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2nd November 2019, 12:40 | #31 |
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"Yes i thought about it, but i was scarred by the memory of messing up the floor pan of my 1974 Hillman Imp back in the 80’s, and decided against it.
My MOT guy made the point that yes you can spot weld on a complete sill, because that is a complete panel with the strength it should have and the same as leaving the factory, but where a hole is concerned it needs to be seam welded simply to restore the strength to the panel. Spot welding around a hole would still leave the panel weakened. Made sense to me anyway." That brings back memories of welding sills on the wife's Hillman Imp several decades ago with an arc welder. At least the perforations the welding made let the water out (as well as in). MIG welding seems much more controllable and you can see what you are doing with the self darkening face mask. After some practice I managed to make a weld that didn't look too much like mouse droppings. |
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The weld could be better however the cost was very small and was sufficient for test. So the provocation is quite purposeless. Be my guest and squabble amongst yourselves, but I have more pressing issues to deal with . |
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I got the impression it was meant to be factual. I guess we all see things in a different way and have the right to our own opinions.-- One of the things that brings this home is if you ask an opinion from a number of different folk who have all witnessed the same road accident. - You will be more than likely to get several very different answers.--- Life's like that.---No offence intended just differing view points.--- |
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Looking a bit better with grey primer instead of black.
Weld line is visible in a few places, and over did it with the stone chip protection, but it will keep it protected for the winter until i can get back to smooth it down and get a top coat on it. |
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Remember primer is porous to moisture so you'll need to get some gloss over it to protect the metal underneath.
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Thanks for that bit of advice. Actually didnt know that primer is porous, so came as a great help, otherwise i could envisage returning to the car next month to find it red with rust again.
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Main issue is it needs a bit of filler just at the back to smooth out the weld line and i need to do something about the join line between the stone guard and the normal painted section. I put it on too thick and when i pulled the masking tape away it left a witness line that is thicker than i wanted so I will have to do that again when i get more time. |
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With gloss it slides straight off.--It went thataway.-- |
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