muddstopper
Veteran Member
Every try to do something you knew wasnt going to work before you even tried. Buddy brought over his aluminum ramps he had broken the end off of wanting me to weld it up. Ramps where greasy and oxidized so bad you couldnt tell what kind of metal it was. I knew this was going to be a challege because I didnt have anything to clean the oil with and my stainless brush wasnt exactly clean either. Well, we wiped and scrubed and wiped and scrubed and ended up with a very dark, instead of shiney, weld area. Against my better judgment, I fired up the tig, hopeing I could chase the crap out of the weld area with the tig torch. Started with low amps and tried to burn out the crap. Didnt work, tried a little more amps, still no use. Turned tig up to he ll fire furnace and couldnt get the metal to fuse. More I tried, the blacker the metal got. I gave up and sent the job down the road. Lesson learned. If its that dirty and you dont have the tools to clean it properly, dont make a mess of it by trying to weld anyway. No picture, no cameras allowed for this job.