Welding Stainless Steel Exhaust Pipe

When tig welding exhaust pipe care must be taken.

Welding stainless steel exhaust pipe.

Is it ok to weld stainless steel exhaust tubing with carbon steel mig wire. Ferritic stainless steel is the cheapest form of steel and hence it is favored for manufacturing automotive exhaust components. Work done on a chevy s10 pickup truck. Its definitely not a good idea.

We have proof right here. For a corrosion resistant completed weld use one of the 400 series stainless steel wires such as a1490. The widely used stainless steel is the type 304 stainless steel as they are also referred to as surgical stainless steel as it contains a maximum of 20 of chromium and 10 of nickel. Before starting welding wears hand gloves face mask apron as protection from spark and light.

In particular this technique is used for welding exhaust pipes made from alloys such as stainless steel. Most of the popular welding processes can be used but i prefer gmaw because it works well on custom exhaust systems for my high school students hot rods. Firstly tig welding has zero tolerance of dirt oils paint and rust. Andy phillips shows how to weld exhaust pipe and the tools needed to prep the metal and weld it together.