Spent the evening in the shed burning off 6013's in practise of vertical welding, i'm trying get the amperage right still, so still tinkering with the power settings, but i've managed a few 'less dribbly' beads than before, but theres still some spots where i get a little slag inclusions, but i'm using 2.3mm rods.
Oddly enough the 7018 conarc 79C electrodes that are stuttery are behaving themselves in the vertical runs
Anyways, i'll post up a few pics for you to see how i'm getting on.
P.S. those damp rods are fully dried out and the odd welding behaviour wasn't me losing practise (thankfully) everything is back to normal!