
At first these rods were difficult to restart, they say it is just our welders finding something to complain about. I say OK, maybe so.
But that isn't creating a quality problem as much as the porosity and having the flux fall off the rods while welding that we are experiencing now. Sometimes the flux will just blow out on one side (several inches of it)and then sometimes the flux simply breaks up in rings and slide down the rod as you weld. These rods are a different color(flux is dark splotchy grey) instead of the softer grey color they used to have. I have 7 50lb cans sitting here now and I've taken back many cans already and swapped them out. Looks like they have been wet, but they are right out of the sealed container from the mfg.
John Wright