You spelled 'neumonia' wrong. I think the milk advice is bizarre medical
info, from laypeople who should know better. As to the welding rod, 6011
works fine for small jobs like this, and I wouldn't worry about the
miniscule amount of ionized heavy metal. Professional welders do this all
the time, and 'industrial neumonia' is surprisingly uncommon.
Dave
"TURTLE" wrote in message
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"zxcvbob" wrote in message
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TURTLE wrote:
"Mikey S." wrote in message
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I understand your concern but isn't this getting carried away? I
believe the guy is welding ONE nut to ONE washer and doing it outside.
Even if he screws it up and has to weld TWO..I don't think he will get
enough zinc to matter.
Unless the nut is the prop nut for a tanker or battleship :-)
FWIW..Ive welded a few small galvanized objects with no ill effects
noted.
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Mikey S.
http://www.mike721.com
Mikey , This may seem to you as a getting carried away here but if this
fellow weld a nut with no effect today and then next week says well i
think I'm going to build me a new trailor for my truck and will be using
the Galv. metal. If he did not get told about the effects and what to
do. he will walk off into a real problem down the road. The discussion
here is really to just know about the problems that can come up down the
road with welding the Galv. Metal and getting Industrial Neumonia. I
have a friend years back that spent 3 days in the hospital building 3
trailors for his company to haul shingles off with and would not have
been sent to the hospital if he just had 3 - 6 oz. cartons of milk. A
$1.50 worth of milk would have stopped a $3,000.00 doctor and hospital
bill and also a week off work to boot. Everytime he welds Galv. metal
from now on, he has a carton of milk handy.
Everything you say on the Newsgroups can effect someone down the road
somewhere's.
TURTLE
The milk thing is interesting; thanks. I soaked the nut and washer in
some phosphoric acid and etched all the zinc off so I can use a 7014 or
6013 electrode instead of 6011, so it's a moot point -- this time. If I
ever have to weld more than a piddly little amount of galvanized steel,
I'll drink a bunch of milk *and* see if I can find a respirator.
Bob
This is Turtle.
Both the Respirator or the milk works fine. A couple of ounces of milk
will work wonders.
TURTLE