Anyone Ever Stick Weld Sheet Metal?

[nitroxsteve]

I am planning to weld some patches into my floor pan later this summer and was going to try and use my stick welder. I found some small 1/16" 6013 rod that I was going to try. My plan is to practice on some scrap to see how it goes first. If I can't get it to turn out I will probably just buy a new mig welder.

 

If anyone has any experience with this or any tips let me know.

 

Thanks

[92tanMJ]

That's how I did mine...Just clean both pieces of metal and start poking. The factory sheet metal is very thin so it very easy to burn through it.

[jimoshel]

I watched my father-in-law weld up a couple cracks in the fenders of his Chevy drilling rig using a Hobart portable welder. Came out real nice. Looked so easy I tried it on my '38 Chevy. Ended up replacing the fender.

[Timeless]

Use a welding spoon behind your welds and you might be able to pull it off.

[Dando]

Did it to my old cherokee to replace the entire floors. It's can be done but it will definetly not be pretty. I used thicker metal as patches and burned into that and allowed the weld pool to just barely "bleed" over into the sheet.