.023 vs. .025 welding wire - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

blazer2007 · 02-25-2016, 11:51 AM

I have a little 110 wire feed welder with gas and lately I,m not having much luck finding 023 wire now,the smallest is 025.I,m almost running out..Do you think I will notice much,I,m doing patch repair on a quarter panel.

daddyjeep · 02-25-2016, 02:05 PM

Worst case you will have slightly more grinding to do since you are laying down slightly more material. I used .030" on my last body work project because I couldn't find .025.

**mongocanfly** · 02-25-2016, 09:47 PM

I've been buying all my wire off ebay...I just looked and there's plenty of .023 on there to chose from.

JJH Jimmy · 02-25-2016, 10:36 PM

.023, .024 & .025 wire, contact tips and drive wheels are all interchangeable with each other. Different manufacturers use different discription but essentially all the same.

**truckster** · 02-26-2016, 06:55 PM

I bought a 10 pound spool of .023 on Amazon just a couple of weeks ago.

franken · 02-26-2016, 10:51 PM

I think a thousandth or 2 isn't a big deal. Have you looked into what a thousandth is?

02-25-2016, 11:51 AM	#1
blazer2007 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: vernon b.c. Posts: 3,022	.023 vs. .025 welding wire I have a little 110 wire feed welder with gas and lately I,m not having much luck finding 023 wire now,the smallest is 025.I,m almost running out..Do you think I will notice much,I,m doing patch repair on a quarter panel.

02-25-2016, 02:05 PM	#2
daddyjeep Registered User Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Smethport, PA Posts: 1,213	Re: .023 vs. .025 welding wire Worst case you will have slightly more grinding to do since you are laying down slightly more material. I used .030" on my last body work project because I couldn't find .025. __________________ 85 K30 crew cab dually - Project http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=694939 87 Wrangler Rock Crawler - Reason for the project http://www.wranglerforum.com/f330/da...ld-122601.html 04 1500 crew cab http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=786514

02-25-2016, 09:47 PM	#3
mongocanfly Post Whore Join Date: May 2015 Location: Alabama Posts: 14,587	Re: .023 vs. .025 welding wire I've been buying all my wire off ebay...I just looked and there's plenty of .023 on there to chose from.

02-25-2016, 10:36 PM	#4
JJH Jimmy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Schoolcraft, Michigan Posts: 926	Re: .023 vs. .025 welding wire .023, .024 & .025 wire, contact tips and drive wheels are all interchangeable with each other. Different manufacturers use different discription but essentially all the same. __________________ 1972 GMC Jimmy 4x4 LS Swap 1985 Chevy K20 1994 GMC Yukon 2021 GMC 2500HD Duramax AT4 My "It's a Jimmy Thing" Build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=583528 Budget Build 1985 K20 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=801565

02-26-2016, 06:55 PM	#5
truckster Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Orem, Utah Posts: 7,803	Re: .023 vs. .025 welding wire I bought a 10 pound spool of .023 on Amazon just a couple of weeks ago.

02-26-2016, 10:51 PM	#6
franken Registered User Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Somewhere Posts: 3,052	Re: .023 vs. .025 welding wire I think a thousandth or 2 isn't a big deal. Have you looked into what a thousandth is?



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