I just heard that if you let body lead get exposed to air you need to sand it with 80 and then epoxy right away. On my current project I took some of the lead out of a cowl to upper body to install a new pannel. I was planning on welding the together and then using Everglass where the lead was. My question is should I put the Everglass on the bare steel or should I epoxy first? Also the rest of the lead areas look good ie.. no cracks but they do have a few small pin holes. Should I remove the lead in these other spots or just sand and epoxy? Will my etch primmer have a reaction with the lead?

Thanks in Advance, Zach

Sometimes there is corrosion below the lead not visable that will show up later so leaving it in there is always a gamble. Sometimes I take it all out, and sometimes I leave it there if the edges show no signs of corrosion- a dark or discolored layer under the edge. I like to epoxy under all fillers on projects I want to last but the choice is yours. You can put any kind of plastic filler over the lead/body solder without any kind of reaction, etc. Brass is a different story. Bob

Thanks Bob, that's exactly what I needed to know I didn't know if the everglass could go over epoxy like the rage gold can.

I worked at a shop and we always melted the lead out. Over half the time the owners could never beleive that all that lead hides rust so well.