I have a anodised fitting I need to put into my moroso oil pan but the threads are all messed up, theres a welding shop near me, will they be able to weld the fitting in?
I thought there was something about anodised aluminium and it couldnt be welded but i may be wrong!
Graeme
Can you weld aluminium to anodised aluminium?
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Re: Can you weld aluminium to anodised aluminium?
shouldnt be a problem Graeme. All they will do is grind the anodizing of the area 2 be welded! then tig weld your new fitting in
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Re: Can you weld aluminium to anodised aluminium?
Ahh cool, I didnt know if the chemical composition was different, so anodisation is literally just the applied coating only?
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Re: Can you weld aluminium to anodised aluminium?
yeh it can be buffed off using a flap disc prior to welding! just dont use a grinding or flap disc that has been used on steel as it contaminates the area to be welded and wont get a sound weld hope that helps mate
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Re: Can you weld aluminium to anodised aluminium?
Thanks mate
Ill get it done first thing, get my sump pan back on and not leaking lol
Graeme
Ill get it done first thing, get my sump pan back on and not leaking lol
Graeme
Re: Can you weld aluminium to anodised aluminium?
You need to look it up properly but annodizing can be removed with caustic soda/drain cleaner....or something like that - it is certainly DIYable and cheap to do.
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Re: Can you weld aluminium to anodised aluminium?
it can be removed with a wire wheel, but it cannot of been used on anything but alloy or it will contaminate teh metal further and make the weld porous.
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Re: Can you weld aluminium to anodised aluminium?
has 2 be a stainless wire brush/wheel as the carbon in the wire wheel/brush contaminants the aluminium www.weldinggear.co.uk/new-page5.htm
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Re: Can you weld aluminium to anodised aluminium?
I took it to a fabrication shop today, they turned all the anodised stuff off on a lathe and welded it into the sump, did a really smart job
Thanks for the replies
Graeme
Thanks for the replies
Graeme