Welding Stainless Steel To Mild Steel

Welding materials are quite expensive these days so one needs to be extra careful and ensure whatever is being fabricated is done to the required standard.

Welding stainless steel to mild steel.

After reading these posts i decided to weld it up with 308 filler all the stainless stainless pieces and then autogenous welded the mild steel to stainless around the inside of the flange. 309l is often used to weld 304 stainless to mild steel. Every wielder wants whatever they are fabricating to come out good. Using a resistance weld for stainless steel welding is an easy smoother process when compared to other metals.

On the outside i put three evenly spaced 1 2 long welds using 308 filler. Welding stainless steel to mild steel. Due to its high resistance to current flow heat at the weld joint is generated easier and quicker than mild steel. You can weld a wide range of stainless steels from 300 series stainless steels.

All the way up to series 309 stainless steel. And that is how it should be. 309l is ideal to join your stainless steel to mild steel because this welding wire is made to weld both metals.