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					Originally Posted by  warren brown
					 
				 
				I seem to remember heating the rods  up in my mum's oven - I don't know if that helped in any way and certainly not for her cooking  - but the welds were good. 
			
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 The TAFE I did welding at, kept the welding rods in a warm oven, it keeps the rods dry . The rods are much better to weld with when they are dry . Any moisture in the rods,  it somehow detracts from their performance . 
Mike