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Lone Star keel...what series alloy?
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<blockquote data-quote="jigngrub" data-source="post: 352806" data-attributes="member: 6657"><p>I'm unsure of the alloy, but 5052 sounds like a good guess.</p><p></p><p>Are you sure you want to weld this? If you're a good welder with aluminum experience, go for it... but welding aluminum is tricky and you can really muck it up if you don't know what you're doing.</p><p></p><p>I personally would patch it. Patches, dents, dings, scratches, and scars give aluminum boats character and are like scars on the human body... and everybody knows chicks really dig guys with scars and fish really dig aluminum boats with patches. :LOL2: </p><p></p><p>I'm not a welder, so I'm a patcher. Gimme a sheet of 6061, a bag of closed end blind rivets, and a tube of marine epoxy and even the nastiest gash will be watertight when I'm done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jigngrub, post: 352806, member: 6657"] I'm unsure of the alloy, but 5052 sounds like a good guess. Are you sure you want to weld this? If you're a good welder with aluminum experience, go for it... but welding aluminum is tricky and you can really muck it up if you don't know what you're doing. I personally would patch it. Patches, dents, dings, scratches, and scars give aluminum boats character and are like scars on the human body... and everybody knows chicks really dig guys with scars and fish really dig aluminum boats with patches. :LOL2: I'm not a welder, so I'm a patcher. Gimme a sheet of 6061, a bag of closed end blind rivets, and a tube of marine epoxy and even the nastiest gash will be watertight when I'm done. [/QUOTE]
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