MOARRR!! WE WANT MOARRR!!
MOARRR!! WE WANT MOARRR!!
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Haha sorry I've been busy with stuff but here are some updates!
Why bother welding a patch on top of a rusted out metal really? What are you trying achieve here, dumbass?
Teh horror! I don't even know what I'm doing at the moment ><
Looks to me like you're going to learn how to weld.
practice makes perfect just practice on lots of scrap steel, maybe some thicker stuff to get the hang of it at first so you don't get frustrated and just blow holes everywhere in thin stuff lol
I have a MIG welder with gas myself, sounds best for thin sheet metal but the heat will still give distortion if not used carefully. Regular fees for the gas bottle rental even if you don't use it but useful to have around.. Preludes rust more than Accords.. Honda Z much worse.. my Lancias have a little & their parts cars are terrible...
A previous owner or "repairer" of one my Preludes had evidently used old fashioned ox-acetelene welding and made a right mess of it; looks like that requires real skill.
I didn't have too many problems teaching myself MIG welding though my cheap welders sticky, inconsistent wire feed can be VERY annoying and anything less than perfectly clean metal creates problems too
I had a very quick hunt on RetroRides for suggestions...obviously there're plenty more.
http://retrorides.proboards.com/inde...&thread=128343
And there's always these threads for inspiration:
Making Panels...
Too far gone or do-able?????? mk 5 2.3 cortina
1979 chrysler sunbeam gls no.294
1967 Osi 20M TS - needs a bit of welding!!
Some are quite epic.
You know they're used to rust! If not slightly mad.
Panels with rusty reinforcement panels underneath like most of those can be a pain for the rust returning unless you can get those internal surfaces really clean & rust-free though.. I have to re-do my Preludes cowl panel again because the little wiper-pivot mounting panel/reinforcement under the outer panel had rust in the joint between them.
Last edited by 79cord; 09-07-2012 at 01:13 AM.
Last edited by Hazwan; 09-07-2012 at 03:29 AM.
HAHAHHAHAH
All clean and ready for etching primer (Y)
Etching primer on
Thats all for today. Moar tomorrow!
All covered up in primer for now so it wouldn't rust till I could send the car off to be welded. I can't weld myself soo
Before the primer you should do a chemical to the bare metal treatment to avoid rust.
I use a phosphoric acid based product. Then you can be sure no rust will bubble under the shiny new paint in your right front door.
Last edited by 1GCustomAccord; 09-13-2012 at 09:00 AM.
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I thought an etching primer will do the same trick?
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What's the stuff called?
Here we have a local brand, but you just need to ask for a de-rust treatment based on phosphoric acid, there's lot of brands selling that stuff.
A rapid googling found me this results for NZ.
Tergo rust remover and metal conditioner:
http://www.tergo.co.nz/Tech%20Data/P...gophostdsP.PDF
Non-acid product (never tried this stuff myself):
http://www.evapo-rust.co.nz/How%20It%20Works.htm
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Prep and Ready from POR-15 is awesome for metal prep.
http://www.por15.com/PREP-READY/productinfo/MRG/
WOW, Fisher Price, my first bondo
I have Ospho brand acid, I used it a lot when I worked in the boat yard
Eric
3geez member since October 12, 2000
"All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man." - Henry David Thoreau
Nice job Hazwan!!
MOAR MOAR PICS hehehe
Car is at the shop right now. Getting bunch of rust spots rewelded. I wish I could weld myself
Had the car back from the shop since last week but never got around doing much to it. Been busy with other customer cars.
Managed to put some rust protection/bondo on the welded areas.
I'm gonna have to use fiberglass on smaller/non critical rust spots since getting the whole car welded back is costing too much and the owner refused to do it (N)
if you would stop playing with your kittys this would of been done :O
1988 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe 123k miles.
rofl ^
1988 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe 123k miles.
The game.
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