Hey folks, once again I come seeking your advice. As always your help is greatly appreciated.
After much massaging I got my window corner patch pretty darn close and got it welded in. By massaging I mean the angle in the corner was wrong (trim would not fit correctly) so I finally ended up stretching the one edge to get the angle. Very happy with how the chrome fits.
Getting ready to clean up the backside as best I can reach, but I think with a little hammer and dolly work I will need very little filler.
My problem is the transition of the existing vertical edge to the patch panel. The existing edge is sharper than the patch panel. I'm just hoping to create a gradual transition to disguise it as best as possible (all my other AMD patch panels have been really good but this one took a lot of work even to get to this point).
Is this a good application of lead? Right up from the top edge of this patch is where the roof is leaded to the quarter panel, so its already in use there. I've never worked with lead before but this lip seems like it could take some abuse and any filler would be subject to getting chunks out of it (granted not as bad as something like the edge of a car door). Here's a better picture.
One other question, you can probably see from the second picture that where I dressed the weld in the valley is rough. I used a 2" 80 grit disc but its almost impossible to keep the edges from digging in that valley. Any advice for dressing welds in a concave area for the next time would be greatly appreciated.
After much massaging I got my window corner patch pretty darn close and got it welded in. By massaging I mean the angle in the corner was wrong (trim would not fit correctly) so I finally ended up stretching the one edge to get the angle. Very happy with how the chrome fits.
Getting ready to clean up the backside as best I can reach, but I think with a little hammer and dolly work I will need very little filler.
My problem is the transition of the existing vertical edge to the patch panel. The existing edge is sharper than the patch panel. I'm just hoping to create a gradual transition to disguise it as best as possible (all my other AMD patch panels have been really good but this one took a lot of work even to get to this point).
Is this a good application of lead? Right up from the top edge of this patch is where the roof is leaded to the quarter panel, so its already in use there. I've never worked with lead before but this lip seems like it could take some abuse and any filler would be subject to getting chunks out of it (granted not as bad as something like the edge of a car door). Here's a better picture.
One other question, you can probably see from the second picture that where I dressed the weld in the valley is rough. I used a 2" 80 grit disc but its almost impossible to keep the edges from digging in that valley. Any advice for dressing welds in a concave area for the next time would be greatly appreciated.