Hey look! I can see the ground!
12-18-2009, 07:34 PM
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Hey look! I can see the ground!
Through my floor that is. Pulled up my carpet cause it's been wet and look what I find, after I chopped the worst of the rust out. Any recommendations on size of metal to use to patch it. Was thinking 1/16", maybe I'll go 1/8", never patched a floor before, this ought to be fun, can't be worse than patching my frame.
12-18-2009, 07:58 PM
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Holy Buckets! I've never patched a floor before. I would guess thicker is better, right? Geez, good luck.
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Whew, Im glad i live in texas!! When I first got on this site, I was scared to death to pull up my carpet!! But when I did I was happy, the only rust I got is surface rust on my bed floor!!
As for thickness, like they said, maybe a little thicker than stock would be good, while you are there you may want to check the passenger side too!
As for thickness, like they said, maybe a little thicker than stock would be good, while you are there you may want to check the passenger side too!
12-19-2009, 08:53 PM
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It's hard welding that stuff period. It's so thin you constantly burn through. Anyways, finished welding in a patch and am now painting/undercoating everything, what a pain in the A$$, I hate rust!
12-20-2009, 05:45 AM
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You don't need anything thicker than 1/8" as that body metal is like 20-28 gauge at the most.
Make the patch plate bigger than the area it needs to fill and make holes in it around the edges and rosette weld it in instead of trying to butt weld it. It will be much easier and much stronger.
Fill up the seams with seam sealer, hit it with some Rustoleum inside and out, 3M undercoating on the outside, done.
Make the patch plate bigger than the area it needs to fill and make holes in it around the edges and rosette weld it in instead of trying to butt weld it. It will be much easier and much stronger.
Fill up the seams with seam sealer, hit it with some Rustoleum inside and out, 3M undercoating on the outside, done.
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12-20-2009, 07:15 AM
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You don't need anything thicker than 1/8" as that body metal is like 20-28 gauge at the most.
Make the patch plate bigger than the area it needs to fill and make holes in it around the edges and rosette weld it in instead of trying to butt weld it. It will be much easier and much stronger.
Make the patch plate bigger than the area it needs to fill and make holes in it around the edges and rosette weld it in instead of trying to butt weld it. It will be much easier and much stronger.
added to my 'good ideas' sticky in 1st Gen folder
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i do car interiors for a living, and believe me, we see this a lot. it might sound crazy, but the best way to repair it is to just get some thin sheet metal and screw/rivet/weld it around the hole, putting silicone inbetween them. after that dries, we usually lay down some fiberglass resin and cloth along the whole section of affected floorpan, this ensures the rust won't run as much and elimintates most weak points in the future. sometimes, we even skip the first step and just do fiberglass, but only on cars with small rust holes, you'd be surprised how strong 1/4 inch of fiberglass is.
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