I'd strongly recommend you do if you're planning on doing much more, I read some real nasty horror stories about people who worked it for years without masks and ended up coughing and spluttering the rest of their lives and could barely walk again, granted they did it as a full-time job.

Do be careful with it, don't really have the time to try and recruit a new forum welder.

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Haha, I do try to be careful with stuff like that, I have a friend who's a sprayer, he's a bit older than me at forty two but his health is terrible, and he has this constant thing where it's like he's doing little coughs to clear his throat but can never manage it. f**k that for the rest of your life, mind you he smokes twenty Bensons a day so he can't be that fussed about his lungs.

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Yup, that's what it'll do to you. You make sure you're more careful than that, I'd hate to hear you'd died before I had the money to get various welding jobs done by you.

Still, your van will look the nuts.

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Welding fumes are bad enough, n'mind spraying fumes too.

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There used to be a bloke round this way who sprayed that stuff with no mask and 9 times out of 10 a filthy roll up hanging off his bottom lip

He was getting on a bit last time I saw him so poss dead by now

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Didn't these come pre-rusted from Ford?

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I've just read that 2 pack paint contains isocyanates which can be absorbed through your f**king eyes and skin!

Balls to that, I'd want a full on suit, let alone mask

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Electrical work carried out in Portsmouth

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Prepping the other door has gone much the same, the usual crack in the corner where the quarter light meets the door skin. I decided to repair this one a bit differently as I got a bit too much distortion with the patch method leaving me with a fair bit of filling & sanding to do (which I hate)

Cleaned up, end of crack found and drilled to stop it getting bigger...



Then four holes drilled ready for plug welding and the rusted part of the split was sawn out...



Then I knocked up a patch, curved it and put on a bit of weld thru primer to hold off the tin worm as long as possible...



Next I offered it up, marked it and used a Cleco clip to hold it in place so I could weld it in...



Weldy, weldy, blah blah blah...





Forgot to photograph the dressing down the welds and filling bit but you get the idea.

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Some of my services: (See my for sale threads)
Engine mount/chassis repair
Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION
Harness bars

They actually did! Some body shells were moved from different locations in the factory while still in bare metal however they would get rained on while they were moving them about, letting the rust begin. Also they didn't always degrease the panels inside the cabs, we've had them rot out the whole inside of the roof because all the pain has fallen off behind the headlining! Sloppy c**ts!

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R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.

Some of my services: (See my for sale threads)
Engine mount/chassis repair
Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION
Harness bars

Thank you, migs pretty easy if you have a half decent set and good eyesight. The other disciplines require more skill and practice to master. I'd say prep and cleanliness are the most important factors in achieving a good result.

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R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.

Some of my services: (See my for sale threads)
Engine mount/chassis repair
Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION
Harness bars

An entire door made out of Caramac? To be fair it looks like it would last longer than the steel ford used previously