Thoughts?

http://www.easyweld.com/

Suitable for battery tray repair?

Hmm, looks ok. Can it be used on steel though?

Still think i'd reinforce it with a new plate and a proper MIG weld.

Edited 24 April, 200818 yr by XRP

Iff you make up the right sized piece of metal for the tray and cut back and prep the sexisting hole then it wouldnt cost a tupence for someone to tack it then seam weld it in.

I need to do my battery tray .. I need motivation .. lol .

no the alloy welding sticks like those can only be used on non-ferrous metals, so you cant use them on steel or stainless steels, and if you try then on aluminium you need a blowtorch that is bigger than your average DIY one to supply enough volume of heat

Edited 24 April, 200818 yr by optima21

Thoughts?

http://www.easyweld.com/

Suitable for battery tray repair?

not worth the money mate, wont be proper fusion so it will probly end up cracking. to get someone to tack up a bit of mig will cost next to nothing anyway, I'm not exactly sure what sort of stuff you welding but I'm about to do my battery tray on mk3 and I'm just going to tack it plenty then cover it all in seam sealer, saves trying to get a perfect lap weld all the way round which would be a bugger

no the alloy welding sticks like those can only be used on non-ferrous metals, so you cant use them on steel or stainless steels, and if you try then on aluminium you need a blowtorch that is bigger than your average DIY one to supply enough volume of heat

Spot on, you'll need something like oxycetalene which can produce the heat required

Tried it in my Robot Wars days, they were giving it away to us free in the hope someone would say something nice about it. In reality, papermaiche would be a better weld.

no the alloy welding sticks like those can only be used on non-ferrous metals, so you cant use them on steel or stainless steels, and if you try then on aluminium you need a blowtorch that is bigger than your average DIY one to supply enough volume of heat

Spot on, you'll need something like oxycetalene which can produce the heat required

no you can use can Primus Sievert and Bullfinchblow blowtorches that use propane cylinders. and are suitable, but the problem with working on aluminium is the heat conductivity and thermal expansion. Also you cant see the colour temperhature (like you can with steel), so you've its hard to tell when the aluminium is hot enough to melt the rods or too hot so the aluminium starts melting.......

..it can be one though, here's one I prepared earlier

ohh yeah and that is a GT inlet manifold