I finally stopped welding with 6010 rods on thin pipe

Been running 6010 for years on schedule 40 and thought it was fine. Switched to 6013 on some 6 inch thin wall last week and the difference was night and day, way less burnthrough and cleanup. Any other old dogs out there stuck in their ways with electrodes?

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adam_baker16d ago

and yeah man, same here. I was blowing through 16 gauge with 6010 for years and just figured that was how it had to be. Tried 6013 on a whim and felt like an idiot for not switching sooner, runs so much smoother on the thin stuff.

colethomas16d ago

My first time trying 6013 on 16 gauge was on an old car door I was patching up a few years back. I was used to burning holes with 6010 and having to grind everything down, but that 6013 just laid in there like butter and barely needed any cleanup. It's funny how we get stuck in our ways with one rod and forget there's better options for certain stuff. I keep a box of 6013 around now for sheet metal and thin tubing, saves me so much headache.

johnson.river16d ago

Wait hold on, "blowing through 16 gauge with 6010 for years"?? That's wild man. I mean I know 6010 is a beast but running it on thin stuff like that sounds like pure torture. I tried that once on some exhaust tubing and it was like trying to cut through butter with a chainsaw, total disaster.