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Originally Posted by r0nin89
Come on Billy you sound like you know what your talking about here which leads me to believe your aware theres zero strength/structural difference between flux and solid core.
I'm not gonna sit here and preach that flux is better than solid cause its definitely not BUT if its being ground down and prettied up AND your not gonna make multiple structural passes theres 0 difference in the end and I certainly wouldnt consider it the wrong tool for the job. Maybe not the optimum one but not the wrong tool.
The only downside to to fluxcore is the mess it makes when you burn it in AND the fact that it has a high content of a metal in its bead that evades my knowledge right now but causes welds to be brittle if you make multiple passes that are going to touch each other. And none of that makes a difference in a non structural project thats going to be cleaned up in the end.
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I am not talking about structural. I don't want to have to spend more time dealing with flux core BS. When I've done flux core I've had more spatter and more blow-through than when I'm using solid wire with a sheilding gas. I don't like fighting my tools, or dealing with unnecessary cleanup. Granted, I only do this as a hobby, but IMO flux core will stick the metal right but will require more work- and skill if you are working on something that's more of a pile.