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Better restarts with 70 series rods

AS soon as you pull the rod from the puddle, before the tip cools, wipe it of between your left thumb and middle finger. This will remove the molten flux that covers the end of the rod. You must be fast and, this does shorten the life of the left hand glove (only a very little though.)

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