welding bottle cost

[70shortwide]

heres the situation:
guy has a welder for sale. guy will be out of town all week. guy says he will make me a good deal on a welder that is a little smaller than I want, tonight only. doesnt include a gas bottle, since its 7 pm sunday night, I cant price a bottle at the local welding shop. I dont need a big bottle, a small one will do fine. Ive seen some about 2.5 ft tall. how much will one cost me to buy, not rent?

[Caseys71]

If I remember correctly a smaller cylinder will run you about $150 give or take a bit, then about $20 to fill it at your local welding supply house. You could probably do some flux first and keep looking for a used cylinder, just make sure it's new enough that it's still refillable .

[black70cs]

I bought mine, was about 150. The guy at the welding supply place they will pretty much pay for themselves in about a year or so. That was for 75/25 co2/argon about 35 bucks to refill

[fordman]

thats about what it is to refill them here. 75 for oxy. and about 40 for ayctelne

[FORD428CJ]

If I remember correctly a smaller cylinder will run you about $150 give or take a bit, then about $20 to fill it at your local welding supply house. You could probably do some flux first and keep looking for a used cylinder, just make sure it's new enough that it's still refillable .

The only problem with flux is that you cant weld over it with straight wire after that! Been there and done that. Keep that in mind before you weld. JMHO

[FORD428CJ]

Also I use CO2 in my mig. Works well for beer making too LOL

[cep62]

Straight CO 2 will work for steel but a C25 argon mixture will make a smoother weld.
If you're grinding and filling over it it may not matter , but for appearance it might.
Also if your doing body work over flux core , clean it up as best you can.
Sand blast if possible because the flux can react with the body filler.