Broncitis Wrote:Drink a glass of milk it'll usually get rid of the metallic taste welding Galvanized steel leaves. If you clean the coating off good it welds like mild steel should.
Yep, downed two glasses down at dinner. I had fans on blowing away from me too. I found muratic axis is good at removing galvanized coating but it's a pain to use and sanding it off is almost impossible. the frame was hot-dipped so when sanding or light grinding all you are doing is moving it from one spot to another. Rough grinding does well but it leaves marks afterwards. Even removing it still burns up on the inside of frame. I've learned to hold my breath while making a pass the jump out of the way. Those fumes are not good to breath in.
I don't weld on galvanized metal as a profession, that's when the proper PPE, proper exhaust and expensive breathing equipment is necessary. Welding through painted surfaces isn't good either. Paints used by the military 20-40 yrs ago isn't good to sand or burn off. Lead and other bad stuff can be found in old paint.
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