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Tailgunner:

All you need to weld a panel repair in place is two car batteries, a set of jumper cables, and a few paperclips. 8)

I did my panel repairs with a Miller TIG welder, but any of the small portable MIG machines should do the job.

Rocky:

I am working on my first metal CP.

I tried an alternative method to welding.  I used "J B weld" instead.

I used it to cold weld a piece of metal under a hole and then filled it with bondo.  I also tried the fender washer thing that OSCAR did (man that's a cool idea!).  Both worked extremely well.  :D

Sand flush and you're done.  Everything is super solid. I had my doubts about epoxying those washers, but it holds fine.

So, if you don't have a welder, you can still cold weld.  It just take 12-15 hours to fully cure  :P

YMMV,

Rocky

Rocky:

Close up of the fender washer after sanding flush

Rocky:

Front of CP with 3 holes filled (2 with washers, 1 with bondo)


Rocky:

back of CP

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