Welding Door Patch Panels

This is the follow on from how to patch rust using a mig welder it is one method that works very well practice on a off cut in order to get your heat setting.

Welding door patch panels.

After some grinding with a 24 grit resin sanding wheel on a four inch grinder the patch was ready for a skim coat of body filler primer and finish paint. Here s a few tips on repairing rust holes in car body panels. Three or four quick tack weld moving around the part as they go. Mike bumbeck mike bumbeck.

The video is still worth watching if you have never done this before i have videos. The job is half assed but i had no choice in my situation at the time. The same weld process is used again. The cleco pins were used because plug welds will be used to replace the original spot welds.

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