Any one used Wickes mild steel sheet?

[Digit]

Urgently need some 0.7-0.9mm sheet for my 2cv bodywork repair. Found this in Wickes:
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Metal-Sheet-Raw-Steel-200-x-1000mm/p/116696

Anyone used this before? And any recommended supplier of steel around Medway/Mailstone area? Cheers.

 

[Shedendman]

Question everyone is gonna ask.
Whats it for?

 

[Digit]

Question everyone is gonna ask.
Whats it for?

Oh silly me, thanks for reminding. it's for my 2cv bodywork repair, just small patches for inner wings.

 

[brightspark]

well it will be as good as any other steel sheet. a bit over priced but what can u expect for small quantities

 

[Digit]

well it will be as good as any other steel sheet. a bit over priced but what can u expect for small quantities

Thought possibly there might be some quality differences although they are all steel?

 

[Shedendman]

Save yourself the 8 quid and use some bits of the following
Old PC case
Side of a old washing machine or fridge
Pop to a local fabricators and ask if you can take a seek in their scrap skip,bung em £8 and you'll end up with a car load enough to build two 2CV's

 

[rikrobson]

Whip the washing machine out. Cut the side out and then put it back. Do this with the Mrs out by the way. And never tell her. EVER.

 

[evobilly666]

My Mrs read that, checked our washing machine and now wants a new one lol so thanks!!!

 

[Kent]

Go down a local tinbashers and raid the back of the guillotine, it's worth nothing as scrap as it don't weigh in at nowt

 

[the snooper]

complete rip off, can get a full sheet for 30 quid

 

[brightspark]

complete rip off, can get a full sheet for 30 quid

providing he has a decent roof rack and fastenes it down properly and it don't fly offlike my 6 length of mini trunking did and mr bloody bmw ran it all over on purpose

 

[rikrobson]

check out these guy's
https://www.themetalstore.co.uk/products/0-8mm-thick-mild-steel-sheet

 

[wristpin]

Another useful source is central heating engineers who do boiler changes particularly in country areas with bigger floor standing gas and oil units with nice large flat panels.

 

[ronan]

Finding and getting friendly with the gaffer at the local fab works or engineers is the way to go, always bung them the price of a couple of pints, or even offer to. I have even gotten nice pieces of engineering steels , p20, en steels, and billet aluminium this way.

 

[BrokenBiker]

You can get 2 square metres from ft brundle for about 20 quid including vat and delivery

 

[Windy Miller]

Body Matters, Kimberly road, Gillingham.

They'll have some nice zintec sheet for you.

 

[bigegg]

Body Matters, Kimberly road, Gillingham.

They'll have some nice zintec sheet for you.

Problem with a lot of these sources, they will be galvanised.
Pita cleaning it off.

 

[Windy Miller]

Problem with a lot of these sources, they will be galvanised.
Pita cleaning it off.

There's no need to grind off zintec.

 

[Charlie390]

Local motor factors round here supplies decent sized sheets of zintec for next to nothing, always worth a shot.

 

[Kent]

Problem with a lot of these sources, they will be galvanised.
Pita cleaning it off.

Zintec is not galv it's just a grey sheen that you can weld through no grind no issues