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On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 21:46, Keith Park wrote: > Had a blast today.... sandblasted the Crates whole engine compartment! All > day with my little syphon blaster... Nuts! its done though and the rear > apron does indeed look like Swiss cheeze. I was thinking of mig welding > them up but having a neophyte welder fill in all those holes on such thin > metal... well you get the picture, and isnt a good one! Im thinking of a > repair that is less invasive but should be just as permanent. I wont get > into it till I know it works but if you know me... it involves RTV! > Ill put more pictures up soon... the new bumper mount sections are > welded in place (thanks to Neil Mast and his Pink light saber (aka. > sawzall))!! When replacing rusty sections its a godsend to have good > replacements! BTW... is mig welding supposed to be this easy and fast? > Granted my welds wont win any beauty awards yet but WOW! IF its this easy > to weld up a car... and its easy to cut one up.... > > Oh Boy! I better turn some more lights on in the garage! > > Keith > > BTW... does everybody elses sandblasting sand say "Dont use for > Sandblasting"? > My sand blasting sand came from my local DIY store, and is know as "Fine" plaster sand. $1.98 for 40 lbs. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~