However the mig welding process which uses filler is most preferred when welding stainless steel to dissimilar metals such as mild steel.
Welding stainless to mild steel mig.
You can weld a wide range of stainless steels from 300 series stainless steels.
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.
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 for much thicker stainless steel a faster wire feed speed is required to create a larger welding pool.
So that s it about 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.
Things you need to consider.
It s all you ve got in your workshop right now.
Besides this process is quite simple and easy to do than tig welding.
Your wire feed speed also plays a huge role in welding stainless steel with normal mig wire.
And all you have to hand is your mig welder and some normal mig wire.
Mode of metal transfer.
Welding stainless steel to mild steel.
All the way up to series 309 stainless steel.
If you re welding mild steel it s more comfortable to manage as you d use a lower wire feed speed.
And you don t have time to hunt around or wait while you order up some stainless steel wire and have that delivered.
Alternative gases that you can use are 98 argon and 2 co2 or 98 argon and 2 oxygen mix.
Mild steel mig wire.
You need to get this done.
You need to do a weld repair on stainless steel.