Metal Bonding Questions

longarm said

I've been following this thread and have a couple questions also.
I am grafting 72 'cuda scoops to a Dart hood, would this work
for this application?
The plan is to cut out the Dart hood, flange the edges and set the 'cuda skin
down in it.
Not having to weld it in would be a lot easier to control warpage,
and I could still fill the seam properly?

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That will be one interesting looking hood when done.

I'd advise using Marine-Tex to graft hood skins, the metal bonding adhesive will show the seam in the paint after a while,it won't crack, or anything, the reason the seam shows is because metal expands and contracts different from the adhesive under various temperatures, where Marine-Tex will not,I've done some grafting and molding with Marine-Tex and that stuff is amazing, but gets very expensive on big projects. If you want to save money, you can use the metal bonding adhesive ,after it's cured,grind and smooth everything down and apply Marine-Tex over the seam, make sure when you're done sanding,you still have atleast 1/16th or more of it over the seam,

Stefan