Annealing Aluminum

etapatai

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I have some minor/major dents on the bottom / transcom area of my 1700 Fisherman series LUND w/ 115HP Yamaha 2-stroke. What annealing techineques, tricks are out there to fix this problem?
 

Trent

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Re: Annealing Aluminum

Im thinking you may have your terms mixed up? What are you trying to do?
 

Major Woods

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Re: Annealing Aluminum

No annealing (stabilizing & softening) is required, get the hammer out and start banging away.
 

akriverrat

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Re: Annealing Aluminum

oxy-acetylene torch. blacken area with acetylene soot. clean up flame and heat area till soot is gone. practice on scrap first. per Jesse James of monster garage fame. it works.
 
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