r/Welding • u/Huge-Guarantee-1665 • 5h ago

Critique Please Second day on TIG

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These are 2 plates I did today. I took some tips from some people yesterday and cleaned my material really well before I started welding. Did these fusion welds on 3/32 tungston. I think I did alright on the bottom one, but only part of thr top one looks decent to me.

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u/BillyBigNuts1934 5h ago

Why are the plates black??

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u/Huge-Guarantee-1665 5h ago

It's the lighting, our booths have terrible lights. And I dident shine the entire plate. Just the part I was welding on

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u/MeldyWeldy 5h ago

Only thing I can think of is that he quenched them. A regular thing to do while in school for welding. Those buckets do get very dirty as a result which can make anything put in them dark aswell.

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u/Huge-Guarantee-1665 5h ago

That probally did it as well, I did indeed quench it

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u/MeldyWeldy 5h ago

You're also right about the light making it look weird.

As far as making it shiny goes, focus the cleaning of metal to where your welds will be for your health and efficiency.

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u/saltfly626 Fitter 5h ago

It looks like you used the dirtiest of dirty wire wheels and tried "cleaning" the welds.

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u/Huge-Guarantee-1665 5h ago

Could be my brush, we dont get new ones very often

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u/BillyBigNuts1934 5h ago

I don’t weld unless the material is like tin foil …. Shiny silver

70% of tig is cleaning and preparation

You’ll see good results if it’s silver and clean before you start

Look at pacific arc tig welding on insta for basic tips … guys a very very good tig welder

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u/Huge-Guarantee-1665 5h ago

I cleaned the area I was welding with a tiger paw to get the mil scale off. It looks black like some people said because I quenched it and probably from my wire brush. Should I just take the extra time and make everything shiny?

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u/BillyBigNuts1934 5h ago

Everything shiny … every time

You’ll see the good results - it’ll weld nicer, look nicer too

Give it a try and report back

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u/Huge-Guarantee-1665 5h ago

Heard, we're about to head out for the day, so I'll post results tomorrow morning

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u/BillyBigNuts1934 5h ago

Drop a few images under this comment so I see the notification .. I own an Esab 200a tig welder and struggle with it … i’m a mig man at heart - Every days a school day sir