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Default Welding question.

On Friday, April 22, 2011 7:51:24 PM UTC-7, Califbill wrote:
I am doing some rebuild on my aluminum river jet boat. Going to weld closed
some old bolt holes in the gunnel and dash. What is a good backing plate


Copper contamination would be bad (it accelerates aluminum corrosion),
so I'd consider... ceramic. A brick, a coffee cup... something like that.
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