Ford Escort MK1 Restoration, Door Welded Repair in Real Time. MIG welding. 0.6mm Wire and CO2 sheild

Ford Escort MK1 Restoration Project, A closer look at the repair done to the drivers door. In real time and voiced over by yours truly.
Throughout the project we will build tools to help us along the way, the custom tools we build, we will upload our how-to videos
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[@bigsquatchsasfoot1964]

Proper job Dave not cheating at all mate I quite often watch your vids a couple of times anyway 👍

[@DavesGarageuk]

Excellent 😊

[@richardmounfield7822]

Halfords weld through primer has held out far better than the others thats handy to know Dave, great follow up.

[@DavesGarageuk]

It's surprised me

[@niddstube]

Hi Dave the magnet idea is good but to add to it pop it in a plastic bag then you can turn it inside out to capture the filing to bin them. Lovely.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Brilliant idea thanks 😊

[@karlgt9989]

Foolish Dave, Foolish! lol 🤣🤣 great little repair mate, top job

[@DavesGarageuk]

🤣🤣

[@micktuck5377]

Thanks for sharing that repair Dave. She’s coming along nicely! Keep going it’s getting to the good stuff now

[@DavesGarageuk]

It's a challenge not to rush the next stage to be honest

[@rickwilliams1505]

Good full explanation and Halfords should sponsor you by now 👍

[@DavesGarageuk]

Maybe one day!🤣🤣

[@RobertMorton-bg8cl]

Nice one Dave, the follow ups are very interesting. Let see more please. Welding video really helpful 👍🏻

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@gtthompson5818]

Looking forward to the next ones.

[@terryatkinson3182]

Can you do a test piece where you weld 2 bits together and then paint them with the etch primer and leave that outside for the liquid sunshine to test 😂

[@DavesGarageuk]

🤣 Good idea

[@alancutchey9892]

Since finding ur channel months back I’ve only been using the Halfords weld thru primer myself. I’ve actually left a test bit of steel outside the past couple weeks with Halfords weld thru on one half and some red oxide on the other to see how they preform against each other..

[@DavesGarageuk]

Fab, be interesting to see your results on that

[@alancutchey9892]

@@DavesGarageuk I’ll check back in with ya about it in few months about it.

[@teabelly1565]

Thanks Dave that was a great 'real time' demo and great close up camera work. I'm in the process of restoring a classic mini and so watch some of the mini restoration utube channels, unfortunately I find most disapointing as they rush through everything on time lapse with the camara so far away that nothing is revealed. BTW I've watched your channel since you started it, keep up the good work.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks 😊, all the best with your Mini, fab little cars.

[@terryatkinson3182]

Same with most channels, it's the bits you want to see that get skipped🙄
Dave has more talent than most of us, it's harder to do right than it looks for us mere mortals 😊

[@martingibbs9277]

Another perfect repair, very well explained 👍

[@DavesGarageuk]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@spencereagle1118]

The audio seemed a bit low on this one, Dave, struggled to hear it in places.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Ah, OK, I'm trying Capcut editing software. Thanks for the heads up.

[@christee5772]

Great content as always, and good to see an update on the Halfords primer.
I like the idea of using a magnet to hold the clamp, will be using that trick.
How come you're using just CO2 rather than CO2/Argon mix which seems to be generally preferred on thin material?

[@DavesGarageuk]

Hi Christee, I've always used just co2, easier and cheaper to get refills.

[@christee5772]

@@DavesGarageuk That's fair enough then, knew you'd have good reasoning behind it.

[@bobstacey9311]

Must be the zinc used as a conductor in the Halfords weld through primer is also acting sacrificially to protect the steel panel below. Would you need an etch primer to avoid a reaction with any subsequent paint application? Amazing that it has sat outside for two years weathering in all that Welsh rain we can hear in the background without failing!

[@DavesGarageuk]

That's my understanding. It's much better than I expected, and that's without a top coat keeping out moisture

[@extremeways2930]

Was it raining ☔️ again?

[@DavesGarageuk]

Of course 🤣

[@thijskuiper5989]

Hello David what size and specs of the rims did you use ?

[@DavesGarageuk]

Are you asking about the wheels?

[@thijskuiper5989]

@@DavesGarageuk yess 15 inch et? With?

[@DavesGarageuk]

@thijskuiper5989 got 13x8 on it to get it rolling. I may go to 15s

[@thijskuiper5989]

@@DavesGarageuk en what is the et ?