Filling holes in Al diamond plate

[rdelmendo]

Hi all-

I have a large number of holes to fill in the aluminum diamond plate on my barn doors.

Have any of you used Eastwood's kit:?
http://www.eastwood.com/alumiweld-standard-kit.html

Cheers,

Ron

[3822sean]

no have not but seen the video and looks like it works great,,,,show some pics of your results good luck

[Shadow Catcher]

I have seen a demonstration but not tried it my self. There are a couple of videos on YouTube.

[HandyAtLeast]

I've never used it, but I have used aluminum epoxy for filling holes in aluminum plate. A 6oz tube is $27, but the stuff works great.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#aluminum-filled-epoxies/=c35iue

[Wimperdink]

I've tried it.... I didn't like it. I'm guessing it would be ok if you are heating with an acetylene torch. Map Gas and propane didn't work well unless your welding something as thin as a pop can (which incidentally is what I've seen it demo'd on.)

I used it to patch a hole in the roof aluminum skin of my camper and it didn't look like it held well in places so I ended up covering the weld in JB Weld to guarantee it wouldn't leak. The JBweld is self leveling too so it looked better too though its only good if your painting it after.

[Larry C]

The welders where I work use it all the time. I am amazed how well it works. It keeps building on itself as thick as you want. They use it to repair areas on automotive alternators that are damage such as bolt mounting tabs. I have watched these guys completely rebuild a broken off tab.
I asked about using it, and was told there is a definite learning curve. Mapp or even propane does work, but the melt point is very touchy and you have to keep adding to the melt pool. I tried it, and couldn't get it to work easily, but I'm no welder, so I gave up quickly.

Larry C