Besides this process is quite simple and easy to do than tig welding.
Welding stainless to mild steel mig.
You need to do a weld repair on stainless steel.
And all you have to hand is your mig welder and some normal mig wire.
When welding stainless steel to a dissimilar metal such as plain carbon steel weld processes such as mig welding that use filler material are preferred.
Your wire feed speed also plays a huge role in welding stainless steel with normal mig wire.
But for much thicker stainless steel a faster wire feed speed is required to create a larger welding pool.
All the way up to series 309 stainless steel.
So that s it about welding stainless steel to mild steel.
Welding stainless steel to mild steel.
Austenitic stainless steels such as grade 304 stainless or grade 316 stainless can be welded to plain carbon steel using mig and tig welding.
The process of mig welding stainless steel basically requires you to continuously feed a solid electrode wire inside the weld pool along with some shielding gas in order to protect the weld from all sorts of contamination.
But there is more you need to know so continue reading.
Mode of metal transfer.
309l is ideal to join your stainless steel to mild steel because this welding wire is made to weld both metals.
And you don t have time to hunt around or wait while you order up some stainless steel wire and have that delivered.
Even though most of the welding machine manufacturers have included a table of materials and voltage settings in the machine it is highly important for you to pick the right kind of gas and electrode wire to be used for mig welding stainless steel.
It s all you ve got in your workshop right now.
However the mig welding process which uses filler is most preferred when welding stainless steel to dissimilar metals such as mild steel.
Things you need to consider.
Mild steel mig wire.
Alternative gases that you can use are 98 argon and 2 co2 or 98 argon and 2 oxygen mix.