Filling holes in metal clad door

[PistolPete]

Hi All,

I have a wooden front and rear door that has a couple of mm of metal on both sides and then it's painted.
The previous owner screwed in and later removed numbers from the front door and it looks like they simply tried to paint over the holes.

I'd like to repair it properly and I wanted to know if "liquid metal" type products are the right way to go?

Anyone used any of these metal fillers and are they any good??


Thanks


Pete

 

[arknor]

fill it will solder and sand it down LOL

 

[gillywibble]

I hear T1000 polymetal alloy is pretty good.

 

[LOAM]

would something like a 2 part car body filler work ?

 

[webhound]

Metal filler from local car body shop, rub it down with wet n dry, paint over. simples

 

[PistolPete]

fill it will solder and sand it down LOL

Can you sand solder?? I've never tried.

I hear T1000 polymetal alloy is pretty good.

I'm worried the door would get a neural net processor too and start taking over the world.

would something like a 2 part car body filler work ?

Not sure...... I guess.

 

[PistolPete]

Looks like a trip to Halfrauds then.

 

[LOAM]

To be honest, I would just use normal polyfilla from your local DIY rip of merchants

 

[arknor]

Can you sand solder?? I've never tried.
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dont see why not you can sand other types of metal you could get it to an almost perfect finish before it dries anyway

 

[Mr Joshua]

You would need a hell of a lot of heat to get a decent joint with the solder, it would probably fall out the first time the door was slammed.

I'd go for some type of car filler if I was you.

 

[arknor]

a hell of a lot of heat for a screw hole? it would be about the same as soldering a 3mm bullet connector

it started as a joke if it were me and i had a soldering iron already i would give it a go though

 

[PistolPete]

To be honest, I would just use normal polyfilla from your local DIY rip of merchants

Is that wise?? Wont it soak up moisture??

 

[danza]

Is that wise?? Wont it soak up moisture??

It would be fine once painted over.
As for soldering - LOL. You'd need an enormous iron or a blowtorch to solder a door. And pretty nasty acid based flux assuming the cladding is steel. Why am I even bothering to answer? I don't know.

 

[aproctor]

Lead solder - Loads of bodyshops used to use it but it is too expensive for large jobs now.

 

[setter]

Car body filler would be the best to use. Polyfilla wouldnt stick to metal as well as it does to wood or plaster.