{"id":225,"date":"2008-12-03T08:43:29","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T16:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carmenelectrode.com\/?p=225"},"modified":"2012-06-06T11:01:46","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T19:01:46","slug":"zinc-is-the-new-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/2008\/12\/03\/zinc-is-the-new-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Zinc is the new black"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the great things about online networking is that you have instant access all kinds of people.\u00a0 Smart people.\u00a0 So when my mySpace friend emailed and asked if I had any tips on welding zinc, I put the word out among my network:\u00a0 mySpace and Facebook, and even emailed a few stellar welders I know.<\/p>\n<p>And before the day&#8217;s end, I had an answer from my buddy over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hellnbackwelding.com\" target=\"_blank\">Hell N Back Welding<\/a>.\u00a0 He writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Best link I&#8217;ve found for proper procedure on zinc is here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allzinc.com\/techdata\/Tech_Brief_Joining_Zinc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.allzinc.com\/techdata\/Tech_Brief_Joining_Zinc.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Soldering iron is the best option. I found some technical manuals on welding with TIG that say it&#8217;s appropriate for everything BUT zinc and lead.<\/p>\n<p>Also there&#8217;s a discussion of the same question ie countertops here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.practicalmachinist.com\/vb\/showthread.php?p=951749\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.practicalmachinist.com\/vb\/showthread.php?p=951749<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Apparently, ZINC is all the rage in countertops&#8230;\u00a0 I know this from This Old House magazine, it&#8217;s very French Bistro.<\/p>\n<p>So, check out those links for welding up your own zinc countertop, or commission one from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themetalshoppe.net\/id55.html\" target=\"_blank\">Debra over at The Metal Shoppe<\/a>.\u00a0 Or the folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.handcraftedmetal.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Handcrafted Metal&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the great things about online networking is that you have instant access all [&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-225","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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