So the panels I took apart had surface rust inside. I've gone this far, might as well take care of it while I can.
Before:
After lots of sandblasting with my dad's tiny compressor bought to run an air nailer.
It's not powerfull enough to get the deepest pitting and around the corners where I can't get a good angle, but it'll have to do.
Coated everything in zinc weld though primer
Made the first tack last night
I started from the top and worked my way down. The replacement panel really didn't want to sit flat down here and was pretty twisted.
I'm having trouble getting nice welds.
Here's my initial settings that I used all of yesterday
