[Shop-talk] Basic MIG Welding questions

[Arvid Jedlicka]

What does argon smell like? The mix I use for spray transfer is 90% argon, 
8% CO2, 2% O2 and the TIG bottle is 100% argon. To be honest I have not 
tried the sniff test because I was not to keen on breathing that much argon.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Braun" <doug at dougbraun.com>
To: "Jim Stone" <jandkstone99 at msn.com>
Cc: "Shop-Talk List" <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Basic MIG Welding questions


> One thing I do before welding is unclamp the wire feed and press the 
> trigger for a few seconds, to make sure that the main hose gets all the 
> air purged from it.  You can double check that you are getting gas by 
> sniffing the nozzle:  The CO2 should make it smell like soda water.
>
>
> Doug