correct proceduire would be tack welding. To prepare the area which has to
be welded , I would use a zinc based spray that doesn't burn off too far
from the weld. Thats about all you can do, apart from injecting wax into the
thing after the welding.
Cheers, Gernot
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> From: David Sterrett (SA)[SMTP:Sterrett@ShenandoahAutomation.Com]
> Reply To: David Sterrett (SA)
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 5:34 PM
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Welding Inner Rockers
>
>
> Kind Folk of the Triumph List,
>
> I am getting ready to weld new inner rocker panels in my TR-6 and was
> wondering whether other folks out there who had
> done this had:
> 1. Used tack welding or plug welding? (I have a Lincoln WelPak 100 MIG)
> 2. Had treated the bare metal areas that are ground down in preperation
> for
> welding?
> Yesterday I bought a 3M Product (Weldable Primer) from a local auto
> body supply house but was wondering if anybody had
> used any other products that they knew lasted well.
> 3. Used a seam sealer. (3M makes a brushable kind I purchased. Certainly
> a
> reputable company.)
>
> If anyone has done this and has any thoughts or comments on the process,
> it
> would be much appreciated.
>
> As always, many thanks in advance.
>
> Dave Sterrett
> 69 TR-6 (3/4 Assembled)
>
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