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Yes Sir. He's owns two of these vehicles and restoring both of them. Thanks for your comment my friend!
Thank you. It's made of a high grade of pot metal.
Hello Everyone. I thought you'll might like to see this 1941 Cadillac Convertible vent window that I just created? The guy had been looking around...
It doesn't actually fuse, but when it's molten and surrounds a dissimilar metal part, as it cools, it shrinks so tightly, it's like a bond. I've...
Blessed...
Yep. I've repaired many grilles. And the most recent was a '32 Nash Lafayette. The car was backed into at a show by another vehicle and the lower...
Hello Flux. I am a pro at fixing pot metal. All my repairs are 100% welded, not soldered. That means that my pot metal repairs are 100% restored...
Ah. Got it. He can be taught! lol
I'm producing a new video showing the differences between typical pot metal repair (soldering) and a piece thats been welded. I'll deminstrate how...
The accronym for "pot metal" is ZAMAC: Zinc, Aluminum, Magnesium, Copper. However, it's more commonly known as ZAMAK as well.
May I ask how'd they repair them? My guess is they ground open the cracks, copper plated and filled the voids with low temp solder. That's...
My friend. Pot metal can be welded if you've got the knowledge and equipment.
Not many can do it.
That's not entirely acturate... Yes. Pot mental will "vaporize" if you attempt to use comon welding practices. There's a video of a young man...
Yikes!!! That's looked a bit brutal. It doesn't take nearly that much heat my friend.
What did ya wind up doing with your grille?
Is the surround made of #potmetal?
Was this a production car? I've never seen one of these?
Chromed pot metal my friend. Just repaired a '37 Merc grille couple months ago...
Yep. Nothing wrong with good ole #potmetal. :)
fix it once and for good. Weld it!
Fix the original oem stuff.
I'd be very interested in learn how the plater added lead to fill cracks in your grille? Becuase the first thing that comes to mind, they either...
I just repaired a '37 Merc grille. It was broken in 9 piece both sides combined. Pot Metal can easily be welded if you know how to handle it....
I hope it holds for the hall?? Pot metal is weak and adding even a weaker material to it will only cause more problems for a proper repair....
Hello Guys. Thought I'd chime in on this century old problem.. Well. Even as old as this comment is, People are still trying to repair #potmetal...
Absolutely! Check out http://potmetal.repair
Hello guys. My name is James and I provide a very specialized service for Potmetal repair - welding and modification. I charge $50/hr and all...
...This is not soldered. It's 100% welded with zamak filler. I've been doing #potmetalrepair for a while and I've got it done to an art. If...
Hello. Yes. It is very much possible. As a matter of fact, this is an area I specialize in. Here are a couple images of a 37 Mercury grille I...
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