Drying Welding Rods In Kitchen Oven

For drying remove the electrodes from the container and spread them out in the furnace because each stick electrode must reach the drying temperature.

Drying welding rods in kitchen oven.

Filthy rich will teach you how to save your welding electrodes if they have collected moisture after not being stored properly. Proper storage methods or re drying procedures must be applied. First you can t open the door from inside many old refrigerators so any curious kid prowling around the job site can climb in and suffocate. I would bake them in the rod oven or spread them out on a cookie sheet in your household oven and bake at at least 220 degrees for a couple hours them package them again.

Different rods sometimes need different temperatures for example lo hy 7018 rods should be baked at around 250 for best results. Preheating rods dries them and minimizes cracking and stress risers during welding. If someone s told you that you can dry wet welding rods in your oven or put rods in a freezer if they are old you ve heard two welding myths. Ideally you want your welding rod ovens to be between 250 350f for optimal performance.

Too much humidity in any rods is not good check for funky discoloration mold and any obvious things that dont look right. The rods should be placed in the rod oven at a temperature of 180 220 degrees fahrenheit for one to two hours and then they can dry properly at their normal temperature for one hour. I don t see why you couldn t use a home oven for this although you do raise a good point about. Follow rich on twi.