Patching Rust Holes With Sheet Metal

Small rust holes offer beginners a great way to practice rust repair.

Patching rust holes with sheet metal.

In others particularly in outdoor applications abuse accident rust or other incidents can occur. After slicing the patches out with a cutoff wheel next came the bending hammer and dolly session until the patches matched the holes and fit snug and flush into the flanged seat. Whether you re dealing with a small piece of sheet metal or something valuable like a car you can fix it. Insert the metal mesh behind the rust hole.

If you don t have a grinder or angle grinder you can use heavy duty tin snips to cut the rust and rusting metal out of the hole. Most kits contain a body filler paste a hardener and a piece of expanded zinc metal or fiberglass cloth which is used to support the filler while patching the hole. I used a piece of pvc pipe a vice mount miniature metal break and body hammer kit. In some of these applications the chances of needing to ever repair a hole in the metal is remote.

And butt up to the edges of the hole. You need to be able to weld thin sheet metal and. Rust on your classic muscle car is a nuisance. Body filler is a simple way to repair freshly cleaned holes.

Hold the zinc metal piece behind the hole and attach it to the body of the vehicle behind the hole with small amounts of filler. All of the rust needs to be removed from the hole and the metal surrounding it. Cut the affected metal away from the hole with tin snips or a grinder. When dry overnight you will not believe how strong this repair.

Coat the area inside the hole thoroughly with miracle paint to prevent further rusting then make a patch of 3 layers of fiberglass mat soaked in miracle paint and apply it over the rust hole. I then used the templates to trace out the patch panels on some sheet metal. Thin steel often called sheet metal is used in innumerable objects. Even banging on it will make you think you are banding on sheet metal.

By filling in holes you stop rust in its tracks and ensure the metal lasts longer.