Well I can't most suppliers say gone there suppliers Chinese, what ever they sell are not like I used to get, last lot of Oerlikon were terrible rubbish, dirty lots of smoke and poor slag removal, there basic general purpose rods were Fincord M Maroon tip supper easy start and to run very little splatter and slag fell off, there rod called just Fincord Yellow tip were very heavily coated, easy start, no splatter, and what I would call low temperature as the very thick coating held the heat in so the rod melted quicker so little penetration causing less distortion, ideal for shafts and turning back in a lathe got a superb finish, unlike some could see every run showing up as hard and soft lines what you definitely don't want. and last in the mild steel was Supper cord these were an all position rod, harder to re-start but with a bit more of splatter so on clean metal it needed protecting, ideal when welding heavy machines as could make a good job without having to turn them over, there welding rods for cast iron were very good and there stainless steel all very easy to use, Started to use Easab as near to the Oerlikon and a few years ago used SifTrode were excellent and tried to get some more a few weeks ago and told not to good now, I have enough rods to last me out, if I do weld anything for other people say supply your own rods,
These used to be very good but expensive VERY put your hand in your pocket and use Eutectic, they will supply a welding rod for I think any thing thats weldable if you can't weld with those give up. unless they are buying and selling other manufactured things.
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rocking horse sh.it type products that cant be got. 
