Need advice: welding overhead

Keep the 35 wire. I use the drag method with short burst of approx. 3/8- 1/2inch at a time. fast and hot, short cursive L's. Ton of anti splatter spray, Torch is angled at 45with the mix pressure turned up. I also keep the gaps im welding a little more tight

 

all my welds are overhead, never had a problem burning .035 welding 14guage

 

Don has it right. You need to look at the wire coming out the end of your torch, if it is balling on the end before it goes into the puddle you need more wire speed. Then you need to make sure that your heat (amps/ volts ) are set. If the weld looks cold ( high crown and not flowing into the toes, like an earthworm laying on the joint ) you can add more heat. Then when you add heat you will need to add wire speed. The last key is travel speed, how fast you move the torch forward ( push not pull ).
Get some 1/4 inch scrap and max out your wire speed and heat, pull the trigger and weld ,now back them off a little at a time until you can tell the difference of to cold and to hot. Repeat this a lot, then go at it.

 

.035 wire has it's own shielding gas........"that right there is the funniest shit I've heard on here in a while" Carl Hagan

Bright shiny metal is clean metal.....anything less & your kidding yourself.

That's the deal ......just because Your sparking & arc'ng....doesn't really mean your welding. Carl Hagan

 

Thats not nearly clean enough. The metal has to be shiny. The guys at work call it white metal. I usually clean 2 inches in all directions of my welds. Personally, I would run 3/32" 7018 for that, but thats me. I would practice overhead welding a little more. everyone will tell you to make sure you are comfortable. I dont agree. When I was learning to weld, my instructor told us to practice welding in the most screwed up positions we could imagine. He said go in your both and cram yourself under the bench and weld that way. His reasoning was if you can weld that way you can weld anything anywhere and in the real world of structural welding, the welds are not always gonna be out in the open and easy to access. Get good at welding in crappy positions and you will be amazing at welding in normal circumstances. It worked for me!

 

it's hard to weld rust get a flap disk and clean it up first.