ESAB Nufive OK 27.08 6011 cellulosic electrodes are the perfect choice for welding in all positions, especially vertical and overhead. This rod digs in deep, and the operator will need to use a back and forth motion, ‘whip and pause’ technique needed. This is to get out of the weld pool (due to the heat it creates), and return back. This makes your stick welds looks like ‘stacked dimes’ TIG style (almost anyway).

This is due to the 6011 electrodes having ultra fast setting slag properties, allowing the weld to form quickly. This is especially useful when laying in an electrode root run on pipe that you have no access to from behind, as it doesn’t blast through the root prep when welded correctly. Blasting through pipe prep is the last thing a welder wants, and Nufive rod are the way to achieve that.

Even though DC+ (negative earth) is advised and easier to control, DC- (positive earth) can be used for root run because it generates less heat, easier to control, and allows the slag to set before blowing through.

The 6011 electrode has always been notoriously difficult to strike up and difficult to weld with (when used with stick welders with low open circuit voltage), but new inverter welders now like the ESAB Renegade Volt are now loaded with massive 80 OCV and amazing hot start / anti-stick features, which is needed to combat the hydrogen content aka rocket fuel, of a 6011 cellulosic electrode.

In stock here at Spectrum Chesterfield.