09-08-2020, 09:48 PM
Sizzling Hot Weekend
Well, it was down here in the heart of Wessex and I spent the weekend in the garage welding! Not really suitable weather but there you go.
The subject was the nearside rear wing. Painfully thin, with a lot of holes and an ugly 18SWG patch welded over the rust.
First job was to cut out the worst bits:
This, by any standard was a big patch, measuring 6 inches by 15. Took ages to "tack and bash" and weld into the wing:
Another couple of small patches but the thinnest material, near the bottom edge of the wing I decided to fill in the holes rather than patch. If I had patched it, I would have had to deal with the wire edge and some shape. It would have been another huge piece of metal and I was in danger of losing the integrity of the panel. It's all going to need a coating of filler rather deeper than I like to use but it's better than I started with, that's the main thing.
Some small bits of welding to pick up on the running boards tomorrow, then all the panels can be overcoated in primer-surfacer and stopper before we move on to top coat. Much rubbing down this week to look forward to!
Well, it was down here in the heart of Wessex and I spent the weekend in the garage welding! Not really suitable weather but there you go.
The subject was the nearside rear wing. Painfully thin, with a lot of holes and an ugly 18SWG patch welded over the rust.
First job was to cut out the worst bits:
This, by any standard was a big patch, measuring 6 inches by 15. Took ages to "tack and bash" and weld into the wing:
Another couple of small patches but the thinnest material, near the bottom edge of the wing I decided to fill in the holes rather than patch. If I had patched it, I would have had to deal with the wire edge and some shape. It would have been another huge piece of metal and I was in danger of losing the integrity of the panel. It's all going to need a coating of filler rather deeper than I like to use but it's better than I started with, that's the main thing.
Some small bits of welding to pick up on the running boards tomorrow, then all the panels can be overcoated in primer-surfacer and stopper before we move on to top coat. Much rubbing down this week to look forward to!