First Go At Galvanized, Of Course A Lot of Practice on Scrap First...lol....👍

[MBwelding]

My buddy Darrell got heavy metal poisoning from welding so much he did it from the time he got back from Vietnam to a few years ago now he gets treatments weekly and can’t hardly walk from it all no shame in a little ppe especially when you are messing with galvanized we didn’t really know better back in the day but the cats out so take a few precautions and let the sparks roll off the starch

[lawrencenehrusuperville]

Thank you for that very important skill set and the need for a respirator...

[Rentonarc]

Years ago I got zinc poisoning from galvanized and it wasn’t fun . Wear a respirator guys and gals

[wadepatton]

My pal got the green smoke in him once. I know from his experience that it is to be avoided.


I also know another guy who almost killed himself by inadvertently making a nerve gas while TIG welding--something to do with residual brake cleaner in an unseen pit, which with heat and Argon turned into some super deadly stuff. He was hospitalized for a few days and took months to recover. He wrote about it way back. Had he not used brake clean, or been on smooth metal, or used a different shielding gas--nothing would have happened. He said he saw the tiny puff of smoke when the chemical in the pit combined with the Ar. His suffering started soon thereafter. The event is still descrbed on his site if you want to look it up. He is Steve Garn at Brew Bikes. I'd give a link but you know the AI will delete it-so I quit trying to share links.

[dugful]

Awesome! This is going help out a lot, have a couple dog kennels i have to repair, thanks!

[GreeneDylanW]

Hey man thanks for all the advice. Could you please link that video for welding through paint with 7018 please I can't seem to find it. I started working for a small ironworking outfit just under 3 months ago straight out of community college classes and the biggest change I've had to learn is how to weld through galvanized and paint on material. We're welding through galvanized and paint all with straight 7018 it's definitely made me have to incorporate different techniques to my welding but I'm starting to get the hang of it.

[mattdickey]

I use a 20 inch box fan to blow across me and the weld to keep the fumes away. Also I have used a 1/8 6011 rod set on DC+ to weld it.

[EdPaquet-mrjk]

Awesome. Moocho information.... Thanks 💪

[nelsonolive]

What’s the best way to get a job stick welding. I work in a shop welding mig but eventually I want to do stick and tig and want to know the best way to get into it. Thanks love the videos keep it up

[jgonbrb]

I use cut-off wheels to remove the zinc. I find it helps more than the floppy or hard wheel. When in tight spots, I use a die grinder with an aluminum burr so it doesn't gall up like the regular ones.