Fill Sheet Metal Holes

Using lineman s pliers the plug is cut to shape slowly snipping into a circle.

Fill sheet metal holes.

How to fill rust holes in metal method 1 of 3. The kind of plug to use depends on how the thin metal is being used. How to fill holes and big gaps with your mig welder is a video about welding big gaps and holes on decorative metalwork by mitchell dillman http mitchelldi. Holes in thin metal can be filled with plugs.

For clean precise holes in thin sheet metal make a wood sandwich. Weld thru coating many welding operation leave a section of the weld hidden. Perhaps a simple rivet or sheet metal screw can be secured in the hole. In this video matt goes over how to fill holes in a fender using a mig welder and a tig welder.

If the hole needs to contain a liquid a rubber washer can go on the sheet metal screw to render it water tight. Apply epoxy until the hole is filled. Holes larger than 1 4 need to be filled with metal. Simply sandwich the sheet metal between two pieces of wood and clamp everything down on a table or workbench.

Put on goggles gloves and a dust mask for protection. Select a patch matching the type of metal you re repairing. The wooden bread layers of the sandwich keep the sheet metal flat and prevent the drill bit from wandering as it bores through the sheet metal. Small magnets are especially handy in sheet metal rust repair such as holding a small piece of metal inside a hole.

A filler for the holes is needed i used some soft copper from a pipe hanging fixture hammered flat it was a perfect thickness for this application. Patching a hole with body filler. Get a tig 200. Filling the hole working from the front side and using the kit applicator a putty knife or even a stiff piece of cardboard cover the screening with epoxy.

A small magnet will help keep the filler metal in place while you weld. The job of filling small holes in sheetmetal is deceptively simple. For thicker sheet metal an old copper penny might be a quick source of material.