Stainless steel prep

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Hi all can I get any recommendations on preping 304 that has been cut with a water jet. I am making  some cylinders from 16ga.
Reply:I'm not sure if you need to do anything, but I'd probably get a new flap disc rated for stainless and lightly clean it up with that.
Reply:What would there be to prep?Welding/Fab Pics: www.UtahWeld.com
Reply:Stainless wire wheel to remove any oxidation is all I've done to stainless before welding.JasonLincoln Idealarc 250 stick/tigThermal Dynamics Cutmaster 52Miller Bobcat 250Torchmate CNC tableThermal Arc Hefty 2Ironworkers Local 720
Reply:Clean the water jet edge to shiny metal. Welding through the garnet that is embedded in that edge sucks. Other than that, I do it all day every day. :-D
Reply:Thanks I'm planning to purge the inside. I worried about the garnet causing inclusions from both the cut and the cleaning
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Reply:I will when I receive the parts