Ventilation is your friend, as anybody who's had a sore throat for a week after welding galvanized metal knows!
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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
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.
That is reason why i try not to weld that ****!
That probably explains the haloween bicycle helmet prety well. :laughing:Quote:
Originally Posted by CheapJeep
who in the **** welds galvanized?
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
I have welded on a galvanized boat trailer before.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fredo
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.
ok, so basically redneck welding then.
A few parts of pigpen are galvanized cause thats what I had laying around.
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
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fredo
Bump: Watch out for your brake cleaner.
http://www.brewracingframes.com/id75.htm
Ok, so you are saying that welding on galvinized is what did it to you then....
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