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uglyota
01-12-2006, 12:06 AM
Ventilation is your friend, as anybody who's had a sore throat for a week after welding galvanized metal knows!
http://www.anvilfire.com/iForge/tutor/safety3/index.htm
CheapJeep
01-12-2006, 12:21 AM
Wow. That's really sad. :( I never knew that zinc/galvanize and all that was so harmful. A reminder to know what type of metal you're dealing with and it's properties.
Reckless
01-12-2006, 12:21 AM
That is reason why i try not to weld that ****!
Sharpe
01-12-2006, 01:16 AM
I never knew that zinc/galvanize and all that was so harmful.
That probably explains the haloween bicycle helmet prety well. :laughing:
Fredo
01-12-2006, 01:27 AM
who in the **** welds galvanized?
RCcola55
01-12-2006, 02:09 AM
i learned the hard way not to weld galvanized steel wehn i was in middle school and didnt know any better, it was the cheapest pipe i could find and no one told me and my buddies it was bad for u to weld. I was in bed for a week and felt like i was going to die the entire time
fbronco86
01-12-2006, 08:43 AM
who in the **** welds galvanized?

I have welded on a galvanized boat trailer before.
eight
01-12-2006, 09:16 AM
I've built cattle pens out of guard rails. That's the heavy galvanize you have to really watch out for. Some metal buildings will have galvanized purlin, but its a lighter coat. Road signs are galvanized. And water well pipe. Just keep your head out of the fumes. And weld outside.
Fredo
01-12-2006, 10:18 AM
ok, so basically redneck welding then.
Sharpe
01-12-2006, 10:23 AM
A few parts of pigpen are galvanized cause thats what I had laying around.
TxCruzr
01-12-2006, 10:29 AM
I've done it once and won't do it again. Only took a few minutes for the fumes to get to me.
Another good tip is to stop welding when you start feeling like a heater is pointed at your side, usually means your shirt is on fire...don't ask how I learned that one :D
AgDieseler
01-12-2006, 11:00 AM
who in the **** welds galvanized?
Anybody that doesn't grind the zinc off both sides of the base metal deserves a sore throat. For repeat offenders, cancer is the reward.
DRAGOONRANCH
07-26-2009, 04:04 AM
Bump: Watch out for your brake cleaner.

http://www.brewracingframes.com/id75.htm
DRAGOONRANCH
07-26-2009, 04:37 AM
Ok, so you are saying that welding on galvinized is what did it to you then....


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