rustbucket 4 #1 Posted June 9, 2008 I,m not sure how many here are good welders or what not but i found a product for us not so great welders called aluma weld. it is a welding rod that you need no flux for and can be used with just simple propaine torch and they show them abuseing the remade and welded areas and the weld not breaking but everything else is. http://www.aluminumrepair.com/?src=google take a look and tell me what you all think. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
illinilefttackle 399 #2 Posted June 9, 2008 Rustbucket- I still have rods of that in my toolbox somewhere- I bought it a few years back to fix a pontoon on my boat. The complaint I had was it seems to melt quickly all at once, hard to control, hard to flow it into anywhere-probably would work with a lot of practice- I ended up using an aliminum flake mixture of epoxy to fix the boat-I even used the same thing to repair an alumimun transmission case.-Good Luck_AL :whistle: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Firpo701 407 #3 Posted January 2, 2015 Saw an infomercial on tv a couple of years back. Was not too impressed. In my opinion, you can't beat a good TIG set up for aluminum. Welded aluminum for 15 years that way, so maybe I'm a little biased, but I couldn't see myself investing in them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Digger 66 3,485 #4 Posted January 2, 2015 Saw an infomercial on tv a couple of years back. Was not too impressed. In my opinion, you can't beat a good TIG set up for aluminum. Welded aluminum for 15 years that way, so maybe I'm a little biased, but I couldn't see myself investing in them. Me too . Alumaloy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ5sD9hQTyw 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doc724 925 #5 Posted January 3, 2015 Sounds to me like a brazing alloy or silver solder. Because aluminum has a real tough oxide, it is difficult to get anything to stick to it. The aluma weld must have some real active flux in it to break thru the oxide. Of course, the problem with active flux is that it is corrosive so it needs to be cleaned off or else the flux will corrode the parent metal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tankman 3,518 #6 Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) Got to love TIG or MIG welding. Never much faith in those infomercial products. Can't find aluminum on any of my Horses. Am I missin' something? Use a soldering iron to repair the PE tanks. Did use a pop rivet in a steel tank, then JB Weld over the rivet. Worked great. Edited January 4, 2015 by Tankman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rickinmemphis 1 #7 Posted January 12, 2015 The console on my 75 C-120 appears to be made of Aluminum. It could be a Pot metal of some sorts. I have used this product in the past and it is great for filling small holes, scratches and gashes. Bondo works to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,769 #8 Posted January 13, 2015 The console on my 75 C-120 appears to be made of Aluminum. It could be a Pot metal of some sorts. I have used this product in the past and it is great for filling small holes, scratches and gashes. Bondo works to. Tricky to use but it does work. Knowing how to solder and weld isn't helpful since it is very different and will fool those experienced. I've seen a similar product used by a pro and I've have used that product, though the pro was better than I am now! Stuff works! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
