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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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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.

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.

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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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.