Whether you’re doing PAW (plasma arc welding), or TIG/GTAW (gas tungsten arc) welding, there’s a lot of confusion about what kind of tungsten to use. At Arc-Zone.com we’ve put together a guide (.pdf) to the various blends of tungsten electrodes for welding.

These days most of the inverter welding machine manufacturers are recommending the Ceriated (Orange) or Lanthanated (Gold) as good performing alternatives to the 2% Thoriated (radioactive) tungsten electrodes. Arc-Zone offers a great selection of tungsten electrodes, including the Hyperformance(TM) ArcTime(TM) all purpose tungsten electrode. This is one tungsten electrode that will make you throw away all the rest. In fact, if you’re like Arc-Zone’s other customers, you’ll call us up to sing its praises.

Arc-Zone also carries the new Weldcraft Premium Tungsten Electrodes, including the “Rare Earth” blend– it was put through some rigourous tests in the Miller TIG welding Lab and came out on top.