Retro & Rusty
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Hi all, I just bought a boot lid for my Capri thats miles better than the old one except for the inner lip is a bit rotted out. Seen as I have a couple of other novice mates with Mig welders near me I thought maybe I could try and tack something in. I've wanted to try my hand at welding for a while and this might be a low risk way of learning about car welding.
I know I should practice on stuff before going for gold on the boot lid but i'm interested in how you would make a patch for this area and what techniques you would use to hold the new metal in place?
Heres the rot...
and it continues but not as bad on the other side so maybe I could clean this up.
I'm guessing it might be easier to cut two pieces. One with the more complicated shape and then one thats longer and more rectangular for the rest of the lip?
How would you make a good representation of the curve in the "first patch"? Would you make it out of cardboard or try and work the new metal over this with a hammer?
Also, how would to tack it to the outer boot lid lip? or would you not? Looks like this just has seem sealer over it?
Lastly i'm guessing if you had welding magnets you would but weld this?
Nothings happening for a while as I'm busy for a couple of weeks so it'll be living in my Capri till then haha.
I know I should practice on stuff before going for gold on the boot lid but i'm interested in how you would make a patch for this area and what techniques you would use to hold the new metal in place?
Heres the rot...
and it continues but not as bad on the other side so maybe I could clean this up.
I'm guessing it might be easier to cut two pieces. One with the more complicated shape and then one thats longer and more rectangular for the rest of the lip?
How would you make a good representation of the curve in the "first patch"? Would you make it out of cardboard or try and work the new metal over this with a hammer?
Also, how would to tack it to the outer boot lid lip? or would you not? Looks like this just has seem sealer over it?
Lastly i'm guessing if you had welding magnets you would but weld this?
Nothings happening for a while as I'm busy for a couple of weeks so it'll be living in my Capri till then haha.