Are you going to use seam sealer on the finished product?
Killed a perfectly good bucket
Any patch panel is gonna have to be completely perimeter welded if you want the repair to be free of any possibility of future moisture infiltration between the panels, although I'd guess that a good seam sealer applied at this time would be enough to call it done.Yup, going to POR 15 it, then seam seal it before I sound deaden the floor.
So... this afternoon I had my first opportunity to use a fire extinguisher. FUN right?!?!?!? PSA: Do not leave a small bucket of paint thinner directly under the floor board you are welding as it turns out welding sparks can cause flammable liquids to catch fire... who knew? Time for a new extinguisher, but SUPER happy I had that nearby.
After all the excitement, I managed to get it spot welded in. I still want to stitch up about a 2" stitch every 6" or so before I am done welding. And I still have the rear seat attachment points to weld on the bottom which I will do after I bolt the seat back in so I know they are in the exact right position, then I also need to do the MM SFCs...
Any patch panel is gonna have to be completely perimeter welded if you want the repair to be free of any possibility of future moisture infiltration between the panels, although I'd guess that a good seam sealer applied at this time would be enough to call it done.
The spot welds will be totally strong enough for the panel if you don't want to do more. Just seam seal it and you're good to go. Good work though man, most won't do what you're doing there.So all the old stuff is cut out, about ready to weld in the new piece after some time fitting it and cleaning crap up. I drilled holes every inch or so to do "spot welds" in the new panel and then will add a few stitch welds along the perimeter after all the spots are filled. I'm planning to do the welds in a cross pattern to keep from warping it. It's all got weld through primer on it now as well. Once it is all done the next step will be to fit up the MM Full length SFCs.
The spot welds will be totally strong enough for the panel if you don't want to do more. Just seam seal it and you're good to go. Good work though man, most won't do what you're doing there.
Looks done right. Glad the fire didnt hurt anything under the car!
Your floor turned out great-glad to see you are back at it
Now onto the other thing you mentioned- BBQ competition? What did ya cook up and how’d you do? Lol
Good job man
I'm enjoying what I'm doing now, but I can't wait to be at that stage.
Really nice work though. What're you using for sound deadening?