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| | | | Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 27 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 27 | I'm wanting to blast this area, then filling with lead. Opinions, please.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | best bet would be to cut it out and fab up new metal pieces, there will be corrosion between the lapped pieces that sand/media blasting won't touch - and if you don't have experience with body solder, doing that underside would give you fits, solder dripping all over the place
Bill | | | | | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,960 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,960 | I'm still one of the old geezers that used lead before Bondo became popular. I still do a little of it ever once in a while to show people how to do it. However, this is not a spot for a filler. Lead or Bondo. You need to cut out the bad stuff, weld in a piece to replace what you cut out. Grind down the weld, and then use either Bondo or lead to fill the imperfections. Leading and soldering is 2 different things. Soldering involves heating the parent metal until it melts the solder to flowing. Leading requires heating the parent metal and then applying lead to where it is not fully flowing, but spreadable like butter. I would patch it and then use Bondo to fill the imperfections. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,960 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,960 | I'm still one of the old geezers that used lead before Bondo became popular. I still do a little of it ever once in a while to show people how to do it. However, this is not a spot for a filler. Lead or Bondo. You need to cut out the bad stuff, weld in a piece to replace what you cut out. Grind down the weld, and then use either Bondo or lead to fill the imperfections. Leading and soldering is 2 different things. Soldering involves heating the parent metal until it melts the solder to flowing. Leading requires heating the parent metal and then applying lead to where it is not fully flowing, but spreadable like butter. I would patch it and then use Bondo to fill the imperfections. | | |
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