+1 can't weld dirt, rust, or dust, but paint lights on fire pretty easily
+1 can't weld dirt, rust, or dust, but paint lights on fire pretty easilyit looks like you need to do a little more surface prep before you start welding. just sand/grind/wire brush the area to bare metal.
What machine do you got? I have one of them blue cheapo jobbies from Harbor Freight and want to upgrade to a true MIG, so a picture would be appreciated.And I don`t use flux core anymore, a buddy of mine came over and showed me how to hook up the gas that same day I started.
Can you really do that if the manufacturer recommends a mixture of Argon and CO2? I'm not questioning, just asking, since I am new to welding myself and am trying to learn also. This is a good thread....use only CO2, the weld will be solid metal free of srut...
Gentlemen could this be part of his burn through problem. Since you are welding two different thickness pieces together, you may be using too much heat on one side and or not enough on the other. A skilled welder can pull it off, but for a newb this may be making your life more difficult, I would suggest getting some matching thickness sheet metal for your patches and seeing how that goes, just trying to help.I`m using thicker steel to patch with its prob 18 guage and its real stiff and hard to work with as far as bending goes.
Man that sucks, at this point I say time to media blast the entire vehicle and see what lurks beneath. Or take it all down to bare metal with some 60 grit sand paper on a random orbital sander.This was hiding under rocker panel trim piece, the entire area forward of the wheelflare was bondo, theres also a small dent in the mouth of the "gill" where the shelby side scoop was. Not to mention the rust holes...
I`m a little disheartened by this turn of events, but maybe we can get er done.
Can you really do that if the manufacturer recommends a mixture of Argon and CO2? I'm not questioning, just asking, since I am new to welding myself and am trying to learn also. This is a good thread.
+1 can't weld dirt, rust, or dust, but paint lights on fire pretty easilyyou're doing great, just keep at it, look at it this way, those parts are shot, junk, rusted, you can't make them any worse bad, but with some effort you can make them better, it's not like you're cutting out a hole in a perfectly good hood to add a hood scoop or something (or at least not just yet)
Can you really do that if the manufacturer recommends a mixture of Argon and CO2? I'm not questioning, just asking, since I am new to welding myself and am trying to learn also. This is a good thread.
This was hiding under rocker panel trim piece, the entire area forward of the wheelflare was bondo, theres also a small dent in the mouth of the "gill" where the shelby side scoop was. Not to mention the rust holes...
I`m a little disheartened by this turn of events, but maybe we can get er done.
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