How to tig welding stainless steel the right way

Serious fabricators know stainless rewards precision and punishes guesswork. If you’re asking how to tig welding stainless steel without warping, TIG Welding Secrets delivers a proven, step-by-step method for clean, pore-free beads on 304/316, from prep to post-flow. Built by senior weld inspectors and CWI-led instructors, it replaces trial-and-error with exact settings, sequences, and checklists you can repeat in the shop.

Inside, you’ll dial heat input to protect corrosion resistance, choose the right tungsten and filler (2% lanthanated, 308L/316L), set gas coverage and back-purge for sugar-free roots, and control arc length, torch angle, and travel speed for satin-smooth caps. You get amps-per-thickness tables, purge volumes, and troubleshooting for heat tint, carbide precipitation, undercut, and crater cracking—validated on real weld coupons, not theory.

• Practical WPS-style setups for thin gauge through schedule pipe.
• Field-tested techniques to minimize distortion and rework.
• Fast diagnostics to fix porosity, gray welds, and arc wander.