34 ❘ September05, 2019 http://www.oldcarsweekly.comBut wait!
There’s a twist....While grinding as we’ve
seen, a tiny gap appeared at our
18-gauge steel patch’s edge.
Rusty as it is, the surrounding
steel is thinner than the patch.
We could do it diff erently, but
I’m thinkin’ we might braze over
our repair. Brazing would fi ll
in our tiny gap, along with any
pinholes that MIG welding may
have left behind. That sounds
pretty good in theory, so Mrs.
Rotten is willing to give brazing
a go. On that note, here we go.
Here Mrs. Rotten is off to a good start brazing, but soon our thinner-than-
18-gauge, rust-aff ected steel will show some distortion.With a dull blade on an adjustable vixen fi le, we’re leveling the high spots. At
this point we can tell that our patch has sunken just a bit.