Date:         Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:00:50 EDT
Reply-To:     RAlanen@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Windshield Frame Rust
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In a message dated 13/08/2009 4:40:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

        MIG welder,  right  here in the shop, use it almost every day, no
problem.  BUT grinding down  the welds in the area of the windshield corners
where NEW metal is needed is not  fun and does not work as well as the
POR-15 and Fiberglas method.  So you  just welded in a small quarter sized piece
of NEW metal to fill in the missing  metal in the corner of the windshield
frame.  The heat from welding just  burned off all the paint and undercoating
on the inside of the frame where you  can't see.  What do you do about that
now ?  Well, I know how most  deal with it, they forget about it until the
customer is back with rust bubbling  out from under the windshield rubber.
NOW what do you do ?  Fix it  for free, make him pay again ?  My method has
no come backs, not yet  anyways.  Maybe before I retire I'll see one.



>>>>>>Ok, so I'm not the only one who raised an  eyebrow at that comment.
Not ganging up on you Frank, I think you do great  work...
While the techniques mentioned are interesting, a decent MIG setup  is
really
pretty cheap considering what a useful tool it is.  I  couldn't function
without mine.  And yeah, I prefer to replace metal  with metal too.<<<<<<<