Hi there,
I recently bought some bog standard mild steel electrodes from a machine mart near me and they have a different colour flux and no AWS on the rod itself compared to what I bought a couple of years ago..does this suggest it is a cheaper version of the previous one as it does not run nearly as well or strike as easily.
AWS stands for 'American Welding Society' as far as I can tell, is this a mark of a good quality rod or just something of little consequence?
Help much appreciated as I have used up my previous supply of rods and don't like these nearly as much!
Cheers,
Ara
I recently bought some bog standard mild steel electrodes from a machine mart near me and they have a different colour flux and no AWS on the rod itself compared to what I bought a couple of years ago..does this suggest it is a cheaper version of the previous one as it does not run nearly as well or strike as easily.
AWS stands for 'American Welding Society' as far as I can tell, is this a mark of a good quality rod or just something of little consequence?
Help much appreciated as I have used up my previous supply of rods and don't like these nearly as much!
Cheers,
Ara