Outer Limits 4x4 Board

KiwiBacon wrote:

UrbanRedneck wrote:Thought i would just throw these pics in i knocked this one up on sunday for one of the boys its 4" stainless used 2 90deg bends and about 2 mtrs of tube still gotta polish but looks alright

Nice job, a little pickling on the welds and it'd look great. Polish if you prefer.
Those are some very tidy welds.

Thanx mate i take great pride in my welding ability plus i do it every day (you get plenty of practice working in a stainless steel workshop).
Ye i am just gunna pickle it then give it a quick buff to brighten it up a bit.

UrbanRedneck wrote: Thanx mate i take great pride in my welding ability plus i do it every day (you get plenty of practice working in a stainless steel workshop).
Ye i am just gunna pickle it then give it a quick buff to brighten it up a bit.

Sorry guys, how do you 'pickle' stainless?!

Anyone have any nice looking methods of sealing/finishing off the front guard where the snorkel comes through?

Pickling is a name used for the acid based paste that we use to clean the weld or passivate the weld “removal of exogenous iron or iron
compounds from the surface of a stainless steel by means of a
chemical dissolution,â€

Dak Dak wrote: Sorry guys, how do you 'pickle' stainless?!

As Urbanredneck said, plus the pickling paste contains concentrated nitric and sulphuric acid. It's very nasty stuff but the result is great.

Thanks gents.

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