Brazing or soldering or weld

[Da dan]

I’m just thinking as I will need to do some work soon and this got me thinking. If it’s not in a high stress zone ie little window repairs and piecing in could I use a high silver content solider? Or will this just crack in time? Either that or thinking of getting a little mig welder? Any cheap (but good) recommendations welcome. Thanks


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[King Kenny]

I would not use any solder or brazing. A MIG welder from Clarke or SIP are the ones to go for. Stay away from gas less. On very thin metal use a multiple spot weld technique and take your time. Practice on some scrap metal. These are very brief pointers as there are plenty of tips available on the internet.

[Oldiebut goodie]

Brazing has its uses - even Plasticman has put up pics of repairs around windscreen using brazing. It is ideal for thin metal as well. An underused method IMHO. ( The heat is the main drawback in some areas.

[Plasticman]

indeed, say you have a small hole( size of a split lentil ....) what do you do with it. put a patch over it , about the worst thing you could do , cut it out and let a piece of metal back in , or grit blast it and braze it in (non ferrous) or tin it and lead it,, the latter 2 i do all the time ,
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[AngeloEvs]

I had small sections of the rear window flange and a small area around the filler tank aperture that needed repair and used solder and a 100W high power soldering iron. The sections were very small and I didn't want to damage the surrounding paintwork if I could avoid doing so . Did it many years ago and never been a problem as these were not stressed areas.