{"id":140,"date":"2008-07-14T11:12:35","date_gmt":"2008-07-14T19:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carmenelectrode.com\/?p=140"},"modified":"2008-07-01T11:17:34","modified_gmt":"2008-07-01T19:17:34","slug":"weld-like-a-pro%e2%84%a2-tip-arc-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/2008\/07\/14\/weld-like-a-pro%e2%84%a2-tip-arc-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"Weld Like A Pro\u2122 TIP:  Arc Starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another great tip from Weldcraft\u00ae<\/p>\n<p>For excellent arc starts on low-amperage AC or DC applications, use 2% ceriated tungsten (color code: orange) especially on carbon and stainless steels.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/images\/at_hangtag2%20forscott.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For consistent performance on all metals, and for all machines, Arc-Zone.com recommends our new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=14_154\">ArcTime\u2122 Hybrid All Purpose Tungsten<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Professional yacht tower fabricators, manufacturers of aerospace parts, and mountain bike builders have all selected ArcTime\u2122 because of its excellent ignition properties, low burn off rate and longevity. As an added bonus, this hybrid tungsten electrode works well with all power sources and all metals from mild steel to titanium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ll notice a difference just by striking the first arc&#8211; no finer electrode exists anywhere,\u201d says <a href=\"\/blog\/joewelder\">Jim Watson, aka Joe Welder<\/a>, president of Arc-Zone.com, Inc.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another great tip from Weldcraft\u00ae For excellent arc starts on low-amperage AC or DC applications, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-welding-how-to","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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