A bad batch of coal nearly ruined my whole week's work on a custom gate.

I was finishing a big scrollwork gate for a client in Dayton, and the new bag of coal I got from the supply house last Tuesday just wouldn't get to a clean, high heat, leaving my welds weak and porous. I lost two full days redoing sections before I figured out the coal was the problem and switched back to my old stock. Has anyone else had a supplier send them a load of coal that just doesn't perform right?

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perez.elliot1mo ago

Honestly, did you call the supply house about that bad batch?

pat3601mo ago

Nah, they were actually fine on my end. Ran a full test on the material and it passed all the specs. Might have been a different lot number or something.