>X-Sender: anitabrt@pop.mindspring.com
>Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 17:44:46 -0500
>To: tigers@autox.team.net
>From: Anita Barrett <anitabrt@mindspring.com>
>Subject: SS Rust Repair
>Sender: owner-tigers@autox.team.net
>Reply-To: Anita Barrett <anitabrt@mindspring.com>
>
>Tigers,
> I am about to start the replacement of most of the lower 1/4 of the
>Tiger sheet metal along both sides. I have done this before on other
>cars using 24 gauge steel sheet metal and also using galvinezed sheet
>metal. This time I aquired a 4"X 10" 24 gauge Stainless Steel # 304 sheet.
>I do have a MIG with SS wire and argon. Any words of wisdom from
>the list?
>Jim Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
>
>
Dear Jim
If you live in a corrosive environment (near the sea) what you will set-up
is a galvanic cell, where the metal that is more suseptable to corrosion,
corrodes at a faster rate. In your case this will be the rest of the mild
steel body. This may not be at a high enough rate to worry about.
The other hassle is that the St/St will be more difficult to form and work
with, and will distort more with welding.
May be better to stick to mild steel and rust proof extensively with Tectel ?
which is made I think by Valvoline.
Maybe you should buy a Deloren!! for that ALL OVER silver look. If you got a
scratch you can just give it a steel wool buff.
Regards
Wally Menke
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