Aluminum filler with flux coating for SMAW?

[FlyFishn]

According to the Procedure Handbook of Arc Welding - filler rods for aluminum can be ordered with flux for SMAW/stick welding. Has anyone ever done this? Can it be done in small quantities?

The only rods I've ever found at the LWS for aluminum are Crown Alloys Royal 300, 3/32".

[tapwelder]

Yes . several threads on this forum concerning this. Rods available in small quantities.TSC. northern tool..rural king. Hobart brand is readily available. DC stick.

Good luck.

post your results.

[OPUS FERRO]

FlyFishn

Note - Flux coated Stick - is the 'bottom rung'
on the Aluminum welding ladder . . .

It has limited use - even by seasoned hands -

hth


Opus



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[12V71]

Yeah, pretty miserable stuff to use especially in deep grooves, if you leave any flux behind it will eat it's way out of the weld. About the only good use I have found for it is as a "brazing rod" for repairing holes in thin wall irrigation pipe with a welding torch... after scraping half the flux off the rod.