Drying Welding Rods In Kitchen Oven

I don t see why you couldn t use a home oven for this although you do raise a good point about.

Drying welding rods in kitchen oven.

Proper storage methods or re drying procedures must be applied. Different rods sometimes need different temperatures for example lo hy 7018 rods should be baked at around 250 for best results. Another myth is that you can put a light bulb in an old refrigerator and store your welding electrodes in it. An oven that s too hot will remove the flux coating and an oven that s not hot enough won t adequately dry the rods.

First you can t open the door from inside many old refrigerators so any curious kid prowling around the job site can climb in and suffocate. Ideally you want your welding rod ovens to be between 250 350f for optimal performance. For drying remove the electrodes from the container and spread them out in the furnace because each stick electrode must reach the drying temperature. If someone s told you that you can dry wet welding rods in your oven or put rods in a freezer if they are old you ve heard two welding myths.

The rods should be placed in the rod oven at a temperature of 180 220 degrees fahrenheit for one to two hours and then they can dry properly at their normal temperature for one hour. Too much humidity in any rods is not good check for funky discoloration mold and any obvious things that dont look right. Filthy rich will teach you how to save your welding electrodes if they have collected moisture after not being stored properly. Follow rich on twi.