TIG welding stainless: master heat, fit-up, and finish

Stainless rewards precision—and punishes guessing. Everything You NEED to Know About TIG Welding distills proven methods for tig welding stainless into a practical, shop-ready playbook. No fluff, just the exact techniques to produce bright, tight, code-acceptable beads on 304/316 from 0.040 in sheet to schedule 10 pipe.

Written by an AWS CWI/CWE with 15+ years in sanitary and high‑purity fabrication, the guide covers torch control, amperage planning, and heat input management so you can hold color, prevent sugaring, and stop distortion before it starts. You’ll get filler selection (ER308L, ER316L), tungsten type and prep, gas lens and cup sizing, purge setups and flow rates, joint prep, and repeatable procedures for inside/outside corners, lap joints, thin‑wall tube, and multi‑pass work. Step‑by‑step troubleshooting charts help you eliminate porosity, carbide precipitation, arc wandering, and grainy beads—fast.

• Exact parameters for DCEN TIG on common stainless gauges, with starting amps, travel speeds, and pulse ranges.
• Color control checklist to consistently hit light‑straw to silver, plus safe post‑weld cleanup and passivation basics.
• Real‑world fixtures, heat sinks, and sequencing that cut rework on stainless assemblies by 30–50%.

Whether you’re moving from mild steel or tightening up for food‑grade work, this reference closes the gap between “almost” and production‑ready. If tig welding stainless is on your bench this week, this is the straight, vetted path to cleaner welds, fewer rejects, and dependable repeatability.