Subject: What's a good flux

From: Patrick Giordani <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 19:11:12 +0000

Hello,

I am new to forge welding and have heard talk of a lot of different fluxes
available. Which flux will give the best results welding high carbon steels
for damascus? Does steel/nickel welding require a different flux?

Thanks in advance

Patrick Giordani
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From: willie calhoun <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 08:24:51 -0500

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Patrick,

I have not done any steel/nickel welding so can't answer that question.
However, for general all around welding (including high carbon) go to the
grocery store and in the laundry section get a box of 20 Mule Team Borax
(DO NOT GET BORAXO, it will not work.  I hear they tried it at an ABANA
conference a while back).  This is a good flux.  Your metal needs to be a
good orange heat, brush quickly then put on the Borax.  If the heat is too
low it will just bubble up and off of your metal leaving nothing but scale
behind.

Happy hammerin'

Willie Calhoun
Earth-Fire Forge
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