How do y'all clean stainless welds???

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Looking for an economical way to clean stainless welds in hard to reach areas like in the pic. Product names are appreciated!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Reply:Maybe a dremel?Currently working as a Paralegal, but still interested in hobby welding.Miller Bobcat 225ntOne- Character Fractions: ¼ ½ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞
Reply:pickling paste
Reply:We use a Walter Surfox to clean our welds.  I think that the one we have is the 204 model.  It works pretty good with the regular solution but the next round I'm going to order the heavy duty solution.
Reply:+ 2 on the Walters Heavy Duty solution .......
Reply:Clean the metal REALLY REALLY good before hand and avoid all that black and brown/yellow aftertaste...Contamination of your tungsten is also a culprit...Or use a SS "Toothbrush" on it....zap!I am not completely insane..Some parts are missing Professional Driver on a closed course....Do not attempt.Just because I'm a  dumbass don't mean that you can be too.So DON'T try any of this **** l do at home.
Reply:Think He's meaning to get the color off it afterwards. In any dairy or food application, they want the welds polished or etched "clean" showing no discoloration. Dairy welder, the chemical method is slick and fast. Once you get set up, it's cake. Moose here built his own transformer and get solution from a company to do his own stuff. During the short while I worked on a dairy farm, the guy I worked for was considering buying one of those chemical outfits to clean the welds. We would just wire brush most stuff, but you can't always get a brush everywhere you need to clean. Try PMing moose and seeing what he's using. It was pretty cool. He brought it to a get together I put on a couple years ago. I don't think he had a lot cost wise in it either.IMHO of courseExpert Garage Hack....https://www.facebook.com/steven.webber.948
Reply:Somewhere online I saw a video where "Mr. Tig"  used some kind of electrolysis / reagent thing ... it looked like you clamped a ground clamp on the material to be cleaned (just like you would with a welder or plasma cutter) and then you wiped off the discoloration with a wetted sponge that was held in the "stinger." It looked pretty slick, though I suspect it did some funky things to the metal on a microscopic level...You might want to go to YouTube and look for videos by "Mr. Tig"
Reply:Soda blaster works too.12v battery, jumper cables, and a 6013.I only have a facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/pages/VPT/244788508917829
Reply:Thanks for all the input guys... I've got different polishing pads and dedicated ss wire brushes for cleaning welds and have seen the videos of the powered chemical type cleaner, which would be awesome to have. Problem with that it took three years to talk my boss into buying a belt sander so talking him into a couple thousand dollar machine is out of the question. He says there's a dry chemical you can brush on and wash off but he doesn't know the name and I've never used it so I was hoping someone here would know. Maybe it's soda blaster or pickling paste? I will run those names by him see if that rings his bellSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Reply:$2.99 SS wire brush. Done.RyanMiller Multimatic 200 tig/spool gun/wireless remoteMillermatic 350P, Bernard/XR Python gunsMiller Dynasty 350, Coolmate 3.5 & wireless remoteCK WF1 TIG wire feederMiller Spectrum 375 XtremeOptrel e684Miller Digital EliteMiller Weld-Mask
Reply:The SS toothbrush won't quite finish the corner, Pickling paste:http://www.diywelding.co.uk/images/ww/antoxlp.gifSqWave 200Millermatic 190Airco 200 ACHypertherm PM45Boice-Crane Band SawVictor O/A
Reply:Originally Posted by tracymobilecncpickling paste
Reply:Nylon bristle brush(cup brush) on drill motor Attached Images
Reply:Nylon, but why? Try one of these on a hot weld instead. It still won't get into the corner though. SqWave 200Millermatic 190Airco 200 ACHypertherm PM45Boice-Crane Band SawVictor O/A
Reply:Less finish work after. You can blend blemishes with a scotch bright pad.
Reply:The brushes we use are impregnated with some kind of abrasive.The one in the picture is 120 grit. Works good on sq tube and angle.
Reply:Originally Posted by tracymobilecncpickling paste
Reply:One problem in the pickling pastes is the acid.  Especially Hydrofluoric Acid (HF).  While it is relatively "mild" as far as acids go, it can have devastating effects.  I will not have it in my home, and I like nasty chemicals.  Stuff eats glass, titanium, bone and other things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrofluoric_acidMake up a little electropolishing setup with a battery charger and some phosphoric acid."USMCPOP" First-born son: KIA  Iraq 1/26/05Syncrowave 250 w/ Coolmate 3Dialarc 250, Idealarc 250SP-175 +Firepower TIG 160S (gave the TA 161 STL to the son)Lincwelder AC180C (1952)Victor & Smith O/A torchesMiller spot welder