Leading a Seam Part 2: Adding Lead and Filing Smooth

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3 жыл бұрын

This is a continuation from part 1 where we brought you through the process of how to prepare your sheet metal for lead work.
In this installment Joe walks you through the tools and techniques needed for loading lead into the body seams of you classic auto.

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@pdiz Жыл бұрын

Excellent work. Would kill to know of a body man this good. Everyone out here charges a premium for amateur work. You're worth every penny, whatever you charge.

@rodrogers6895 Жыл бұрын

Good to see somebody using lead instead of Bondo.

@blakegriplingph Жыл бұрын

Lead is heavy tho.

@sweeyong7756 25 күн бұрын

Is this technique used to fill gaps? Could do the same using lead on stainless steel? Cheers

@mphRagnarok Жыл бұрын

I have to admit it looked like you were completely clueless and making a huge pile of mess at the beginning but it turned out really good in the end.

@RobbiRocks 6 ай бұрын

Amazing info & visual of what you're doing here, thank you.. So cool of having No annoying back ground music aswell, Cheers..

@timeload343 Жыл бұрын

lead working is becoming a lost art. glad to see people still doing it. if you approach your hvac job like you do leading i would hire you in a minute. i would add you should be wearing a mask so you dont breath in the lead fumes or at least have a fan to blow the fumes away.

@LanceisLawson 3 ай бұрын

I used lead a lot in my shop. The Eastwood 70/30 is the best by far the best body solder.

@abdel-hadikaddourn2bricola725 Жыл бұрын

Excellent travail ,bravo

@fortitudevalance8424 Ай бұрын

I used lead, sometimes zinc, with a MAP blowtorch. Lead is much more stable metal than zinc but the latter has the best corrosion protection.

@hazlotumismoazucarillo3.0 Жыл бұрын

Que buen trabajo! Felicidades

@jraposo911 Жыл бұрын

Nice work 👍 JR in 🇨🇦

@rancosteel Жыл бұрын

Bill Hines would be proud.

@fredyorke9952 Жыл бұрын

Hi you need a larger block for that area Im old school panel beater from the 60,s when lead was used more than filler if you make yourself a block about 6x 4 from close grain wood and use more talo fat on your block it will give you a better finish do not burn your block it puts grooves into it ,but good start from you

@hotroddinlogan1043 3 жыл бұрын

We are doing this to my 1968 Plymouth Road Runner

@19CD91 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job.

@ric0000 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@joesgarage9953 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@garywheeler1812 Жыл бұрын

Work it work it work it

@jeremybanks719 4 ай бұрын

Was looking to see about all I'm a need, hmm that tin flux / butter you call it looks just like oatey #.05 or #.95. One is brownish acid flux and the other is grayish acid cleaning tinning flux. I've used both when I used to do new construction plumbing. Really liked the tinning flux. Only needed a super thin film of either and the soldier would flow like water. I got a couple of rust holes in a fender I'm bout to use . Ones on car now is sad shape. Figured that previous owner did a crappy bondo patch n paint n not 3 years later it's worse than before, I'll spot weld metal behind the panel n lead it smooth. Water tight both sides so it don't rust. Plus side I don't think the lead will soak up primer like bondo does.

@freekvancauwenberghe6266 Жыл бұрын

i feel like you're not heating the tinned metal enough, it should get shiny,... i don't think the lead will be fused enough with the tin (ofcourse working upright is difficult in leading as it tends to drop... therefor starting on the bottom is also better as you can use the previous layed lead to act as a support for the lead that follows.

@lordmmx1303 9 ай бұрын

Will this help protecting against rust on that welded spot? I need to fix up non structural parts of my car, by replacing rusted zones and i need to protect it somehow for as long as possible

@timeload343 Жыл бұрын

can you remelt all those shavings into a reuseable stick?

@getoffenit7827 2 ай бұрын

Have you ever used a product called 'Pal-Weld' its a soldering powder. I bought it thinking it was tinning butter...which is what i want.. Ive never seen 'tinning powder' i tried it on some sheet metal but it didnt work. Am i supposed to add something to it to make it a paste/butter?

@marcuswhite1403 Жыл бұрын

Will a proprane torch work to melt the lead

@johnswinkels2979 Жыл бұрын

Witch compositie lead do you use

@stevenpayne1138 11 ай бұрын

Wasn't tinned or tinned enough

@abdel-hadikaddourn2bricola725 Жыл бұрын

Svp , esq la peinture noire exposé sûr le soleil ne fait pas de problème ??????

@thefiathospital 8 ай бұрын

are you using a 50/50 or 70/30 rod?

@RyanShort-oz5lq 2 ай бұрын

Wouldn't dousing so much water into that seam make for future failure?

@backroom12 4 ай бұрын

How much is a going rate for an experienced guy to do this ? Per side

@roberthumphries2730 Жыл бұрын

Hold lead with pliers, won't burn fingers. Just a suggestion

@jasoneverley8164 7 ай бұрын

Man that seems really hot, no warping?

