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| | ====Fixing rust holes in body panels==== | | ====Fixing rust holes in body panels==== |
| − | Grind down all the paint and rust from around the hole. Clamp a piece of copper to the other side (roof flashing, penny, etc.). Then, fill in the hole with a MIG welder. When done, unclamp the copper -- it won't stick to the panel. Also, it absorbs the heat, so the panel won't warp as much.
| + | See: [[pitted rust]]. |
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| − | Rust pinholes are hard to repair with a welder because the "holes" are actually "craters". The hole is the bottom of a craterlike thinned out area of metal.
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| − | Will brass work too?
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| − | What about drilling and patching pinholes?
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| | ====Storing body panels==== | | ====Storing body panels==== |
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