Welding nickel plated material

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Making a spare tire mount. Turns out m12 bolts at 1.5 thread pitch aren't simple to get, so I got a wheel stud.
Looks like it's nickel plated or something, nice light shiny color.
Didn't really think about it when I picked it up, I need to weld it sticking through a plate for the mount.
Can I just MIG it? Will the plating just bake off? I really don't care about the plating (or how pretty it is).

(showing my ignorance of metalergy)
 
I am guessing that it is maybe a zinc coating or something. Don't just let it bake off. You will get crappy welds and zinc is toxic. I would sand or wire brush the coating off then weld.
 
Grind/sand/wire wheel the coating off, but don't breathe the dust that comes off. Once that is done, then weld away. Galvanized coating and especially cadmium coating are both toxic. Galvanized will make you sick and cadmium fumes can kill you in 20 minutes if inhaled, when welded.

Your best bet is to clean it off. It will weld much better, and keep you alot safer.
 
mac5005 what do you know about metal fab. you probaly have never even turned on a welder or lit a torch. go clean some mold out of someones house you needle dick faggot :fuck-you:

look i put cadium in the crystal meth i cook and i hasnt killed anyone i know of. just burn the shiza out dat mo fo and have a good day :huggy:









{this has all been a joke, any death or crystal meth addictions acquired by this post will be at own personal risk...but mac5005 is realy a faggot}
 
Mac5005 said:
Grind/sand/wire wheel the coating off, but don't breathe the dust that comes off. Once that is done, then weld away. Galvanized coating and especially cadmium coating are both toxic. Galvanized will make you sick and cadmium fumes can kill you in 20 minutes if inhaled, when welded.
Your best bet is to clean it off. It will weld much better, and keep you alot safer.
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If you start to get the sweet taste in your mouth or a headach-drink milk.
 
Using a NIOSH-approved respirator can help keep you safe, but for what little welding you'll be doing, I wouldn't bother. I would, however, do it near the garage door, or even outside. I'd also point a fan on low at the back of my head. It won't hurt the gas if you use your body to block the breeze, and it'll keep your hood full of fresh air.
 
What are we talking about here?
A handful of bolts?

Just weld them on & keep you face out of the fumes.

Work outside or get good ventilation & you'll be fine.

This sounds like electroplating, not hot dipped galvanizing.

Bolts that would be used on a cyclone fence have enough galvo on them to possibly ruin a weld.

Electroplate is much thinner & won't much matter, it will burn right off.
 
Wow guys i should have been more clear.

This was one (1) bolt, just tacked on 3 sides. All of about 7 seconds total run time on the welder. Not a high-strengt happlication, it's just helping hold a spare tire on a mount (not holding the wieght or anything, just as a stud so it can be pinned against the inside of the truck bed.

The welds did indeed look nasty... but I chock that up to the fact that I forgot to turn the gas on... oops
 
RatLabGuy said:
Wow guys i should have been more clear.
This was one (1) bolt, just tacked on 3 sides. All of about 7 seconds total run time on the welder. Not a high-strengt happlication, it's just helping hold a spare tire on a mount (not holding the wieght or anything, just as a stud so it can be pinned against the inside of the truck bed.
The welds did indeed look nasty... but I chock that up to the fact that I forgot to turn the gas on... oops
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haha been there done that, think its some sort of contaminant and the welder is spitting and everything looks like crap then you realize you were an idiot about 5 min latter :lol:
 
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