aluminium welding rods (gas heated)

[Rick]

have any of you used those gas melted alloy rods for ally welding.

 

got them out today and had a play with them.

 

great for repairing holes etc in alloy items but not entirely sure theyre strong enough to 'weld' with

 

plus it melts when you reheat it, it doesnt set like proper aluminum

 

 

 

good for repairing rads n stuff i spose.

[V8ian]

What are the rods called, I have some real Ally gas welding rods and the correct flux somewhere at work. I think I have seen the rods you are talking about and when the fella demonstrates them they look wonderfull and uses a propane torch to "weld"

[over_head_cam]

We saw a bloke using the gas heated wire (guess it's the same stuff) and he challenged me to break the weld but I couldn't (and I aint no weaklin' - right ) but like you say hot on - hot off

[Rick]

i wouldnt trust it on anything important

[over_head_cam]

It looked good for filling holes in things like timing chain covers etc. Would probably be good for bracketry or non structural stuff

[Supercharged Nat]

What are the rods called, I have some real Ally gas welding rods and the correct flux somewhere at work. I think I have seen the rods you are talking about and when the fella demonstrates them they look wonderfull and uses a propane torch to "weld"

 

Frost sell them called 'LumiWeld' i havent tried them but frost says there fine for repairs to ally covers (inlet manifolds, non load bearing brakets etc).

[Rick]

It looked good for filling holes in things like timing chain covers etc. Would probably be good for bracketry or non structural stuff

 

yeah thats pretty much what i made of it, alright for making engine bay bits out of ally i suppose