Welding Tips and Tricks

Hi, welded some grill gaurd brackets on and forgot to turn c25 on. Thought something was a little off but still laid down a pretty good bead. Found out afterwards when I was shutting gas off that it was already off. Beat the hell out of brackets and my weld held just fine. Should I be worried or can you get a decent weld without gas. Also if you're wonder why I didn't notice , been awhile since I've had to weld and I just kept telling myself "eh it's supposed to be that way" won't happen again though

Me I would grind them out and do it over. The gas is there for a reason. No way those welds are as strong as the are supposed to be. I would bet they are filled with porosity underneath.

LOL is all from me.

Definitely redo them. Not sure how you didn't notice the porosity before you were done. Especially with them being around a grill.

The info is good to know...

From what I've noticed the arc run completely different, I notice it the first second.

Weldmongers reply was super helpful so thanks for that. Its holding really good and the welds looked pretty good but I will take the advice and grind em down and reweld. thanks

Moparman wrote:Weldmongers reply was super helpful so thanks for that. Its holding really good and the welds looked pretty good but I will take the advice and grind em down and reweld. thanks

You're making the right call - watch while you grind and I'm sure you'll see the porosity.
Good luck and post pics

My OCD is limited to turning gas off every time I walk past. Then I sometimes forget to turn it on. I've done it too many times. The weld is ugly! It can't be strong