Colour coded electrodes

**Tiger** · 12th July 2009, 11:33 PM

While sorting out my welding stuff, I found some electrodes that had green on the tips of the electrode and others that were reddish-brown, are they special electrodes?

**johnjohnmulley** · 29th July 2009, 10:33 PM

assuming you mean for a stick welded not a tig welder?

tig all the electrodes have different colours to designate if its pure tungsten, or alloyed (each one different colour)

dont know about the stick ones though?

**Tiger** · 31st July 2009, 11:57 PM

Yes, I'm talking stick welding.

**Grahame Collins** · 1st August 2009, 08:33 AM

Hi tiger,
Possibly a a means of distinguishing one electrode from another as labelled by the manufacturer.
There was never any colour coded standard, in as far as I was aware.

Grahame

**Tiger** · 1st August 2009, 04:33 PM

Thanks Grahame.

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