Re: Aluminum boat repair

[chris-p]

I have had some luck with small parts. I use it to repair chips out of the AV plates on gearcases. Never tried anything like a boat before!

I first cut the hole square.
Cut a piece to fit
bevel the mating edges
CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN, then clean again with SS brush
heat the part, not the rod. Get it hot, so that when you run the rod along the crack, the medium flows into the crack.
Keep heating and testing by running the rod along it. If it doesn’t melt, part is not hot enough yet.