The essentials for keeping your Mini on the road.
Let me start this feature by saying that we cannot hope to turn a complete novice into an expert welder in just a few pages. It is surprisingly easy to get started with a MIG welder, but welding is definitely a skill that improves with experience. There are some tips and tricks that can help straighten out that learning curve a little though, and these are what we hope to share with you here. Just please do bear in mind that our focus is on structural repairs, and there is a clue in the name as to how important it is to get them right – structural repairs are not cosmetic, they need to be strong because they contribute to the strength of the vehicle you are driving. Therefore, you are strongly advised to spend as much time as you can welding scrap piecesyou mess around with scraps, but that is the wrong way of looking at it because the time you invest now in learning to weld will pay dividends later in the quality you achieve on the car itself. It will probably save you time in the long run too as you become more proficient, and it will certainly make the work more satisfying.
