F250: Rust and hole repair on the cheap!

Had some NASTY rust holes on the cab of my truck, sooooo I decided to fix em up best I could. I have about $9 invested in bondo. The tin i used to patch the holes was old steel of a barn that I got for free. I beat the ribs out of it, bent it around and welded it into place. Forgive me for my EXTREMELY shoddy bondo work, I've never worked with it before. I know it looks like I used my finger to apply it, but i swear i didnt. It looks better than the rust hole that was there anyways.

So enjoy the pics, and dont judge me too harshly.











And a pic of the welder Ive been using:



I know replacement panels would be better, but Im VERY cheap, and replacement panels aint as fun.

pleasse tell me thats not a chevy.. lol

retract that statement... i read the title.. thank god it was a ford.. haha

That looks like galvanized barn metal. It is my understanding that anything galvanized will produce some nasty fumes when welded. Not good for you to breathe that stuff. For the next rust hole patches, measure the size of patch you need and go to a sheet metal/ Heating, A/C shop and get some 20 or 22 gauge cold rolled metal. They might even give you some scraps if they have some.......If you were located nearer to me I would give some cold rolled scraps....


Oh and what did you use to spread the bondo? your fingers?........

looks better then my first attempt. As a suggestion, a plastic bowl scraper works wonders to help smooth it out.

007jimmy wrote:

pleasse tell me thats not a chevy.. lol

007jimmy wrote:

retract that statement... i read the title.. thank god it was a ford.. haha

I dont get it...???

merlin5577 wrote:

007jimmy wrote:

pleasse tell me thats not a chevy.. lol

007jimmy wrote:

retract that statement... i read the title.. thank god it was a ford.. haha

I dont get it...???

I'm not sure what he ment. But I bet it had something to do with him not liking Fords

lol.. that would be why.. it was just a joke though.. but remind me never to buy a truck from you my boggs.. lol

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007jimmy wrote:

lol.. that would be why.. it was just a joke though.. but remind me never to buy a truck from you my boggs.. lol

you should see the ram air i made out of a mudflap and 2 license plates.

That's great and yes galvenized does give off some pretty nasty fumes however it does take couple minutes of straight inhalation to be harmful... I doubt off the little welding you did that you even felt anything at all... Now for future references if you do start to feel bad after inhaling fumes from welding galvinized steel jst get fresh air drink about a quart of milk and just relax for a bit... I'm not sure what the milk does to help but I was told by a career galvinized welder that that's what you do and if it's terribly bad then of course seek medical attention!!!!

Also great patch job suites the ford nicely!!! J/K lol

How's the repair work coming?

Well the big spot along the bottom of the cab is sanded down quite a bit. and this is sanded and painted now:

Any updated pictures?

Not at the moment. IF i had paint that matched better, you couldnt even tell that theirs a patch there.

Ill get some more pics when i do the big part along the bottom.

Well did some more bondoing today. Will get some pics when mom gets home with the camera. It looks much better along the bottom of the cab now. Definitly smoother.

Was browsing through my pics and came across this one. If ya look you can see the holes and rust on the truck in the background. Being the genius that i am i didnt take ne before pics lol

Gettin there:

:shakes head::walks away disapointed:... lol you should up on rust repair...

y?

i give it about 3 months before that bondo falls off and the whole is twice as big..

I doubt the hole will be twice as big, but if the bondo falls off, Ive only got 9 bucks invested so its not a big deal. One of these days ill find a whole body off another truck and swap it on.

bondo is still intact buddy boy lol