Hey elliott, I am not trying to turn you against Excalibur rods, but if you would try Techniwelds E7108 you would never pick up another Excalibur. The Techniweld rods come 60# per box, in individual 10# plastic sleeves. Most welding supplies that carry them will bust a 60# box, so you can buy them 10# at a time.....they are not worried, they know they will sell them. The Techniwelds are more forgiving when it comes to heat settings that the Excaliburs, they dont blow bubbles and jump arc near as bad.....and the slag will just about fall off. I use these in 1/8 and 5/32 to install wellheads and never even touch a chipping hammer. All it takes is dragging the end of a rod along the weld and the slag just falls off......this is followed by wire wheel after the full wrap is completed. Price wise, the 60# of Techniwelds will be close to the same as the 50# of Excaliburs.
Just my two cents worth,
Sparkee