Welding broken cast iron coat rack.

[Cord]

Nickle rod. It's surprisingly easy to weld cast iron.

 

[TheMadOne]

Nickle rod. It's surprisingly easy to weld cast iron.

Without knowing the thickness of the broken sections, I'm torn between solutions. You can weld cast pretty easily with a nickle rod. My mother's favorite skillet cracked down the side and it welded right up pretty nicely. However, getting enough pre/post heat was critical. Not sure how well thin cast would hold up to that. Brazing is a good all around solution, and it's a coat rack, hardly requires the repair to be just as strong as the original. Epoxy would work too.

Many ways to skin this cat.

 

[carmedic310]

Fusor made by the lord company would work.You can get it at any parts store that carries body shop supplies.They have used this stuff to actually glue water tanks to concrete mixer trucks.They used it to put the body panels on the old chevy lumina apv vans.i went to General Motors training class in the 80s they put a long crowbar between the panels and the steel frame and pried the panel off every place the bead of fusor was it ripped the steel off as well.Very strong structural adhesive.Other than that I would just braze it and repaint

 

[cmore]

I have used brazing and the AC cast iron rod. Both worked fine but I did try and weld a short area and then ping while the weld was cooling. Took my time.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Thanks guys. I went over to where I have it stored and saw it is a single piece where it is broken si I will likely braze it. I was thinking from what my sister had said that it was in a place where 4 pieces were between two solid pieces and I was afraid to try to heat it. But with only one piece It should braze well. Ed

 

[rosso1000]

It could be done with stick welder and FERROWELD electrodes