@johnswinkels2979 Жыл бұрын

I prefer first put on leadpasta with a brush then heat it and whipe it with a cloth

@robbocop33r12 Жыл бұрын

I was planning on using this technique to solder in little repair patches on non structural area of a wheel arch,but the heat of that torch would obviously blister all the surrounding paintwork,i want to keep my repair to a small area. What wattage of soldering iron would i need to do this?

@welllsaiddddd Жыл бұрын

no tinning ?

@5.56Chronicles 11 ай бұрын

Part 1 he tinned.

@bender49ers 3 жыл бұрын

Why can't this area just be welded instead?

@camillosteuss 2 жыл бұрын

in essence it could, but welding as great as it is, is not the end all solution... Welded parts like that would require as much time as this did, but would offer much much more trouble in not warping the panels... Welded areas are also if not tempered - hardened and a stress point that is more brittle than the rest of the panels that the weld binds and blends... In a case of a crash or any damage, welded panels will transfer much more force into other panels, potentially damaging them, and if not, the welded area is now a large surface that actually requires a cutting instrument to take out the damaged panel, and while so doing, damaging the edge of undamaged panel that was consumed in welding, making a repair more difficult... But yeah, sure, you could weld it or even silver or bronze braze it, just like this is kind of a lead soldering or brazing(there be some differences between the two, but immaterial in this explanation)... Also, maybe the panels are steel and aluminum for the roof to make it lighter, making them unweldable but still brazable... Its like screws and rivets, some you use here, some you do there, some can go everywhere...

@bender49ers 2 жыл бұрын

@@camillosteuss thank you for educating me. I am restoring a 73 barracuda and always wondered why they soldered that seam.

@camillosteuss 2 жыл бұрын

@@bender49ers I am glad to be of service, for one does not spend decades reading and ennobling ones archives to keep it to himself... Its like a fungus, I am infected with the fungus of learned and it spreads its spores where i go... Tho, i myself didnt ever consider this method before, i just understand it as i do welding, brazing and soldering along with other metalwork, so i see why this is done the way it is, but yeah, you probably know about leading the seams for longer than i do, you just didnt have the archive of metalwork long learned before it... Also, glad to hear that you are restoring a classic, as i too have long been leaning toward getting an oldtimer and restoring it into a grand state that it deserves...

@robertcampbell5485 Жыл бұрын

Wtf nonsense are you writing on here? A welded seem is far greater then leading it. That’s why nobody does it anymore. Not to mention the health risk. Sanding body filler all the time is bad enough, now let’s add working with lead on a regular basis, moron.

@brainwashingdetergent4128 Жыл бұрын

@@bender49ers dude told you a pile of shit they didn't have much safety standards back then this has absolutely nothing to do with safety. The lead is filler only like bondo. The panels are spot welded together if you look closely in the video you will see. You dont weld the entire panel because its too hot it will warp the roof and quarter panel. Spot weld the roof to quarter and use lead to fill the seam thats how the factory did it. He is doing this because its what the factory did and he wants factory specs.

@TOMBSTONESTAN Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see the 1970 assembly line leaders in action.Amazing, would mapp gas be suitable for leading?

@reidgilker4473 Жыл бұрын

Use 'metal to metal' or as we call it "metalux",, that ole lead will kill ya with the fumes

@VegaSpydr Жыл бұрын

"This is getting a vinyl top, and I don't care." I hope this is your own vehicle and not for a customer...

@ric0000 Жыл бұрын

Yes it is ours, Joe just doesn't want body filler under the top.

@rayclark9643 Жыл бұрын

Yikes lead fumes with no PPE what's your malfunction guy???

@angusmurray3767 3 ай бұрын

Thick leading like this is a waste of time and money. There are two reasons for using lead. One is to prevent water reaching the paint and it's prep layers from a spot-welded seam and the other is to provide added strength to a thin edge that needs to be filled. Lead vapour and dust is highly toxic and so it should be used as little as possible. A spot welded seam should have a lead layer confined purely to the seam in order to seal it. Body filler should then be used to make up deficiencies in shape. This saves time, money and reduces breathing in toxic material to a minimum as high areas of lead can be finished with a body file, avoiding the dust that comes from sanding.

@troyswindell2513 Жыл бұрын

@daveatherton7744 2 жыл бұрын

Please don’t have any welding videos you forgot about any fluxes it would stick and flo way nicer and wouldn’t have to grind so much

@michaelsursa1487 8 ай бұрын

Why dont you wear some gloves?

@isamgasal.1173 2 жыл бұрын

Zero safety no ppe

@theeflea03 Жыл бұрын

And then people wonder why they get neurological diseases in their 60s

@jamesward5721 Жыл бұрын

"Downside" is this process is so crap for your health it's not right. The lead vapours mess with your head, you end up with lead dust everywhere & it's just generally such a crappy process health wise.. lead filings end up everywhere, lead is bad, blah blah - I just don't go near this as a process any more. It's a bad relic. Fiberglass fillers do the same job - they too aren't exactly a day at the vitamin bar, but compared to messing with lead, they're ok by me. Let's not do lead loading... Thank me later..