Welding up holes......

[emu]

I want to get rid of all the trim holes in my doors and rear quarters.

 

When I first got the car I fibreglassed the inside and filled the outside just to tidy it all up. I want to do it properly this time.

 

I think theres about 30-35 to fill , is there an easy (and proper) way to do it that isnt going to take me till this time next year?

[aden]

fill them with weld and grind back mate

[Posse]

Weld them up rich and rub them down jd

[BIG G]

ive seen a guy hold a piece of brass behind the hole then puddled weld the hole up. Te weld will fill the hole up easily.

[emu]

I assume that the brass supports the puddle without melting itself and becoming a part of the weld??

[BIG G]

must do

[bigglesmk2]

Are you doing this to a mk2 escy four door?

 

Reason i ask is coz im after the trim that goes in those hole's

[Durham Fiesta]

you can get little ceramic blocks that are on sticky tape roll that stick behind the panel and just puddle weld the hole

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

i did a door which had had the trim on i just welded the holes and ground it back

[emu]

ill find some brass and try that, And i suppose a peice of wall tile would do as ceramic??

 

Ill try them both out on one of the old doors. Im worried that ill end up burning the edges away and have an even bigger hole to fill so some sort of support sounds like it will do the trick.

 

BIGGLES- I have a bundle of the 4dr ghia side trims but I dont know what is what. Where abouts are you?

[bigglesmk2]

Im in loughborough

 

Previous owner of my car pulled the trim off and threw it away

 

They put a line of insulation tape over the hole's and i didnt even notice

[Cookie]

This is how I do them m8, Learnt from experience over the years and works a treat-

 

step 1= grind to clean metal around hole (do this before step 2, as you'll

won't get grinder on it after, yip learnt the hard way myself )

 

STEP 2= Tap hole inwards a tad, use old pozi screwdriver or punch

usually do 2 quick taps and its perfect, don't go mad

 

Step 3 = Weld up holes on low setting in tiny bursts so as not to warp

panel, and let cool for a few secs between each burst.

The reason for tapping the holes inwards a bit is so you can

weld from the side of the hole on solid metal over, to build

it up, if you try and start welding right on the edge of the

hole you are gonna just burn it away.

 

Step 4 = Now you should have a solid hole, with a bit of weld to grind

down, but as the hole is inwards you will still have plenty of

thickness left after you have grinded it down flat, I always

use flap discs for this now, grinding discs are to abrasive.

 

Step 4 = Skim of filler and you have holes that will never ever crack