C25 prices

[CAVEMANN]

Just curious what y'all are paying for a 125er of C25? I picked one up today & it was $42 & change.

[soutthpaw]

Sounds about right. https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?url...6&share_type=t

[thegary]

I picked one up wensday it cost me $50.

[One1]

http://weldingweb.com/vbb/showthread.php...s-Costs-Thread


Mine is $37 and it is a fill. takes 2 days

[CAVEMANN]

Sounds like they are all within a few bucks of each other, I was fortunate on this bottle as it was given to me, along with a brake drum & rotor lathe that is in very good condition.

[Bob]

Have you tried CO2 instead of the mix. A 200 size bottle cost me $16 and there is virtually no difference in performance except maybe a little more penetration with the CO2.

[CAVEMANN]

No I haven't, I asked the yo-yo if anyone around here was using co2 and he pretty much said it was obsolete technology and no-one uses it anymore, he said too much spatter and mess, but it's great on dual shield. I didn't say anymore. Everything I read says it's a matter of "tuning" yourself and welder to it.

[jd_830]

my 50 cf i pay 35

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[Bonzoo]

Have you tried CO2 instead of the mix. A 200 size bottle cost me $16 and there is virtually no difference in performance except maybe a little more penetration with the CO2.

They've all been scammed. I was too for many many years until I left the US and found out what mixes cost here. I went right back to good ol CO2. Nary an issue and no spatter when you learn proper prep and fine tune the machine for what you are doing.When I began mig they didn't even offer mixes. Then they came up with the scam. Kinda like cholesterol meds......more nonsense

[CAVEMANN]

Maybe I'll get my small bottle filled with CO2 when it's empty, but I'm torn between that or argon for the very seldom aluminum repair I do. What is the proper prep needed, and does it need to run hotter or what?? My machine is pretty much auto set but do have inductance and vrd, 2t & 4t, so do have some ability to change it up some.