Hello,
I am new to body repair, but have done a bit of mechanical automotive work before. I have a 62 Austin Healey that was my dads. The rockers, pillars, fenders, and floorboards need to be replaced. I have the replacement panels, but don't really know/understand the process of what to do. I have to do things little by little just do to my time. How do I go about cutting out all of the rust and preserving that piece until I can weld in the patch? One thing I have gotten from these boards is to spray an epoxy primer to keep metal from rusting up until you put on your primer/basecoat. Can you weld on top of this epoxy primer? I would assume not since you want metal to metal. Any general help or guidance in how the process works would be a great help now as I try to plan this out.
- Drew
I am new to body repair, but have done a bit of mechanical automotive work before. I have a 62 Austin Healey that was my dads. The rockers, pillars, fenders, and floorboards need to be replaced. I have the replacement panels, but don't really know/understand the process of what to do. I have to do things little by little just do to my time. How do I go about cutting out all of the rust and preserving that piece until I can weld in the patch? One thing I have gotten from these boards is to spray an epoxy primer to keep metal from rusting up until you put on your primer/basecoat. Can you weld on top of this epoxy primer? I would assume not since you want metal to metal. Any general help or guidance in how the process works would be a great help now as I try to plan this out.
- Drew