Eagle 820 Maintenance Welding Rod | Rusty & Dirty Steel Electrode

Eagle 820 is recommended for:

Rusty steel
Scaly steel
Oil-soaked steel
Structural steel
Angles and channels
Mild steel
Farm and equipment repair
Maintenance welding
Field repair work
General fabrication

Designed for situations where surface contamination makes conventional electrodes more difficult to use.

AC or DC Straight [–] Polarity

Clean the weld area as much as practical. Where required, use a grinder or Eagle 188 airless gouging electrode to remove damaged metal or groove out cracks.

Maintain a short to medium arc length while welding and use the lowest effective amperage for the electrode diameter and application.

Eagle 820 is an all-position maintenance electrode with a special coating designed to produce dependable welds on less-than-perfect steel surfaces.

It performs well on rusty, dirty, scaly and oil-soaked steel while producing a smooth weld deposit with minimal spatter.

Why Eagle 820?

Excellent on contaminated steel — designed to weld where rust, scale, dirt and oil make conventional electrodes harder to use.

All-position performance — suitable for flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead welding.

Low-spatter operation — helps keep cleanup to a minimum.
Built for maintenance work — ideal for field repairs, farm equipment, structural repair and general shop welding.

820 or 822 Farmer Rod?

Choose Eagle 820 when the steel is rusty, dirty, scaly or contaminated and you need an electrode that is forgiving on imperfect surfaces.

Choose Eagle 822 Farmer Rod when the steel is reasonably clean and you want an easy-starting, easy-restarting general-purpose maintenance electrode.

In simple terms:
820 = dirty / rusty steel specialist
822 = easy-running general-purpose maintenance rod

3/32" / 2.50 mm — 40–80 A
1/8" / 3.25 mm — 90–125 A
5/32" / 4.00 mm — 130–160 A