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Hobby Welding Gas Suppliers 

Hobby Welding Gas Suppliers is the place for DIY welders, classic car enthusiasts and home fabricators to find the right gas for their MIG sets. Our smaller cylinders are easy to handle and store, while still offering enough capacity for real projects – not just test welds.

Simply select the gas mix and cylinder size that matches your machine and work, add it to your basket and checkout online.

Buy hobby MIG welding gas online from Adams Gas. Rent-free cylinders for home garages, classic car projects and DIY welding, with professional-quality gas mixes and easy online ordering.

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Picking up a MIG welder is only half the story – you also need a good quality shielding gas to get clean, strong welds. Our hobby MIG welding gas cylinders give you access to the same kind of gas mixes used in professional workshops, but in sizes and prices that make sense for home use.

With Adams Gas you get:

  • Rent-free cylinders – ideal if you weld at weekends or for occasional projects
  • Gas mixes suited to hobby work on cars, motorbikes, garden equipment and general fabrication
  • Smaller, easier-to-store bottles that fit in garages and sheds without taking up all your space

Typical uses include:

  • Restoring classic cars and motorbikes
  • Fabricating brackets, racks and repairs around the home
  • Hobby projects, off-road builds and motorsport preparation

Many home users also keep a bottle of TIG Welding Gas or pure argon if they run multiple machines, and may use Disposable Gas Cylinders for very small or portable kits.

Always check your welder’s manual to confirm the recommended gas type and ensure your regulator and fittings match the cylinder you are ordering.

FAQs

As a trusted supplier of gas, we frequently get asked questions about gas safety, the difference between butane and propane, as well as the best uses for our gas products. In this blog, we’ll be answering our most common FAQs.

We stock a wide range of butane gas bottles for residential and commercial use. It’s a versatile gas and can be used in fridges, lighters, and aerosols. Butane is also popular for camping and caravanning because it provides portable heating, as well as the capability to fuel barbecues quickly and efficiently.

Unlike gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, butane is not a greenhouse gas and does not affect the ozone layer.

If you find yourself in a situation where a gas cylinder is involved in a fire or close to fire, do not approach or attempt to move the cylinder or operate the valve. Evacuate the area immediately and keep others away.

Contact the Fire & Rescue Service as soon as possible, informing them of your location, as well as the type and quantity of gas involved.

If you’d like to read more about gas safety then please read our blog on how to stay safe when handling gas.

As a gas bottle supplier, we know there are several things that influence how long a gas bottle lasts. These factors include, your burner, low or high heat, the use and frequency of use.

The gas application is a major factor of how long your bottle will last because it determines how much gas you need. A 45kg cooking gas bottle can last around 244 days, depending on the burner you have and the frequency with which you use the gas. If you have a Calor gas propane 6kg bottle and if you consider that 1kg of propane can give around 13.6 kWh of energy – you will be able to use a cooker for about 81.6 hours.

At Adams Gas, we provide many different types of gas, including butane. Each 220g of butane will last for approximately 3 to 4 hours on low heat, meaning you can really get your money’s worth with this type of gas. Our Calor gas butane 15kg bottles could last for up to 238 hours on low heat.

Fire up the BBQ whatever the weather with our range of Calor bottled gases. Not only can you start cooking almost instantly after turning your gas on, you can also carry on cooking for longer.

Propane gas exerts significantly more pressure than butane at the same temperature, meaning it’s ideal for exterior storage and BBQ use all year round.

Butane gas is also great for barbeques as it produces around 12% more energy than propane when the same volume of each gas is burned. While butane is a popular choice for those who light up their BBQ a few times a week, you should consider that butane gas won’t flow when the weather is cold.

Interested to find out more? Read our blog on the differences between propane and butane for bbqs.

With energy, the standing charge is the cost of having a gas and electricity supply, then you pay usage charges on top. The standing charge is the fee you pay to your energy supplier simply because it gives you access to energy.

Transporting gas cylinders in a safe and responsible manner is essential to the safety and welfare of your employees and the general public. Gas Safe recommends that any organisation transporting dangerous goods, such as butane gas bottles, follows the basic legal safety regulations within ADR, which include driver training, vehicle ventilation, safety equipment and basic safety training with gases.

You should always comply with gas safety rules, which include no smoking in, or near to any vehicle that is being used to transport gas bottles, no carrying more than 333kg of gas without an ADR license, no operation of ignition near the gas bottles and no carrying of any unnecessary passengers whilst transporting gas cylinders.

If you’d like to find out more about safety when transporting gas cylinders then please read our blog which outlines full gas safety instructions.

We’re always on hand to answer your questions, so if you have anything you’d like to ask then please get in touch, we’d love to help.