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Subject:Re: Removing window seals
From:David Milo
Date:Thu, 1 Feb 2007 17:47:09 -0500

Well, you could get out the torch and goggles, but instead of welding, you
could use flux coated low temperature brazing rod and braze a metal patch
in. Very easy actually.

Dave

On 2/1/07, Gary Bawden <goldfieldgary@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi again,
>
> OK, got the window out! Thanks everyone for the help. Now for the bad
> news! The rust spot is worse than it looks - - light tapping with the pointy
> hammer has revealed that it is rusted all the way through in two spots along
> the 6" rusty bit along the bottom. Now what - - according to my 1959 edition
> of high school body work book gleaned at a yard sale (complete with pictures
> of shop guys with flat-top haircuts), I should get out the torch and weld in
> new metal. Or will epoxy and/or fiberglass be the more modern, preferred
> approach? I have a deep-grained mistrust of Bondo-type stuff, but I don't
> really want to make this too complicated.
>
> Gary
>
>
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