molding holes
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molding holes
Ok hears the deal I have a '78 F-150 with the race track molding and two tone paint. I am planing on repainting it one solid color and geting rid of all the trim.
So my question is what is the best way to get rid of the holes where the trim was cliped on?
So my question is what is the best way to get rid of the holes where the trim was cliped on?
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Not an authority, imagine depends upon size of trim hole. Have a video where a hole punch to make a plug for filling then used a tig welder, imagine mig would also work. Came across an article in Carcraft magazine, not sure if of any help, just additional food for thought. Have not decided which way to go when it comes to filling molding hole on my truck. It's been a while, but when it came to filling in couple screw holes on 1 of the doors on my truck I was able to clean the backside and used a long stran type filler on the backside and then filled in the hole, let it set for couple hours, sanded, and painted, that was a few years ago and no problems yet.
http://www.carcraft.com/howto/3065/index.html
If you 'click' on the related photos it goes into more detail.
dave
http://www.carcraft.com/howto/3065/index.html
If you 'click' on the related photos it goes into more detail.
dave
Last edited by daveengelson; Dec 20, 2007 at 12:54 PM.
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I filled holes in my bodywork with those crappy gold colored nails. They are the kind that come in crates. Anyway, they are soft, so they melt about the same as sheetmetal.
Anyway, I left the nail shank sticking up and used a 90 magnet to hold it in place while I ARC welded it. By the way, don't ARC weld body panels. It will make you say bad words
Anyway, I left the nail shank sticking up and used a 90 magnet to hold it in place while I ARC welded it. By the way, don't ARC weld body panels. It will make you say bad words
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Weld um up its the only way. I welded in a circle shape around the boarder of the hole. Use little tacks and skip around between like 3 or 4 holes untill the hole is completly covered over, it keeps the warping down. Also for bigger holes as previosly mentioned use a nail or a small peice of sheat metal to patch the holes.
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make small tacks as mentioned before for small holes . for larger ones you can use a piece of same thickness sheet metal . make it a little larger than the hole , grind the surface of the patch piece , and the rear of the panel you are looking to patch. than use panel bonding adhesive. this stuff is starting to be used more and more and is stronger than welding a panel on a car. this way there is no warped panels , and when you go to the outside of the panel to put some filler you only have a small skim coat to put on it. the thicker the filler the greater the chance there is for it to crack and fail. its is really a quick and easy fix that will last.
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