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Old 08-26-2019, 06:54 PM   #21
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I have experimented with alumiweld. It is a delicate process which can produce disastorous results when done by inexperinced hands. The aluminum skin melts away as quickly as the alumaweld. Go with the patch method as reccomended by others
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